Tau: SA Must Turn Critical Minerals Investment into Industrial Jobs and Beneficiation

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has called for a new investment approach that ensures South Africa’s critical minerals wealth directly supports local industrialisation, beneficiation and long-term economic transformation. Tau made the remarks during a high-level panel discussion at the Investment Forum held alongside the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Tuesday. The session, themed Building Critical Minerals Value Chains in South Africa, brought together Cabinet Ministers, private-sector leaders and international investors. Linking Foreign Investment to Industrial Development Tau stressed that South Africa’s priority is no longer simply attracting investment into mineral extraction, but ensuring that…