2018-w989 - 24 August 2018

Werner Horn to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

How much land does (a) his department and (b) the entities reporting to him (i) own, (ii) have exclusive rights to and/or (iii) lease from the State to (aa) use and/or (bb) occupy?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources on 24 Aug 2018

a) The Department does not own any land

b) Entities

Council for Geoscience

Council for Geoscience list of properties as at 31 March 2018

Description

Title deed

Street/ legal address

(i) Own Land

Value as per asset register as at 31/03/2018

GAUTENG (Pretoria and surrounds)

1.

Donkerhoek

26/11/1996

T1659/1986

Portion 80 of Donkerhoek Farm 365 JR, Gauteng

Own

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2018-w921 - 24 August 2018

Petrus Johannes Groenewald to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

(1)Whether he is aware of the incident on 21 February 2017 at the Kareerand Silt Dam near Stilfontein in North West where large quantities of silt were dumped into the Vaal River; if so, (a) what was the extent of the pollution in the immediate environment of the Kareerand Silt Dam and in the Vaal River and (b) what steps (i) have been taken to limit and neutralise the impact of the immediate pollution and (ii) are being taken to prevent future dumping;

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources on 24 Aug 2018

The DMR was not aware and the matter should be referred to the Department of Water and Sanitation as the competent Authority.

Approved/Not Approved

Mr SG Mantashe, MP

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2018

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2018-w2026 - 17 August 2018

Bridget Staff Masango to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

(1)What are the details of the (a) number of accidents that vehicles owned by his department were involved (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018, (b) cost for repairs in each case and (c)(i) number of and (ii) reasons for vehicles being written off in each case; (2) whether all vehicles owned by his department have tracking devices installed?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources on 17 Aug 2018

(1) (a) (i) Vehicles owned by the Department of Mineral Resources have never had accident/s for the past three financial years.

(ii) None

(b) N/A

(c) (i) N/A

(ii) N/A

(2) All the vehicles owned by the Department of Mineral Resources are installed with tracking devices.

Approved/Not Approved

Mr SG Mantashe

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:- ……………/………………/2018

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2018-w1882 - 17 August 2018

Thembinkosi Rawula to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

(1)What (a) is the total number of incidents of racism that were reported to the human resources offices in (i) his department and (ii) entities reporting to him in (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017 and (b) are the details of each incident that took place; (2) was each incident investigated; if not, why not in each case; if so, what were the outcomes of the investigation in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources on 17 Aug 2018

(1) (a) (i) No incidents of racism were reported in the (i) Department and (ii) in the entities reporting to the Department in (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017.

(2) N/A

Approved/Not Approved

Mr SG Mantashe

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2018

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2018-w1355 - 17 August 2018

Tsepo Winston Mhlongo to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

Whether there are any (a) environmental and (b) human risks involved when explosives are being used for illegal mining next to the FNB Stadium; if so, (i) what are the risks and (ii) what is his department doing to address the risks?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources on 17 Aug 2018

(a) No.

(b) There are significant human risks.

(i) There are significant human risks are that the illegal miners can get injured or killed from the blast, inhale noxious gases from the explosion which can lead to death; can cause underground fires. Some of the stolen explosives are sometimes also used in blasting Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs).

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2018-w1282 - 17 August 2018

Steven Mahlubanzima Jafta to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

With reference to section 54 of the Mine Health and Safety Act, Act 29 of 1996, to what extent has he engaged all role-players in the mining sector concerning the perceived (a) opaque reasons often furnished by his department to close mines that seemingly have an adverse effect on the health and safety of employees and (b) attitude of employers with regard to work stoppages?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources on 17 Aug 2018

a) The Minister has previously engaged with stakeholders in the Mining Industry Growth Development Employment Task Team (MIGDETT) on section 54. There were also further engagement in the Mine Health and Safety Council. These structures consists of organised labour (NUM, AMCU, UASA, and Solidarity) employers (Minerals council of South Africa, South African Mining Development Agency). Mining companies either individually or collectively also meet with ...

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2018-w866 - 17 August 2018

Hendrik Cornelus Schmidt to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

(1) Whether a certain person (name and details furnished) is still in the employ of his department; if so, in which capacity; if not (2) Whether the specified person has been dismissed or (b) placed on suspension; if so, on what date was the person dismissed or placed on suspension and (ii) what are further relevant details in each case? NW944E

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources on 17 Aug 2018

(1) Ms Sylvia Dhlamini`s is no longer in the employ of the department

(2) (a) No, Ms Sylvia Dhlamini was not dismissed

(b)(i) No, Ms Dhlamini was not placed on suspension

(ii) Ms Sylvia Dhlamini`s contract with the DMR expired when the Minister`s contract expired with the Department

Approved/Not Approved

Mr SG Mantashe

Minister of Mineral Resources

Date Submitted:-……………/………………/2018

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2018-w156 - 17 August 2018

Maroga Lazarus Mokoena to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

Whether (a) his department and/or (b) any entity reporting to him own land; if so, in each case, (i) where is each plot of land located, (ii) what is the size of each specified plot and (iii) what is each plot currently being used for?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources on 17 Aug 2018

(a)(i)(ii)(iii) No, The Department of Mineral Resources owns no land.

b. Entities

1. Council for Geoscience

(i)Location

(ii) What is the size of each specified plot

(iii) What is each plot currently being used for?

Erf 11238, Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa,

3 Oos Street, Bellville Western Cape

6 847 m²

Office Space: Regional

Portion 3 of the ...

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2018-w438 - 26 July 2018

Rainey Thamie Hugo to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

What (a) amount in funding did his department contribute towards equipping two groundwater boreholes which were handed over to the Beaufort West Local Municipality in the Western Cape by the Council for Geoscience on 13 February 2018, (b) amount did his department spend on the handing-over ceremony and (c) are the details of the procedures followed to select the service providers for the handing-over ceremony?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources on 26 Jul 2018

a) The groundwater was discovered by the Council for Geoscience (CGS) during the execution of the Karoo Deep Drilling baseline and geo-environmental study for the purposes of possible shale gas exploration. Two high-yielding boreholes were donated (at no cost to the municipality) to the Beaufort West Municipality who incurred the cost of the pumping infrastructure for one of the borehole. Although the CGS spent ...

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2018-w1108 - 26 July 2018

Thembinkosi Rawula to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources

What (a) number of consulting firms or companies are currently contracted by (i) his department and (ii) the entities reporting to him and (b)(i) is the name of each consultant, (ii) are the relevant details of the service provided in each case and (iii) is the (aa) start date, (bb) time period, (cc) monetary value in Rands of each contract and (dd) name and position of each individual who signed off on each contract?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources on 26 Jul 2018

(i) Department of Mineral Resources

Service Provider

Service Provided

Start Date

End Date

Amount Paid

Person signing and Position

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

(ii) Entities

Mine Health and Safety Council

Service Provider

Service Provided

Start Date

End Date

Amount Paid

Person signing and Position

Poogi Consultant

Sealing off entries in abandoned mines

Sep 2017

February 2019

R4 238 ...

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