What does ‘enfranchisement’ mean in the context of small-scale miners? This was the question that opened proceedings at the Alternative Mining Indaba’s panel on artisanal and small-scale mining last week, and the presents a useful frame for how we take the discussion forward from here. It was a great privilege to be invited to join [...]

By Mandla Hadebe, Acting Director, Economic Justice Network Africa and Mukasiri Sibanda, Tax & Natural Resource Governance Advisor, Tax Justice Network Africa Over the past few weeks, a coalition of institutions including the Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) and the Economic Justice Network Africa (EJNA) have been working to organise this year’s Alternative Minig Indaba. [...]