Turning SA's sunset mining sector into a sunrise industry

Robert Botha

Research Notes from Bureau for Economic Research Impumelelo Growth Lab

Abstract: Argues that South Africa's mining sector has significant untapped potential. The paper shows that policy uncertainty, regulatory bottlenecks and administrative inefficiencies—not resource depletion—are the key constraints preventing the sector from expanding.

Keywords: mining; South Africa; policy uncertainty; regulatory reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L72 O55 Q38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-02-09
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