When the United Nations entered the people’s Indaba
The Mail & Guardian | 16.02.2026 19:27
The Alternative Mining Indaba (AMI) has never been comfortable with power. Since its inception, it has positioned itself as a counter-space – a forum where mining-affected communities, activists, and faith-based movements confront extractive capitalism rather than negotiate its terms. That is why one moment at AMI 2026 was quietly significant: for the first time in the Indaba’s history, the United Nations entered a people-led political space.
