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Mineral Resources and Energy
OUTA 2021 Report on Parliamentary Oversight in SA
30 Sep 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee received a briefing from the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) on its 2020/21 Parliamentary Oversight Report which was critical in that it found no significant improvement in Parliament holding the Executive to account. The improvement needed is a responsive Parliament that holds ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Issues raised during the joint oversight visit to Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant: NUM & Eskom input
27 Sep 2022
The Portfolio Committees on Mineral Resources and Energy and Public Enterprises convened in a joint virtual meeting to receive a brief overview by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on issues raised during the joint oversight visit to the Koeberg nuclear power plant in April 2022, including new developments ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Social Audit Reports; Derelict & Ownerless mines; Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill; Jagersfontein oversight visit report
23 Sep 2022
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
MACUA-WAMUA on Mining Communities Social Audit; Mining Charter; Artisanal Mining legalisation
The Portfolio Committee convened in a virtual follow-up meeting to receive a response ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
AGSA performance audit on rehabilitation of derelict and ownerless mines; SAHRC recommendations concerning unregulated artisanal underground and surface mining activities
13 Sep 2022
The Portfolio Committee convened in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing on the performance audit report on derelict and ownerless mines from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), as well as a briefing from the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on its recommendations on issues and challenges relating ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Glencore Bribery Case & alleged misuse of Mining Rehabilitation Funds
23 Aug 2022
Opinion on Glencore and the former DG of DMRE [Awaited]
Video
In a virtual meeting, the Committee heard presentations by the Content Advisor and by the Parliamentary Legal Services dealing with the implications for the Committee of two separate issues: the international mining company Glencore entering a guilty plea for ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Postponed: Deliberations on the Gas Amendment Bill; Discussion on the fuel price
7 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources was to have deliberated on the Gas Amendment Bill. However, Members accepted a proposal by the Chairperson that the deliberations be postponed. He pointed out that their meeting was the last one the Committee was scheduled to have before Parliament went into recess ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill: legal opinion; Glencore matter
3 Jun 2022
Parliament's Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CLSO) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy on two concerns it had about the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill [B13 – 2021]. Legal services addressed two matters:
• The MPRD Amendment Bill lapsed at the end of the Fifth Parliament ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Revised AFRA agreement on Nuclear Science; Former DMRE official & Glencore matters
31 May 2022
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) briefed the Committee on the Revised African Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training for the Nuclear Science and Technology (AFRA) explaining the ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Gas Amendment Bill: Motion of Desirability; Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill: discussion on way forward
24 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy considered the Motion Of Desirability on the Gas Amendment Bill [B9-2021]. The Committee also discussed the way forward on the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill [B13-2021].
On the Gas Amendment Bill, the Democratic Alliance was ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill: briefing with Deputy Minister
17 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) briefed the Committee on the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development (UPRD) Bill. The Committee Reports on the DMRE budget and Gas Bill Public Hearings were also adopted.
DMRE reported that the draft UPRD Bill strengthens ...