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That brings the total to $25.7-billion, which is not exactly small change.  The bulk of this — $16.7-billion — was spent on procurement and capital investment. Companies constantly have to buy stuff to keep going and invest in operations that are anticipated to produce future profits. So a cynic might ask why this is included.  But there are ripple or multiplier effects from such expenditure. A number of studies have found a positive relationship between the mining industry and wider job ...

3 May 2021 - Lee-Anne Bruce CALS is in the Pretoria High Court this week for a review of the 2018 Mining Charter which we believe was developed without meaningfully engaging communities This week, the High Court in Pretoria is set to hear a review of the Mining Charter first brought by the Minerals Council of South Africa. Mining community networks, individual communities and trade unions have all joined the review following a High Court order. CALS represents MACUA and WAMUA, two of the countr...

Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. South Africa’s alluvial diamonds have the potential to create sustainable jobs, drive inclusive growth and aid our economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. But that will only happen if we change the archaic, rigid diamond mining legislation strangling the junior diamond mining industry in this country. It shouldn’t cost more than half a million rand and take a year to get a permit, when the average life of an alluvial diamond concession is about 1.3...

File An application for the judicial review and setting aside of certain clauses of the mining charter is being heard this week.  According to industry body, the Minerals Council of SA, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe exceeded his powers in publishing sweeping provisions of the Mining Charter in 2018.  They want certain sections set aside, and take issue with key BEE clauses.  Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe exceeded his powers and acted irrationally...

Mining Charter review application to be heard from Monday The mining charter was drawn up to facilitate meaningful participation of historically disadvantaged South Africans in the mining and minerals industry. FILE: Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe briefs media on the gazetting of the Mining Charter. Picture: GCIS 5 hours ago JOHANNESBURG - The Minerals Council South Africa on Sunday said an appli...

Apr 29, 2021 Our client in the mining industry is looking for a Manager: Sustainable Development to join their team in Bryanston. Role Description: Reporting to the Human Resource and Sustainable Development Executive, this role will be responsible for developing, implementing and managing a sustainability strategy & framework that assists the company to improve environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, strengthen its Social License to Operate and progress sustainable shared soc...

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Apr 7, 2021 Our client in the mining industry is looking for a Manager: Social Performance, to join their team in Cullinan. Reporting to the General Manager, the role will provide leadership, expertise and direction to the Operation Leadership Team on the Social Compliance to relevant legal requirements. Advise relevant stakeholders such as Social and Labour Plan (SLP) element holders (Responsible persons for executing relevant elements within the SLP document i.e.: Human Resource Development...

SAFTU statement on International Women’s Day 2021 Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by In 1911, three years before the start of the first imperialist war, WWI, socialist women activists gathered in Copen...

Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. It shows that South Africa has fallen to 60th out of 77 in 2020 from 40th out of 76 in 2019. Among the 13 African countries in the index, South Africa is now a dismal 11th, overtaken by the DRC – the horror, the horror! – with only Zimbabwe and Tanzania ranked lower. One of the striking things about this steep decline is that it comes against the backdrop of record earnings for producers of PGMs (platinum group metals). And the biggest source of PGMs is ...