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Mineral Resources and Energy
Lily Mine Update; Optimum Mine Update: DMRE & BRP briefings
23 Jun 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy 23 June 2020
Audio: Lily Mine Update; Optimum Mine Update: DMRE & BRP briefings
The Committee received updates on the business rescue operations at the Lily Mine, which has been closed since three miners were trapped in an underground accident in 2016, ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Minerals Council of South Africa and mining trades unions on COVID-19 related issues in the mining industry
19 Jun 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy, 19 June 2020
Audio: Trade unions on COVID-19 related work in the mining industry
The focus of the meeting was the mining industry’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and its preparedness for half of the workforce returning to work.
The Chairperson ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Agreement between RSA & European Atomic Energy Community for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
10 Jun 2020
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy gave a presentation to the committee on the Agreement between the Republic of South Africa and the European Atomic Energy Community for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
The Department explained that the purpose of the Agreement was to facilitate co-operation ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Resources and Energy Budget: Committee Report
27 May 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy, 27 May 2020
The Committee met to consider the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) budget report, after first being taken through the ten-point procedural guide to Committee recommendations, which included the need for them to be motivated ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
DMRE on its response to Covid-19, including regulations thereof; with Minister
26 May 2020
Video: JM: PC on Mineral Resources and Energy & SE on Land Reform, & Energy, 26 May 2020
The Minister and the Department of Mineral Resource and Energy (DMRE) presented to the joint committee on the challenges faced by the mining industry since the COVID-19 lockdown was announced. The Minister ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Central Energy Fund & Council for Geoscience 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans
12 May 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy, 12 May 2020
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
The Council on Geoscience had established a Covid-19 task team to fully maintain its National Key Point status, safeguard its business continuity, curb the spread of Covid-19 in the ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources and Energy 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
7 May 2020
Video: JM: PC and SC on Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy, 7 May 2020
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
The Joint Committee met for a presentation by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) on its 2020-2021 Annual Performance Plan.
The Department ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Independent Electricity Management Operator Bill: consideration
10 Mar 2020
Deliberations on the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Private Member’s Bill, the Independent Electricity Management Operator (IEMO) Bill -- also known as the “Cheaper Electricity Bill” --continued before the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy.
The DA called Members across the political divide to set their differences aside and support the ...
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 ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
VBS Bank investment impact on Merafong City Local Municipality
4 Dec 2019
The Portfolio Committee did not get the logic behind the officials implicated in the R50m investment made to VBS Mutual Bank by the Merafong City Local Municipality only getting written warnings. They had failed in their fiduciary duties as required by the Municipal Financial Management Act to act in the ...