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Strategy

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Strategic Journey

The strategic journey for the Mandela Mining Precinct is aligned to the National Development Plan which focusses on development to 2030, as well as the Minerals Council of South Africa’s 2030 vision for modernisation.

From a strategic perspective, if mining RD&I is to be sustainable, it must align to national objectives, which in this case are:

  • The National Development Plan which charts a development path to 2030 for the economy as a whole;
  • Economic Transformation, Inclusive Growth and Competitiveness: towards an Economic Strategy for South Africa;
  • The Africa Mining Vision which creates a vision for the optimal use of the continent’s mineral wealth, for the benefit of its people;
  • The Department of Science and Technology white paper which outlines the spending required in a successful economy on RD&I, which in this case is 1.5% of GDP by 2030;
  • The commitment of the Department of Trade and Industry to support the export drive for mining capital goods and services.
  • The Department of Mineral Resources and other stakeholders who committed to a Mining Leadership Compact that is included in its Vision 2030 for a mining cluster that ‘is competitive, appropriately skilled, modernised, invests in R&D and a compelling investment destination’.

The MMP serves to facilitate and coordinate the implementation of the SAMERDI strategy (need to spell that our before the acronym), which aims to modernise mining and focus on improving health and safety, productivity and efficiency in South African mines, through a hub-and spoke model of collaborative research, development and innovation.

What is clear, as described above, is that this work cannot exist in isolation. As a result, activities at the precinct also include close liaison with MEMSA to ensure that their journey is aligned with SAMERDI, and that other impacts of modernisation and eco-system thrusts and activities such as local industrialisation and agri-business development are aligned to the 2030 journey.

Our Journey Map

These journey maps illustrate a new requirement, which requires additional funding. Current funding levels through SAMERDI are directed to pure mining research. In this expanded scope case, further, external funding will be required as a strategic issue.These journey maps are developed to take into account, inter alia, the following:

Modernisation of Mining
Modernisation of Mining in South Africa is imperative to the longevity of mining
4IR technologies
As fourth-industrial revolution technologies mature, they will be commercialised through partnerships with SA OEMs
Community engagement
Impact assessments and engagement with local communities, to define and develop "companion projects" in local industrialisation
Shared Value
SA needs to develop a high level of technological dynamism to optimise the shared value of the minerals it mines
Incubation
Incubation and support for developing SMMEs in supply chain development and technology innovation

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