On 28 August 2018 ACCORD facilitated the signing of a Stability Agreement between the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal (Premier Willies Mchunu, who is the Guarantor of the agreement on behalf of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government) with Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), a subsidiary of Rio Tinto in South Africa and signatories that included the Traditional leaders, the Municipal Mayors and Organised labour, in order to establish stability in the area to facilitate a new investment by RBM.
