Südafrikas neue Strategie für kritische Mineralien: Versprechen und Widersprüche

The research paper analyzes South Africa's Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy for South Africa (CMMSSA), released on 20 May 2025. The strategy aims to leverage the country's mineral wealth to drive industrialization and economic growth during the global energy transition. While the paper acknowledges the strategy's ambitious vision and integrated approach, it highlights significant risks regarding institutional capacity, regulatory contradictions with the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA), and a lack of concrete justice frameworks for affected communities.

• The Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy for South Africa (CMMSSA), released on 20 May 2025, seeks to move beyond a simple policy framework to link the country's future to the management of its mineral wealth, aiming to address poverty, inequality, and unemployment.
• South Africa has developed its own science-based classification for mineral criticality using eight core indicators, identifying platinum, manganese, iron ore, coal, and chrome ore as high-criticality commodities, with 16 others listed as moderate to high or moderate.
• The strategy faces significant implementation risks due to South Africa's history of weak coordination between government agencies, such as the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), and the Treasury.
• There is a notable tension between the CMMSSA's goal of attracting investment and the draft amendments to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA), which introduce stricter racial transformation requirements and ownership targets.
• The document criticizes the CMMSSA for failing to meaningfully integrate justice principles or the commitments of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), potentially overlooking the impacts of scaled-up extraction on local communities and biodiversity.
• South Africa's ability to compete globally is hindered by the strategic state interventions of other nations, such as China's use of subsidies, while South Africa remains constrained by World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules.

APA

Hofmeyr, J. (2025). Südafrikas neue Strategie für kritische Mineralien: Versprechen und Widersprüche. Africa Policy Research Institute. https://afripoli.org/de/sudafrikas-neue-strategie-fur-kritische-mineralien-versprechen-und-widerspruche-en

Chicago

Hofmeyr, Judy. Südafrikas neue Strategie für kritische Mineralien: Versprechen und Widersprüche. Africa Policy Research Institute, 2025. https://afripoli.org/de/sudafrikas-neue-strategie-fur-kritische-mineralien-versprechen-und-widerspruche-en.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{hofmeyr2025sdafrikas, author = {Hofmeyr, Judy}, title = {{Südafrikas neue Strategie für kritische Mineralien: Versprechen und Widersprüche}}, institution = {Africa Policy Research Institute}, year = {2025}, month = sep, url = {https://afripoli.org/de/sudafrikas-neue-strategie-fur-kritische-mineralien-versprechen-und-widerspruche-en}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }