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Mineral Resources and Energy
Lily Mine Investigation: update
11 Feb 2020
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy and the Business Rescue Practitioner (BRP) working on the case of Lily Mine, where three bodies remain trapped after a collapse four years ago, appeared before the Committee to report on progress made thus far. Both parties told the Committee that negotiations among ...
Employment and Labour
Current Action Plan on Compensation Fund; with Minister and Deputy Minister
30 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Employment and Labour on the current action plan being implemented to deal with challenges at the Compensation Fund.
The Department stated that Phase 1 of the plan had been implemented from July 2015 to April 2018 in order to stabilise the operations ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Draft stakeholder report; Draft oversight report to entities
30 Oct 2019
The Committee had planned to review and adopt the Draft stakeholder Report and the Draft oversight Report to entities, but only managed to deliberate upon and adopt the Draft stakeholder report.
The deliberations on the Draft stakeholder report were fraught with conflict. The DA voiced their objection to an observation ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
2019 Integrated Resource Plan: Minister & Department briefing
29 Oct 2019
The Committee received a briefing on the 2019 Integrated Resource Plan. The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy was in attendance.
In his opening remarks, the Minister explained that the Plan considered a combination of supply-side and demand-side resources over a specified future period. The Plan was developed taking into ...
Employment and Labour
Employment and Labour Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report 2019
23 Oct 2019
The Committee met to adopt the 2019 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report on Employment and Labour. There was a prolonged discussion on whether the mandate of the Department already encompassed employment and whether to include concerns about the Department creating a suitable environment for job creation. ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Resources & Energy Budgetary Review Recommendation Reports; Committee Programme
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports (BRRR) on Vote 29 and Vote 26, for the Department of Mineral Resources and Department of Energy. Both Reports were adopted with minor amendments. The DA reserved its right to ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Resources & Energy Budgetary Review Recommendations Report; 3rd term Committee Programme
16 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee considered drafts of the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRR) for the Departments of Mineral Resources (Vote 29) and Energy (Vote 26), and the Committee Third Term Programme.
While considering the BRRR for the Department of Mineral Resources, the Committee proposed ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Necsa Organised Labour briefing
15 Oct 2019
The Committee met to hear submissions from the NECSA Branch of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU), a trade union at the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (NECSA). The Committee had invited the Union to communicate its concerns to Parliament, after it had met Union leaders ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Council for Geoscience; Mintek; SDT & SADPMR 2018/19 Annual Reports
10 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy was briefed by the State Diamond Trader, the South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator, the Council for Geoscience and Mintek on their annual reports for the 2018/2019 financial year.
The State Diamond Trader received an unqualified audit outcome ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Central Energy Fund, NERSA, NNR, NRWDI & SANEDI 2018/19 Annual Reports
9 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Central Energy Fund, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, the National Nuclear Regulator, the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute and the South African National Energy Development Institute on their annual reports for the 2018/19 financial year.
The National Energy Regulator ...