After years of political turmoil and uncertainty in South Africa, many believe that in 2018 the dust will settle and business confidence will be restored. But will the same apply to this year's mining indaba, now in its 24th year, if Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane delivers the keynote address, as is traditional? Companies, unions and industry analysts have called for newly elected ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa to open the conference tomorrow to set the tone and attract investment back to the industry. But Ramaphosa's spokesperson Tyrone Seale said on Friday that Ramaphosa would not be attending the mining indaba. Zwane, who has been the minister for 28 months, has found himself embroiled in a number of corruption allegations, many of which link him to the Controversial Gupta family.National Union of Mineworkers spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu said the union had lost confidence in Zwane a while ago and although it would not be attending the mining indaba, a credible person s...
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