Department of mineral resources
After 7 bodies found on N12, SAPS, DMR to team up to curb illegal mining
National police commissioner General Khehla Sitole said they had deployed high-risk forces in areas known to be rife with illegal mining.
On Saturday, KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala visited the home of deputy minister Bavelile Hlongwa who died in a car crash on Friday.
Hlongwa died in a car accident while travelling from Limpopo on Friday night on the N1 at the Maubane bridge in Hammanskraal.
The department of mineral resources has confirmed Hlongwa died in a car accident on Friday.
The portfolio committee on mineral resources and energy on Wednesday hosted an engagement session with organisations in the mining and energy sectors.
Today marks exactly three years since Pretty Nkambule, Solomon Nyirenda and Yvonne Mnisi fell into a sinkhole at the Mpumalanga mine.
The community of Xolobeni says that it will fight Minerals Minister Gwede Mantashe up to the Constitutional Court if he fails to properly consult them regarding mining in the area.
EFF leader Julius Malema says the Department of Mineral Resources is under the control of white monopoly capital.
The mining sector has been hard hit by falling commodity prices, rising production costs and policy uncertainty.
The committee says the minerals sector is a key contributor to the South African economy because of the half a million workers it employs directly.
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says he is cleaning up the department.
Chairperson of the Committee on Mineral Resources, Sahlulele Luzipo, says the company should be placed under curatorship and, if need be, lose its operating licence.
At least 21 mine workers have died on duty at Sibanye Stillwater's operations this year, with the latest death confirmed on Tuesday by the company at Driefontein on the West Rand.
The government and miners have been locked in talks over the charter, which lays out requirements for black ownership levels and other targets.
Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule and Solomon Nyerende were trapped in a lamp room in a container underground when a pillar collapsed and buried them with soil and rocks in 2016.
Mosebenzi Zwane was fingered by the Public Protector in her ‘State of Capture’ report, as having played a pivotal role in the sale of Glencore’s Optimum mine.
Radio 702 presenter Karima Brown speaks Sahlulele Luzipo, the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources, about their investigation into what happened under Mosebenzi Zwane.
The minister was speaking after Amcu failed to pitch at the meeting between the Mineral Resources Department and other social partners at the weekend.
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe visited the mine in Mpumalanga on Thursday following a strike by workers over unpaid salaries in February.