NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 1189
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 11 SEPTEMBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER 16)
Adv H C Schmidt (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources:
In light of the appointment of a certain company (name furnished) to
conduct an assessment of compliance in respect of the Mining Charter, (a)
what is its mandate, (b) what is the date on which it must present its
report to the department, (c) who are the (i) directors and (ii) members of
this company and (d) what is the cost of commissioning the report? NW1525E
REPLY
(a) The mandate of the company is to undertake an independent assessment
of the cumulative progress (by the mining industry) against the
targets of the Mining Charter, as agreed upon by all stakeholders
prior to implementation of this Charter.
(b) End of September, 2009.
(c) (i) Ms. Kate Moloto and Mr. Titus Mpe.
(ii) Not applicable
(d) The report is commissioned at a total cost of R 3,659,172.00.[pic]