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Mineral Resources and Energy
Maledu Constitutional Court judgment & other litigation: lessons learned; with Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2018
The Deputy Minister gave a political overview of the Maledu case. Section 54 of the MRPDA states that a mining right holder should negotiate with the owner or lawful land occupier about compensation where loss will be suffered through mining. Section 55 deals with expropriation when no resolution is reached ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Silicosis & TB Settlement: briefing by both legal teams & Health Department, with Deputy Minister
24 Oct 2018
The Silicosis and TB class action settlement was achieved in May 2018. The legal team for the claimants were represented by Richard Spoor Inc, Abrahams Kiewitz Inc and the Legal Resources Centre. The six gold mining companies involved as the Occupational Lung Disease Working Group were represented by the Head ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral & Petroleum Resources Amendment Bill [B15D-2013]: negotiating mandates; with Deputy Minister
17 Apr 2018
The meeting to consider the provinces’ negotiating mandates in respect of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment (MPRDA) Bill was a continuation of the Select Committee’s session of 27 March. The Chairperson told Members there was substantial pressure to conclude the Committee proceedings on Bill, and that they had ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
State Capture: way forward; Mine lung diseases & silicosis class action cases: political intervention
29 Nov 2017
The Department of Mineral Resources, led by the Deputy Minister, briefed the Committee on the political interventions on the mine lung diseases and silicosis class action cases.
The Deputy Minister said South Africa was a strong mining country, but mining had also been damaging to the environment and had left ...
Finance Standing Committee
Illicit Financial Flows & Base Erosion and Profit Shifting – focus on prosecutions
30 Aug 2017
The Standing Committee on Finance, together with the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry; Mineral Resources; and Police, met with the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, the National Prosecuting Authority, South African Revenue Service, Financial Intelligence Centre, South African Reserve Bank, National Treasury and Department of Trade and Industry, and the ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Zambezi Protocol: Chamber of Mines briefing, with Deputy Minister
14 Jun 2017
The Committee met to be briefed by the Chamber of Mines (CoM) on the Zambezi Protocol and how it could provide a framework for the development of mining in South Africa.
The Chamber said that there was a heavy reliance on the extractive sector in Africa, with mining accounting for ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mining Indaba 2017; Mineral Investment Promotion; Lily Mine disaster update: Deputy Minister and Chamber of Mines briefings
7 Dec 2016
The Committee heard from the Department of Mineral Resources led by Deputy Minister, Godfrey Oliphant, and from the Chamber of Mines. The Chamber of Mines presented its programmes for promoting the mining industry in South Africa. It noted that notwithstanding general losses, the mining industry made a substantial economic contribution ...