What’s Coming Up for SARW at the Alternative Mining Indaba 2026

In addition to the Atlas launch, SARW will host a closed, invitation-only policy dialogue on “From Extraction to Empowerment: Policy Dialogue & Community Philanthropy” (10 February 2026). This session is designed to allow for deeper, more candid engagement among a targeted group of participants on how extractive industries can move beyond rhetoric toward tangible community benefit, accountability and redistribution. Holding this dialogue allows space for reflection, strategic exchange and coalition-building.

Register here: https://www.sarwatch.co.za/2026-africa-mining-indaba-side-event-from-extraction-to-empowerment/

Throughout all three days of AMI, SARW will actively participate in the core programme, including plenaries, panels, solidarity actions and media engagements. SARW’s team will contribute to discussions that foreground community voices, feminist approaches to mining governance, and the political economy of extraction in the context of the energy transition. These engagements reaffirm SARW’s role as a research institution and a movement actor committed to solidarity and systems change.

SARW is also co-hosting training on mine tailings (11 February 2026) together with the Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability (CTEA), Earthworks, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Organisation (ZELO), Afrewatch, and Critical Minerals Accountability Alliance (CMAA), focusing on risks, accountability and pathways toward safer and more responsible mining practices. The session will bring together civil society organisations, regional partners and international allies working on environmental health and justice. Tailings management remains one of the most urgent yet under-addressed issues in mining governance and this training aims to elevate both technical and rights-based perspectives while pushing for stronger regulatory and corporate accountability.

Visibility and public engagement will run across SARW’s AMI presence. The team will prioritise media engagement, digital content and on-site visibility, including promotion of the Africa Mining Accountability Platform (AMAP). Beyond formal sessions, SARW will participate in solidarity actions coordinated through AMI, recognising the importance of collective voice and movement-building in challenging extractive injustices.

We look forward to engaging with partners, allies, and movements at AMI as we collectively push for mining governance that is accountable, just, and rooted in lived realities.