South African billionaire Rob Hersov tells the mining minister to fix the sector or forfeit the country's future

Billionaires Africa | 15.06.2026 04:59
Rob Hersov has written another open letter to Minerals and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe, arguing that South Africa is squandering a once-in-a-generation opportunity to capitalise on global demand for critical minerals needed for the green energy transition, and that the government's own policy failures are entirely to blame.