What is the detailed (a) breakdown of and (b) valuation for current and non-current assets and investments held by (i) his department and (ii) each entity reporting to him according to (aa) listed assets (aaa) directly held and (bbb) indirectly held and (bb) unlisted investments (aaa) directly held and (bbb) indirectly held by each of the entities, in each case breaking the current assets and investments down by 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months and beyond 12 months?
Assets held by the Department and each of the entities are disclosed on the Annual Financial Statements. Information required can therefore be obtained on the annual report tabled by the Department in September 2017 to Parliament. The annual report are the key reporting instruments for departments and its entities to report against the performance targets and budgets outlined in the strategic plans, read together ...
When are the application dates (a) opening and (b) closing for the board positions of all entities and councils reporting to him?
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When are the application dates (a) opening and (b) closing for the board positions of all entities and councils reporting to him?
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CGS
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7 September 2016
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21 September 2016
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MINTEK
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21 February 2016
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06 March 2016
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SDT
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21 February 2016
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06 March 2016
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21 February 2016
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06 March 2016
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9 September 2016
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(1)Whether he has found that the collapse of a pedestrian bridge onto the N3 highway on 9 August 2017, happened at or around the same time as an earth tremor was experienced in the region; if so, (a) was the tremor a result of the previous or current mining activity and (b) was the mining activity that led to the tremor found to be legal or illegal;
(2) Does the Council for Geoscience keep a record of such tremors; if so;
(3) Has the Council reported on any such event; if not, when the report will be made available; if so, what are the relevant details;
(4) Have there been other reports of tremors in the area; if so, how frequent have they been? NW2965E
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Whether he has found that the collapse of a pedestrian bridge onto the N3 highway on 9 August 2017, happened at or around the same time as an earth tremor was experienced in the region; if so, (a) was the tremor a result of the previous or current mining activity and (b) was the mining activity that led to the ... |
Whether (a) his department and/or (b) any entities reporting to him are funding, including by way of discretionary funding, any institution of research and development (i) domestically and/or (ii) internationally; if so, (aa)(aaa) what are the names of the specified institutions and (bbb) what are their functions, (bb) from what date has his department or any entity reporting to him been funding them and (cc) what amount has his department contributed towards such funding?
a) (i) No (aa)(aaa) – (cc) Falls away
(ii) No (aa)(aaa) – (cc) Falls away
b) (i) No (aa)(aaa) – (cc) Falls away
(ii) No (aa)(aaa) – (cc) Falls away
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Mr MJ Zwane, MP
Minister of Mineral Resources
Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017
(a) What is the total number of jobs that have been lost in the mining industry since 27 April 1994 and (b) how many of those jobs have been lost due to mechanisation and/or automation?
(a) A total of 147 187 jobs have were lost by the first quarter (ending March) of 2017, from a total of 611 018 in 1994.
(b) The Department does not have those figures, but the impact of mechanisation on job losses has been very minimal. Most of the jobs were lost due to decline in ore grades, reduced prices resulting from weakened demand, ...
What number of mines failed to get their mining licences because they were not issued with environmental impact assessment certificates (a) in the 2016-17 financial year and (b) since 1 April 2017?
The Department doesn’t issues environmental impact assessment certificate but only process Environmental Authorisation for applications.
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Mr MJ Zwane, MP
Minister of Mineral Resources
Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2017
(1)(a) How many asbestos mines have been rehabilitated since the inception of his department’s asbestos rehabilitation project in 2008, (b) what amount has been spent to date and (c)(i) what are the names of the mines that have been rehabilitated and (ii) where are these mines located;
(2) (a) how many asbestos mines still need to be rehabilitated and (b) what is the estimated rehabilitation costs;
(3) by what date does his department anticipate to conclude the rehabilitation of asbestos mines?
1. (a) 21 sites
(b) R154 152 385.16
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- Strelley Northern Cape
- Jebolo: Northern Cape
- Prieska Old Hospital: Northern Cape
- Langley Limpopo:
- Mafefe Kappa: Limpopo
- Prieska Parkland Creation: Northern Cape
- Heuningvlei: Northern Cape
- Vergenoeg: Northern Cape
- Ga-Lotolo: Northern Cape
- Lokaleng Northern Cape
- Ditabogong: Limpopo
- Mahlatjane: Limpopo
- Klipriver: Kwazulu Natal
- Sithilo: Kwazulu Natal
- Ga-Madiba: Limpopo
- Betle: Limpopo
- Mang le Mang: Limpopo
- Masaneng: Northern Cape
- Buisvlei ...
(1)Why has he not finally declared a restriction or prohibition on the granting of any rights or permits in terms of section 49(1) of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA), Act 28 of 2002, in relation to the (a) the buffer zone around the Mapungubwe National Park, which was initiated by the former Minister of Mineral Resources, Advocate Ngoako Ramatlhodi, by the publication of his intention to declare a restriction and prohibition in the Government Gazette 38004 of 12 September 2014 and (b) the Chrissiesmeer Biodiversity Site, which was initiated by the former Minister of Mineral Resources, Ms S Shabangu, by the publication of her intention to declare a restriction and prohibition in Government Gazette 34051 of 11 March 2011;
(2) given the environmental significance of the wetlands and grasslands in the Wakkerstroom area and the extreme sensitivity of those wetlands and grasslands to prospecting and mining, why has he not exercised his discretion in terms of section 49(1) of the MPRDA to declare a restriction or prohibition against the granting of new prospecting and mining rights in that area?
- The Minister will exercise his discretion in terms of Section 49 (1) of the MPRDA for mining in the area subsequent to the submission of a technical report currently been compiled by the Joint Planning Task Team comprising officials from the Department of Mineral Resources, Department of Environmental Affairs and Department of Water and Sanitation.
- On the strength of the information received, the Minister ...
(1)Why has his department not published (a) a national environmental compliance monitoring and enforcement report or (b) its environmental compliance monitoring and enforcement statistics as part of the Department of Environmental Affairs’ annual National Environmental Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Report as promised by the former Minister of Mineral Resources, Adv Ngoako Ramatlhodi, in his reply to question 2365 on 13 July 2015;
(2) (a) on what date will his department publish its environmental compliance monitoring and enforcement statistics and (b) in what format?
1. (a) The department is currently working on an integrated system to make statistics related to compliance monitoring and enforcement accessible.
(b) It is work in progress, however, the process was delayed due to lack of funding.
2. (a) and (b) As indicated in 1 above, it is work in progress and when necessary funding becomes available, the department will make available 2. statistics ...
(1)Does his department ensure that public participation is conducted in relation to applications and/or requests for Ministerial consent for the transfer of rights or permits in terms of section 11 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, Act 28 of 2002; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether his department ensured that public participation was conducted in relation to the transfer of the mining right for Optimum Colliery from Glencore to Tegeta Exploration and Resources; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether his department has opened an investigation into the money that has allegedly disappeared from the rehabilitation funds for Optimum Colliery alnd Koornfontein Colliery in the process of the transfer of those collieries from Glencore to Tegeta Exploration and Resources; if not, why not; if so, (a) what was the outcome of the investigation and (b) what steps has his department taken in relation to the outcome of the investigation?
(1) Applications in terms 11 of the Act does not provide for public participation to be conducted as these are commercial transactions between parties involved.
(2) Please see (1) above
(3) No investigation was instituted. The company has provided the department with financial statement indicating the availability of funds for rehabilitation, which was moved from Standard Bank to the Bank of Baroda.
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