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Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Department of Mineral Resources on job losses agreement, in presence of Minister
2 Mar 2016
The Department of Mineral Resources, with the Minister also present, noted that there had been a declining trend in mining employment dating back to 1986. The employment trends in the mining industry between 1994 and 2014, surveyed for the three commodities of gold, coal and platinum, showed that coal had ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Committee 1st term programme; Mpumalanga oversight report, minutes adoption
3 Feb 2016
Documents handed out
Draft first term committee programme
Draft Minutes of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources 04 November 2015
The Committee started with a short discussion on some long-standing apologies from certain Committee Members and the Chairperson clarified that the reasons for the apologies needed to be given ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit
4 Nov 2015
Document handed out: Oversight visit to Mpumalanga [Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Committee met briefly to consider the report on the oversight visit to Mpumalanga; and adopt minutes of Committee meeting held on 21 October 2015. Members reviewed the oversight report and pointed ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Ex-mineworkers: oversight priorities; Committee Report on ex-mineworkers meeting in East London
28 Oct 2015
The Portfolio Committees on Mineral Resources and Labour met jointly to discuss oversight priorities for issues affecting ex-mineworkers. The Co-Chairperson set out the history of debates and discussions on ex-mineworkers, indicating that during the Taking Parliament to the People event in 2007, the Speaker had been approached by mineworkers, who ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Alignment with Industrial Policy Action Plan 6 (IPAP6): DMR briefing, New Development Plan with regards to beneficiation: DTI briefing
21 Oct 2015
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), briefed the Committee on the alignment of the beneficiation activities located in the DMR with other programmes of government. In 2011, the beneficiation strategy had been adopted by government as policy, and it had provided a broader framework aimed at turning the country’s comparative ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Mineral Resources Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The report presented for adoption was a summary of the various observations of the Portfolio Committee and the corresponding recommendations to all the issues noticed by the Committee in the course of carrying out its oversight function.
The Committee was not ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Council for Geoscience , Mintek, State Diamond Trader; South African Diamond & Precious Metals Regulator on their 2014/15 Annual reports
15 Oct 2015
The Council for Geoscience (CGS), MINTEK, State Diamond Trader (SDT) and South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator (SADPMR) briefed the Committee on their 2014/15 Annual Reports. CGS reported that they used the balance score card system to evaluate their performance. In terms of the balance score card system, CGS ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Department of Mineral Resources & Mine & Health Safety Council and Inspectorate on their 2014/2015 Annual Reports, with Minister present; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
14 Oct 2015
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) reported to the Portfolio Committee on the audit outcomes of the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) for the 2014/2015 financial year. The Committee’s Researcher briefed it on his analysis of the DMR’s annual report, after which the Department and the Mine Health and ...
Finance Standing Committee
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: joint workshop
11 Sep 2015
Participants at the workshop were told there were three portfolio committees coordinating the Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS) project -- Finance, Mineral Resources and Trade and Industry. This meeting was to take forward processes that had begun with the Trade and Industry Committee last year, and had gone as ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Department of Mineral Resources 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
2 Sep 2015
The Committee Researcher briefed the Committee, prior to the presentation by the Department of Mineral Resources (the Department) on the 1st quarterly performance and expenditure report 2015, for the Department. The Department had generally done well on expenditure, but was showing 6% ‘lag’ in spending. The reason was largely due to ...