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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 ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department Quarter 1 & 2 performance; with Minister and Deputy present
13 Nov 2018
The Minister of Economic Development, Mr Ebrahim Patel, met with the Committee to brief it on quarter one and two performance of the Department of Economic Development (EDD) for the 2018/19 financial year. Quarter one covered the period 1 April 2018 to 30 June 2018 and the presentation addressed highlights ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
High Level Panel recommendations for Mineral Resources: Dr Claassens briefing
7 Nov 2018
Dr Aninka Claassens, the High Level Panel chairperson of the working group on land, spoke about the Panel’s recommendations that affected mining. The legacy of apartheid had left its mark by creating spatial inequality and it was in that context that the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) was ...
Economic Development
Committee business
6 Nov 2018
The Committee considered multiple outstanding minutes from 21 August to 16 October 2018. Members went through each document individually and made corrections to some of them before adopting. Minutes were adopted for all sessions except the second half of the 16th October meeting.
Members raised several issues with the draft ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
30 Oct 2018
Economic Development Budget Review & Recommendations Report at Budget Review & Recommendations
The Committee considered and adopted its Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on the Economic Development Department and its entities: Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), Competition Commission, Competition Tribunal and International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC).
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 ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Resources Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2018
2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee discussed and approved its report (with amendments) on the Mineral Resources Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report.
The Committee focused on the Observations ad Recommendations sections in the report.
Members highlighted that women are an integral part of the mining industry and ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
State Diamond Trader, CGS, Mintek, SADPMR 2017/18 Annual Reports
10 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources was briefed by the Council for Geoscience (CGS), Mintek, the State Diamond Trader (SDT) and the South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator (SADPMR) on their annual reports for the 2017/18 financial year.
The CGS has managed to maintain an ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources; Mine Health & Safety Council 2017/18 Annual Report, with AGSA input
9 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) noted that DMR and its entities had all received unqualified audits. Mintek and MHSC were the only two entities that had received clean audits while all the others had unqualified audits with findings. Mintek had consistently received clean audits over the last four ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill: deliberations
19 Sep 2018
The Committee continued its clause-by-clause deliberations on the Competition Amendment Bill, taking into account the Minister’s responses to matters raised by the Committee as contained in a report from the Economic Development Department. Highlights of the deliberations were as follows:
Clause 23 seeks to amend section 43B of the Act. ...