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Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Department of Mineral Resources on the 3 & 4 Quarter 2015/16 & 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
31 Aug 2016
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) briefed the Committee on the Third and Fourth Quarters 2015/16 and the First Quarter 2016/17. DMR said that the minerals and petroleum sectors remained key to the economy, and mining resource diplomacy was becoming more important. Notwithstanding the challenges, investors had still invested the ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
MPRDA Bill [B15B -2013]: deliberations on NHTL submission & President's reservations
24 Aug 2016
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and a Parliamentary Legal Advisor took the Committee through each clause of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment (MPRDA) Bill disputed or commented on by the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL), the DMR, the President’s legal adviser, and the Office of the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Illicit Financial Flows, Base Erosion & Profit Sharing, Panama Papers: Treasury, SARB, Financial Intelligence Centre, SARS inputs
25 May 2016
This was a joint meeting with the Portfolio Committees of Trade and Industry and Mineral Resources.
National Treasury introduced the presentations. On illicit flows, the difficulty was hard evidence. The media put out a lot of information but it would be helpful if people went directly to the authorities with ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
MPRDA Bill [B15B-2013]: deliberations on National House of Traditional Leaders comments
17 May 2016
The Chairperson introduced the Committee to the deliberations, stating that the Committee was dealing with a sensitive industry where there was not much good news and that it was an industry under strain faced with serious challenges. Members were instructed to take responsibility and assist in ensuring that it was ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
MDRA Bill: National House of Traditional Leaders submission & Department response
4 May 2016
The National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) presented its views and proposals on the MPRDA Bill. Notable proposals dealt with the inclusion of traditional rulers in the definition of ‘community,’ definition of ‘member of community,’ and ‘beneficiation’, substitution of ‘labour sending areas’ with ‘preferential employment opportunities’, establishment of an independent ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Committee Report on Mineral Resources Budget
13 Apr 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources met to consider the Draft Report on Mineral Resources on the strategic plan and budget vote 29 of the Department of Mineral Resources for the 2016/2017 Financial year.
The Chairperson quickly took Members through the report, stopping only where there was a point raised ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Mine Health and Safety Council, Council for Geoscience, Mintek, SADPMR & SDT on their 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan
6 Apr 2016
The meeting began with a carry-over from the previous day’s meeting, with a number of follow-up questions from Members. These referred to financial issues within the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), assistance to small scale miners to enter the industry, procurement from black suppliers, the involvement of the DMR in ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Minister introduces Department of Mineral Resources 2016 Annual Performance Plan
5 Apr 2016
The Minister and the Department on Mineral Resources (DMR) presented the DMR’s Annual Performance Plan and Budget for 2016/17. In the presentation the DMR discussed its strategic overview, including the mandate, vision and mission; a situational analysis of the sector; and an overview of the 2016/17 APP, budget and MTEF ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Department of Mineral Resources budget and performance plans 2016: Financial & Fiscal Commission, Department Planning Monitoring & Evaluation assessment
16 Mar 2016
The Chairperson expressed his condolences and prayers to the families of the trapped miners at the Lily Mine. The Committee received briefings from the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and the Committee Researcher giving an analysis and commentary on the Annual Performance ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Limpopo oversight report
9 Mar 2016
Documents handed out:
Draft minutes of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources dated 02 March 2016.
Draft oversight visit report to Limpopo of the Portfolio Committees on Women in presidency, Land Reform and Rural Development and Mineral Resources dated 14th-18th September 2015.
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports ...