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Mineral and Petroleum Resources
State Capture Allegations: responses by Minister of Mineral Resources
18 Oct 2017
The House Chairperson of Committees, Mr Cedric Frolick, had issued a directive to the Committee to summon the Minister of Mineral Resources, Mosebenzi Zwane, to respond to the allegations of State Capture. The Minister was not pleased by this act because he said he has always availed himself to Parliament ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Mineral Resources Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
The Committee met briefly to consider and adopt the Mineral Resources Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report.
In addition, Members briefly discussed the continued absence of certain Members of the Committee and if this had been followed up with the relevant structures.
Economic Development
Economic Development Department; Competition Commission + Tribunal Annual Report, with Minister
10 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
The Economic Development Department achieved all its 23 KPIs and spent 98.6% of its budget. There were 170 products planned, but it over-achieved to 202 products. It indicated that there was an increase in employment of a 538 000 jobs from 15 675 000 to 16 ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
CGS, Mintek, State Diamond Trader & SADPMR 2016/17 Annual Report
4 Oct 2017
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 2016/2017 financial year.
The SADPMR had received an unqualified audit. Areas ...
Economic Development
IDC + ITAC on their 2016/17 Annual Report
4 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
IDC performance highlights for 2016/17 include:
• 175 transactions approved worth R15.3 billion up by 6% from the previous year;
• Total funding disbursed R11 billion, which was a decline of 3%;
• Jobs expected to be created or saved 20 881 (18 206 new jobs,2 675 jobs saved), up ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Department of Mineral Resources; Mine Health and Safety Council 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor-General input
3 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources was briefed By the Auditor-General on the audit outcomes of the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) for the 2016/2017 financial year. In addition the Committee was also briefed by the Researcher and Content Advisor on the analysis and content of the ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Job losses: Department of Mineral Resources briefing; Committee Reports
6 Sep 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on the crises created by job losses. The briefing included interventions used by the Department to curb job losses in the mineral resources sector, impact of the Labour Act, status of the mining industry, impact of mining on employment ...
Police
Illegal Mining: Hawks & Department of Mineral Resources briefing
25 Aug 2017
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) reported that illegal mining incidents occur on both the East and West Rand of Gauteng, with most incidents occurring at the Grootvlei, Anglo-Gold Ashanti, Sibanye and Kusasalethu gold mines, as well as in the Roodepoort, Benoni and Florida areas. In Kwazulu-Natal, illegal gold ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Way forward on State Capture allegations in Organs of State involving Minister of Mineral Resources
23 Aug 2017
The meeting became a lengthy discussion on whether the Committee should call the Minister of Mineral Resources to its meeting to account for allegations of state capture involving his Department. The House Chairperson’s directive had been clear on the need to first call the Minister to account, and that the ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Chamber of Mines & House Chairperson correspondence; Updated Operational Plan
16 Aug 2017
A meeting which was delayed by almost an hour until there were enough Committee Members for a quorum, developed into a heated debate over the House Chairperson’s request for the Committee to conduct an investigation into allegations of “state capture” of organs of the State, some of which implicated the ...