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Mineral Resources and Energy
2019 Integrated Resource Plan: Minister & Department briefing
29 Oct 2019
The Committee received a briefing on the 2019 Integrated Resource Plan. The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy was in attendance.
In his opening remarks, the Minister explained that the Plan considered a combination of supply-side and demand-side resources over a specified future period. The Plan was developed taking into ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Grid and non-grid electrification: Department briefing
23 Oct 2019
The Committee was told the Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP) sought to increase the number of electrified households in South Africa. It was a government initiative to provide capital subsidies to municipalities to address the electrification backlog of permanently occupied residential dwellings. 87% of households now had access to electricity. ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Resources & Energy Budgetary Review Recommendation Reports; Committee Programme
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports (BRRR) on Vote 29 and Vote 26, for the Department of Mineral Resources and Department of Energy. Both Reports were adopted with minor amendments. The DA reserved its right to ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Resources & Energy Budgetary Review Recommendations Report; 3rd term Committee Programme
16 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee considered drafts of the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRR) for the Departments of Mineral Resources (Vote 29) and Energy (Vote 26), and the Committee Third Term Programme.
While considering the BRRR for the Department of Mineral Resources, the Committee proposed ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Necsa Organised Labour briefing
15 Oct 2019
The Committee met to hear submissions from the NECSA Branch of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU), a trade union at the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (NECSA). The Committee had invited the Union to communicate its concerns to Parliament, after it had met Union leaders ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Council for Geoscience; Mintek; SDT & SADPMR 2018/19 Annual Reports
10 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy was briefed by the State Diamond Trader, the South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator, the Council for Geoscience and Mintek on their annual reports for the 2018/2019 financial year.
The State Diamond Trader received an unqualified audit outcome ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Central Energy Fund, NERSA, NNR, NRWDI & SANEDI 2018/19 Annual Reports
9 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Central Energy Fund, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, the National Nuclear Regulator, the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute and the South African National Energy Development Institute on their annual reports for the 2018/19 financial year.
The National Energy Regulator ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing; DMR, DoE & MHSC 2018/19 Annual Reports, with Minister
8 Oct 2019
The Department of Mineral Resources, Department of Energy and the Mine Health and Safety Council presented their 2018/19 Annual Reports and Financial statements. Prior to their briefings, the Office of the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) informed Members about the audit outcomes of the now merged departments. The ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
DMRE legislative programme & litigation
13 Sep 2019
The Committee heard that the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy faced a number of ongoing and pending legal cases. A Senior Legal Administration Officer said there were at least seventy ongoing cases, but the Department highlighted nine prominent Energy cases and eleven Mineral Resources cases.
Several cases were of ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
DMRE legislative programme & litigation
13 Sep 2019
The Committee heard that the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy faced a number of ongoing and pending legal cases. A Senior Legal Administration Officer said there were at least seventy ongoing cases, but the Department highlighted nine prominent Energy cases and eleven Mineral Resources cases.
Several cases were of ...