Synergy Global Consulting, in partnership with the Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town (UCT), are hosting a Dialogue on social performance, a tribute to the life and work of Synergy’s former Director, Paul Kapelus.

This in-person event is designed to promote engagement, reflection and inspiration; and forms part of GSB and Synergy’s partnership on building social performance capability in the private sector across Africa.

The session will consider:

• Are retreats in ESG and corporate restructuring pushing social performance into terminal decline?
• Is social performance simply missing in inaction – failing to demonstrate it is delivering the social outcomes it promised?
• Is it just hibernating – quietly carrying on good work while keeping under the radar and waiting to re-emerge once the hard times have passed?
• What does the future look like - Does the rush for critical minerals and shifting global politics mean that social performance needs a reset?

What you will gain from attending the event:

• Expert perspectives on the current state-of-play in social performance in the mining sector.
• Critical insights on the key successes and failures of social performance in delivering value.
• Inspiration on how social performance can adapt to the rapidly changing environment and what the next generation of social performance approaches could look like.

Learn more about the Synergy’s partnership.

There will be a pre and post drinks at reception. This is a sideline event to the African Mining Indaba 2026.