The above-mentioned amendments have not yet been tabled before Parliament and the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources (the Committee) would follow up on the developments in this regard. The Committee conducted public hearings to, amongst other things, determine the level of compliance by ten major mining companies to the Mining Charter (the Charter). The mining companies reported that their efforts were in compliance with the relevant mining charter, but there was still a need for improved transformation in the mining industry. This was due to contradiction in giving statistics provided by the Impact Assessment Report commissioned by the Department of Mineral Resources, which found that the mining companies were not compliant to the Charter. The Committee disagreed with some of the statistics provided by the mining companies.