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Mineral Resources and Energy
Committee Report on Western Cape oversight; Second Term Programme
15 Mar 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources met for the consideration and adoption of the Draft Report on the Oversight Visit to the Western Cape and to consider and adopt outstanding minutes. Discussion was held on the support systems for emerging mining companies adhering to requirements of compliance and mechanisms to ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mining Licencing turnaround times, with intro by Minister
8 Mar 2017
The Minister of Mineral Resources spoke about the Departments of Mineral Resources, Environmental Affairs and Water and Sanitation working together to implement the One Environmental system in the application process to streamline the licensing processes for mining, environmental authorisations and water use. The South African Mineral Resources Administration (SAMRAD) system ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Evaluation of work of Committee: Committee Researcher briefing
1 Mar 2017
The Chairperson referred to the unfortunate incident at Jerusalem in East Rand where a five-year-old child fell into a disused mine and at the time of the meeting had not been rescued. The Committee must act decisively in order to prevent any more similar incidents from occurring. He was informed ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department on its Third Quarter Performance, with Minister & Deputy in attendance
28 Feb 2017
The Minister reported an unemployment rate of 26.7%, this is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 27.1% of Quarter 2, 2016. The labour force increased by 143 000. 235 000 jobs were created in Q3:127 000 were formal non-agriculture jobs, 53 000 informal non-agriculture, 38 000 in agriculture and 17 ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Derelict and ownerless mines: DMR progress report
22 Feb 2017
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) spoke about derelict and ownerless mines and what government was doing with these mines. The objectives of the management of the derelict and ownerless mine sites is to address public health and safety impacts and environmental impacts on both surface and ground water and ...
Economic Development
Banks forex collusion; auto sector 'after market': Competition Commission briefing
21 Feb 2017
The Competition Commissioner gave a briefing on the exchange rate/currency trade collusion investigation. The investigation emanated from information that was already in the public domain as well as investigations that were ongoing in Europe, UK and the US on the subject matter. The Commission received some information from various sources ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources Quarter 3 performance, with Minister present; Response to SONA
15 Feb 2017
The meeting began with an attempt by Mr J Lorimer (DA) to make the Committee change the rules with respect to how members of the Committee engaged with the delegation of the Department. This was however met with some resistance. The Minister of Mineral Resources in his opening remarks to ...
Economic Development
Skills Development For A Growing Economy: DHET briefing
14 Feb 2017
The DHET briefed the Committee on its programmes for skills development in SA. The majority of funding disbursed is awarded to the 26 universities in the country, followed by the 50 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges and 9 Community Education and Training (CET) colleges. The CET colleges ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Update on Lily Mine Rescue: briefing by Business Rescue Practitioner
8 Feb 2017
The Committee met to be briefed on the progress made in relation to the disaster that occurred on 5 February 2016, when three of the mine employees were trapped underground at the Lily Mine.
In February 2016, the mine rescue had attempted three times to retrieve the container using different ...
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 ...