To ensure effective teamwork and a stable working environment networking needs to be enhanced and supported. Culture and generation play an increasingly important role in networking. This paper investigates the networking practices at a Gauteng mine by making use of probability, systematic proportionate stratified sampling to collect data. Kusasalethu mine employees were used as respondents. A total of 289 questionnaires were completed. Although similarities exist, for example, all respondents agreed that informal work environments are conducive to more effective networking practices; the findings indicated that there are indeed a number of salient differences between Black Generation X'ers, Black Baby Boomers, Caucasian Generation X'ers and Caucasian Baby Boomers. In view of the results it is recommended that managers of such diverse workforces become more aware of these underlying differences as such awareness may lead to more effective networking within businesses and a more stable and cohesive working environment.