The Department and SAPS established a stakeholder forum named “Illegal Mining Forum” in Limpopo Province in 2017 for the purpose of implementing measures to ultimately eradicate illegal mining activities in all the illegal mining hotspots, including Burgersfort.
This forum is assisted by the recently established Essential Infrastructure Task Team, which is a specialised unit within SAPS to deal, amongst others, with illegal mining.
The South African Police Service is to launch the Economic Infrastructure Task Team (EITT) whose role will be to address the scourge of crimes within the non-ferrous metals, essential infrastructure, critical infrastructure, extortion, and illegal mining. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy will work together with the envisaged unit.
More »The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) is better placed to respond to this question, as it is the competent authority that regulates emission standards as well as activities which result in atmospheric emissions.
More »Eskom has applied to procure from existing generators on a Standard Offer basis. The DMRE has processed the request and it is currently receiving NERSA’s attention for concurrence.
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Government was able to cushion the consumers at the height of these increases by selling strategic crude reserves as well as foregoing some revenue. In addition a 10 cent demand side management levy was removed for inland provinces.
(1) The Department does not have the authority to regulate the processing of residue deposits at the Jagersfontein dam and thus cannot investigate the cause of the accident. This is as a result of the De Beers court judgment over Jagersfontein mine residue deposits (De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd v Ataqua Mining (Pty) Ltd & others, case no. 3215/06, Free State Provincial Division, ...
1. (a) (i) A total of (7) employees in DMRE are currently working from home;
(ii) These 7 employees have special permission to work from home; and
(iii) One employee has an injury, while two were pregnant ladies with a comorbidity who are currently on maternity leave and other four officials are sick: and
(b) The injured employee is expected to return to the ...
The Department enforces compliance in the mining sector through the following legislation:
a) Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act 29 of 1996, as amended),
b) Guideline for the Compilation of a Mandatory Code of Practice on Mine Residue Deposits (issued by the Chief Inspector of Mines),
However, the Department does not have the authority to regulate the processing of residue deposits at the ...
All Policy review documents and /or any other government policy document developed by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) follows policy development processes as prescribed by the legislature.Reviewed policy documents and /or any other government policy document developed follows a consultative process and are also gazetted if required for public comments and are accessible by the public, interested and affected parties, including by private or ...
More »The Department oversee the rehabilitation of disused mines that are owner less. It should be indicated the pace and the rate at which rehabilitation of the owner-less mines are carried out is largely informed by the allocation of funds from Treasury. It is common knowledge that the allocated funds remain in adequate to address the existing backlog of operations.
In respect of the mines ...