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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Finance Standing Committee
Illicit Financial Flows & Base Erosion and Profit Shifting – focus on prosecutions
30 Aug 2017
The Standing Committee on Finance, together with the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry; Mineral Resources; and Police, met with the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, the National Prosecuting Authority, South African Revenue Service, Financial Intelligence Centre, South African Reserve Bank, National Treasury and Department of Trade and Industry, and the ...
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 ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Committee Oversight Report on Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo illegal mining; Committee Operational Plan
31 May 2017
Document handed out:
Committee Oversight Report on Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo illegal mining [available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee considered its operational plan for 2017 to 2019, and adopted an oversight report to Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo on illegal mining and minutes of 24 May 2017.
The Content ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Junior & Emergent Miners support programme: Department of Mineral Resources briefing
24 May 2017
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) provided an overview of its programme currently in progress to assist junior and emerging miners and to fast-track their entry and stabilise their operations in the local economy. Locally, junior miners were operating in the mid tier sector of the industry, sandwiched between large ...