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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 ...
Health
Health Sector Report: briefing by Auditor-General
1 Mar 2017
The Office of the Auditor-General presented the Health Sector report to the Committee. It provided information which had the potential of empowering the Committee during its oversight functions by focusing on key areas of service delivery. The report was based on findings of audits conducted in selected hospitals from the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Health
Deaths of mentally ill patients in Gauteng: Health Ombud report and Minister's response; with Deputy Minister present
15 Feb 2017
Document outstanding: Overview of Transferred Psychiatric patients from Life Esidimeni Centre to various NGOs in Gauteng
The Minister of Health introduced the Health Ombud who had been requested to investigate the 94+ mentally ill patients who died between 23 March and 19 Dec 2016 in Gauteng. The Minister had also ...
Finance Standing Committee
Taxation of Sugar Sweetened Beverages: public hearings
14 Feb 2017
Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA) said that in Tembisa, a township in Johannesburg, it was easy to access sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) where advertising for SSBs was at every corner. It could no longer be ignored what multinationals were doing. Almost all schools had their names written on Coca Cola SA billboards; ...
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 ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
National Youth Development Agency Board: interviews of short-listed candidates
25 Jan 2017
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency interviewed 13 candidates who would serve on the NYDA Board. Before this, the Committee briefly discussed concerns raised by the DA about the process and decided on the questions that will be asked ...
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 ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Shortlisting of candidates
7 Dec 2016
The Committee at the outset of the meeting briefly discussed the matter of what the appropriate number of shortlisted candidates should be. Members were aware that there were only seven positions on the NYDA Board. The number of applications received for the seven positions totalled 487. The Committee in the ...