The energy generation is still guided by the IRP, relevant policies, and regulatory prescripts.
The National Energy Crisis Committee is a Presidential led initiative which comprises of a number of Ministries including Minister of Electricity, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy working together to resolve electricity supply challenges through a number of interventions.
(a) & (b) During this time government adopted an exploration strategy together with its implementation plan and augmented the funding for Council for Geoscience (CGS) to focus primarily on geo-mapping to support exploration. The CGS has now accelerated its mapping programme and launched a data portal to increase the efficacy of data access to all.
More »Yes, the Department has commenced with the process of procuring a Mining Licensing System in collaboration with SITA with the intent to have the system operational within 1 year after procurement.
More »a) The ex-mineworker’s compensation fund programme is the government’s national campaign that tracks, traces and pay former mineworkers' unclaimed benefits, including provident funding and compensation for lung diseases contracted on the job. The Department of Health is responsible for providing compensation benefits to eligible current and ex-mineworkers for occupational lung diseases caused by hazardous exposures in the mines. It also administers the Fund in ...
South Africa has not officially declared any minerals green. The Department is in the process of developing a strategy on critical minerals which will also reflect on minerals that are considered as green to support the country’s just energy transition.
More »The Department is working with law enforcement authorities to deal with the scourge of illegal mining. There are several multi-disciplinary and intelligence led operations that have been successfully undertaken in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North-West, Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Free State in this financial year. The operations are at various stages of execution.
More »a) The National Environmental Management Act, 107 of 1998 (NEMA) provides for regulation of activities which cannot be undertaken without an Environmental Authorisation, such listed activities includes mining and prospecting activities. If any person conducts a listed activity without an approved Environmental Authorisation they are committing an offense in terms of section 49A of NEMA and can be prosecuted following an investigation.
b) The ...
a) Illegal mining is regarded as a serious crime and cannot be equated to Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining. In 2021 the Department introduced the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Strategy as a policy intervention to drive the development of Artisanal and Small-Scale miners and encourage the participation of Historically Disadvantaged South Africans.
b) Any person who wishes to participate in mining / prospecting activities is ...
Community unrests and protest can be minimized where there are good relationships and proper stakeholder engagements between mining companies and mine communities.
The Department is conducting community workshops to educate mine communities on their rights and expectations where mining is taking place, and to improve communication and corporation between the mines, community representative structures and other relevant stakeholders.
To decrease community unrests, the Department ...
The Competent Authority for regulation and Management of Water Resources is Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS).
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