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Mineral Resources and Energy
Glencore Bribery Case & alleged misuse of Mining Rehabilitation Funds
23 Aug 2022
Opinion on Glencore and the former DG of DMRE [Awaited]
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In a virtual meeting, the Committee heard presentations by the Content Advisor and by the Parliamentary Legal Services dealing with the implications for the Committee of two separate issues: the international mining company Glencore entering a guilty plea for ...
Public Enterprises
Challenges facing rail infrastructure and road to rail strategy: DoT briefing
8 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Transport and its two rail transport entities, Transnet and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), on challenges facing rail infrastructure and the road-to-rail freight migration strategy. The Committees' view was that the process of building ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Postponed: Deliberations on the Gas Amendment Bill; Discussion on the fuel price
7 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources was to have deliberated on the Gas Amendment Bill. However, Members accepted a proposal by the Chairperson that the deliberations be postponed. He pointed out that their meeting was the last one the Committee was scheduled to have before Parliament went into recess ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill: legal opinion; Glencore matter
3 Jun 2022
Parliament's Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CLSO) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy on two concerns it had about the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill [B13 – 2021]. Legal services addressed two matters:
• The MPRD Amendment Bill lapsed at the end of the Fifth Parliament ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
The Science, Technology and Innovation Decadal Plan, resources for STI and coordination of the public STI budget
3 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation had a joint meeting with several other parliamentary committees to receive a briefing from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) White Paper and the Department’s 10-year, or decadal, plan. ...
Public Enterprises
DALRRD on unresolved land claim issues affecting Safcol and Alexkor; with Deputy Minister
1 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises convened in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) on the status of the Richtersveld land claim, and the South African Forestry Company Limited (SAFCOL) and Alexkor land claims reports.
The Chairperson ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Revised AFRA agreement on Nuclear Science; Former DMRE official & Glencore matters
31 May 2022
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) briefed the Committee on the Revised African Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training for the Nuclear Science and Technology (AFRA) explaining the ...
Public Enterprises
Policy impediments that prohibit SOEs from advancing their developmental mandate: National Treasury & dtic briefing
25 May 2022
National Treasury briefed the Portfolio Committee in a virtual meeting on its responses to State-Owned Companies' (SOCs') procurement legislative challenges, taking the Committee through the challenges and indicating the proposals put forward to deal with some of them.
Some of these challenges included the requirement of National Treasury to ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Gas Amendment Bill: DMRE response to public submissions
20 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) briefed the Committee on its responses to the written submissions on the Gas Amendment Bill.
The DMRE said that the Department had received 19 submissions from stakeholders. The submissions comprised of comments on specific provisions of the ...
Public Enterprises
Public Enterprises Budget: Committee Report
18 May 2022
The Committee met on a virtual platform to go through and consider the draft Budget Vote report of the Department of Public Enterprises. The report included the mandate of the Department and its relationship with state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and companies, the 2022/2023 budget, policy priorities and Committee ...