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Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources Quarter 3 performance, with Minister present; Response to SONA
15 Feb 2017
The meeting began with an attempt by Mr J Lorimer (DA) to make the Committee change the rules with respect to how members of the Committee engaged with the delegation of the Department. This was however met with some resistance. The Minister of Mineral Resources in his opening remarks to ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Update on Lily Mine Rescue: briefing by Business Rescue Practitioner
8 Feb 2017
The Committee met to be briefed on the progress made in relation to the disaster that occurred on 5 February 2016, when three of the mine employees were trapped underground at the Lily Mine.
In February 2016, the mine rescue had attempted three times to retrieve the container using different ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Social and Labour Plans: Centre for Applied Legal Studies briefing
30 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS), based at the University of the Witwatersrand, which introduced itself as a civil society organisation and a registered law clinic. Its vision was for a socially, economically and politically just society. It practiced human rights and social ...
International Relations
Petition on current situation in Palestine: National Coalition for Palestine briefing
23 Nov 2016
The National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P) in South Africa briefed the Committee on a petition presented to Parliament on 9 August 2014 following a peaceful march attended by over 200 000 people. It said the motivation for the march and the petition was the savage attacks on Palestinians, especially children, which ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Minister on Deputy Director General appointment; ‘Polluter pay’ principle; Financial Provisioning regulations implementation
23 Nov 2016
The Minister responded to media reports about his appointment of the Deputy Director General for Mineral Regulation, responsible for granting and rescinding mining licences, in the department.
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) then presented on the implementation of the ‘polluter pays’ principle, and said that it is in consultation ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mining Charter review
16 Nov 2016
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) gave a briefing on the Mining Charter which is currently under review. The finalisation of the Mining Charter has been extended to December 2016 due to the substantive changes that have been introduced since the publication of the reviewed draft Mining Charter.
The Mining ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Combatting Illegal mining: Department of Mineral Resources briefing, in presence of Minister
9 Nov 2016
At the start of the meeting, Mr J Lorimer (DA) presented the Chairperson with a letter that he had drafted, expressing concerns about the possible irregular appointment, by the Minister of Mineral Resources, of an official to the Department of Mineral Resources. The content and motivation behind this was discussed ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources on its 2 Quarter 2016/17 performance, with Minister
2 Nov 2016
Though encouraged by its 88% achievement of its targets between July and September 2016, most important for DMR was to ensure there was positive impact in the work that it did.
DMR strived through its communication strategy to engage its stakeholders through workshops and career awareness programmes at Gauteng universities. ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mining legislation court cases and lessons learnt: briefing by Department of Mineral Resources with Minister
26 Oct 2016
The Chairperson expressing his displeasure at the incorrect reporting on committee proceedings by a section of the media.
The Minister of Mineral Resources in his opening remarks to the Committee talked about the transformation of the industry which the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) seeks to achieve and ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill: Committee Report on President’s reservations; Mineral Resources Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
19 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources adopted the report that outlines amendments to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill [B15B-2013] in accordance with reservations raised by the President.
The Committee disagreed with the President that the power given to the Minister to amend Codes, Standards and Charter did ...