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Mineral Resources and Energy
Minister introduces Department of Mineral Resources 2016 Annual Performance Plan
5 Apr 2016
The Minister and the Department on Mineral Resources (DMR) presented the DMR’s Annual Performance Plan and Budget for 2016/17. In the presentation the DMR discussed its strategic overview, including the mandate, vision and mission; a situational analysis of the sector; and an overview of the 2016/17 APP, budget and MTEF ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department on its 2016/17 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy
5 Apr 2016
The Deputy Minister of the Economic Development Department (EDD) reported on his Department’s annual performance plan (APP) for 2016/17. He said the overall objective of the APP was to seek new and more effective ways of implementing the APP, and the smart use of resources to attain maximum value for ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources budget and performance plans 2016: Financial & Fiscal Commission, Department Planning Monitoring & Evaluation assessment
16 Mar 2016
The Chairperson expressed his condolences and prayers to the families of the trapped miners at the Lily Mine. The Committee received briefings from the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and the Committee Researcher giving an analysis and commentary on the Annual Performance ...
Economic Development
2016 Budget overview: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
15 Mar 2016
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) provided a 2016 budget overview. The role and function of the PBO was firstly explained and it was stressed that it did its work in consideration of what the National Development Plan stated were the priorities. It was noted that it was important to study ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Limpopo oversight report
9 Mar 2016
Documents handed out:
Draft minutes of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources dated 02 March 2016.
Draft oversight visit report to Limpopo of the Portfolio Committees on Women in presidency, Land Reform and Rural Development and Mineral Resources dated 14th-18th September 2015.
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources on job losses agreement, in presence of Minister
2 Mar 2016
The Department of Mineral Resources, with the Minister also present, noted that there had been a declining trend in mining employment dating back to 1986. The employment trends in the mining industry between 1994 and 2014, surveyed for the three commodities of gold, coal and platinum, showed that coal had ...
Economic Development
Minister of Economic Development on Department’s 2nd Quarter Performance
1 Mar 2016
The Minister on Economic Development reported on his Department’s 2nd Quarter performance. The Department obtained an unqualified audit opinion for 2014/15 with an improved management report and no material misstatements. Nominal GDP in the period under review was slightly more than R1 trillion. Though South Africa avoided a recession, growth ...
Economic Development
Sasol Cases: Competition Commission investigations briefing
23 Feb 2016
The Competition Commission (CC) briefed the Committee on its investigations into Sasol Chemical Industries Limited (Sasol). A brief history of Sasol was given by way of background, and the CC emphasised the firm’s move from a public entity to the private sector, and the results that this had had on ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Committee 1st term programme; Mpumalanga oversight report, minutes adoption
3 Feb 2016
Documents handed out
Draft first term committee programme
Draft Minutes of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources 04 November 2015
The Committee started with a short discussion on some long-standing apologies from certain Committee Members and the Chairperson clarified that the reasons for the apologies needed to be given ...
Economic Development
Competition Commission on its 2014/15 Annual report
17 Nov 2015
The Competition Commission (CC) presented its 2014/15 Annual Report. In describing the organisational profile, the CC emphasised the decreased staff turnover rates and consistent gender employment parity. The CC had improved its previous unqualified audit result of 2013/14 to a completely clean audit in 2014/15. It had won four out ...