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Finance Standing Committee
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: joint workshop
11 Sep 2015
Participants at the workshop were told there were three portfolio committees coordinating the Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS) project -- Finance, Mineral Resources and Trade and Industry. This meeting was to take forward processes that had begun with the Trade and Industry Committee last year, and had gone as ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
2 Sep 2015
The Committee Researcher briefed the Committee, prior to the presentation by the Department of Mineral Resources (the Department) on the 1st quarterly performance and expenditure report 2015, for the Department. The Department had generally done well on expenditure, but was showing 6% ‘lag’ in spending. The reason was largely due to ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
State liability for environmental damage from acid mine drainage and derelict and ownerless mines: briefing by actuaries
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Mineral Resources(DMR) gave a presentation that outlined its efforts, budgets and plans in respect of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) and derelict mine rehabilitation. The Department explained that despite the fact that mining had been ongoing since the 1600s, it was only when the Mineral and Petroleum Resources ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mining Technology, Research and Innovation: CSIR and Department of Mineral Resources and CSIR briefing
12 Aug 2015
Innovation was a key enabler for achieving sustainable growth and meaningful transformation in the SA mining industry. The Department of Mineral Resources echoed this when it was briefing the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources about research and development in South Africa. The Department had instructed Mintek to drive the process ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Uncompensated Miners with Silicosis: Prof Ehrlich, Deputy Minister, Chief Inspector of Mines briefings
24 Jun 2015
The Committee heard briefings from Prof Ehrlich of the University of Cape Town's School of Public Health and the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). The presentations focused on the health of ex-mineworkers, particularly those suffering from silicosis, a respiratory disease developed by inhaling silica dust over an extended period of ...
Joint Standing on Intelligence
Inspector General of Intelligence: 2nd short-listing for interviews by JSCI Sub-Committee & report-back
3 Jun 2015
In this meeting that was open to the public, the Sub-Committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) shortlisted three names for interviews for the position of Inspector General of Intelligence. These names were amongst eighteen nominations submitted during a second call for nominations. In the first call for ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Recent job cuts in mining sector: input on negotiations by Department of Mineral Resources
3 Jun 2015
The Committee staff gave a pre-briefing on trends in employment in the mining sector. There had been a decline in the predominance of gold, due to economic changes and the age of gold mining and depth of mining that was now required to reach gold deposits. Employment in the sector ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Regulatory Framework Policy Changes and future of Shale Gas Industry: Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) & Petroleum Agency SA (PASA) briefing
27 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee received a joint briefing from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and the Petroleum Agency of South Africa (Pasa) on the shale gas regulatory framework. The DMR was led by Deputy Minister, who said that in the past 100 years, the country had learned about the environmental ...
Finance Standing Committee
Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS) Report: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
20 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, the Standing Committee on Finance and the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources held a joint meeting to discuss a research paper presented by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS). The joint meeting was led by the Chairperson ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
State Diamond Trader on beneficiation of diamonds and response to information requested by Committee
13 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources was briefed by the State Diamond Trader (SDT) on various issues, dealing mainly with the legal opinion which stated that the SDT had no legal obligation to comply with information disclosure. If the information was given out, then the Committee would have to take ...