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Mineral Resources and Energy
Optimum Coal Mine latest developments
28 Feb 2018
This meeting was called upon the request of the National Union of Mine Workers - Optimum Mine branch. There was a strike at Optimum Coal Mine in Mpumalanga following the failure of the mine to pay the workers’ salaries. The management at Optimum Mine declined the invitation to attend the ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Non-attendance by Minister of Mineral Resources; Decision on Inquiry into state capture
21 Feb 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Minerals Resources met in order to question the Minister of Mineral Resources about his possible involvement in State Capture. However, two days previously the Chairperson had received a letter stating that the Minister would be unavailable to appear before the Committee. In response to the Chairperson’s ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Lung Diseases on Mines and silicosis class action cases: ex-mineworkers lawyers briefing
22 Nov 2017
The Committee received briefings from legal firms involved in the class action cases dealing with lung diseases and silicosis suffered by former miners, as well as submissions from representatives of mining houses, the Chamber of Mines, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and the national Department of Health (DoH). ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
DMR mine evaluation and licensing challenges; Council for Geosciences mineral resource mapping challenges
15 Nov 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Council on Geological Sciences (CGS) on the effect of reduced funding in limiting its capacity to produce high resolution geophysical and geochemical data in its geological mapping on the country, and from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on progress made in meeting the ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Committee report on Gauteng oversight
8 Nov 2017
The main agenda items for the meeting contained two issues - the Committee report on its oversight visit to Gauteng and the response from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) regarding the Minister’s availability to respond to the Committee on the Allegations of State Capture.
The Gauteng oversight visit was ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Allegations against Minister of Mineral Resources: Legal Advisor on way forward
1 Nov 2017
Documents Handed Out: Parliamentary Legal Advisor opinion on "leaked emails" issue to Public Enterprises. (Handed out only to Committee Members)
The main agenda item for the meeting was the further Committee deliberations on media allegations on “state capture” that involved the Minister of Mineral Resources, Mr Mosebenzi Zwane, who was supposed to ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mine Closure and Rehabilitation: Centre for Environmental Rights briefing
25 Oct 2017
The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) on mine closures and rehabilitation and what could be done to address some of the associated problems. The main thrust of the briefing was the failure of mine closure and rehabilitation in SA. The process was poorly managed and resulted in severe problems for ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
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 Resources and Energy
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.
Mineral Resources and Energy
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 ...