Mutually beneficial partnerships are at the heart of the Investing in African Mining Indaba, in Cape Town, this year, which has grown from a conference attended by a few hundred attendees to around 4 000 in its twenty-fifth anniversary year this year. “The mining industry is in a position to make a special contribution to the transformation of our society. This should be a central objective in improving the quality of life of all citizens,” Mining Indaba Advisory Board chairperson Mpho Makwana Makwana told the opening plenary.