A Parliamentary Committee has welcomed government’s commitment to working with mining role-players to grow the sector.
The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources, Sahlulele Luzipo, was reacting to a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the State of the Nation Address (Sona), that government will be determined to work with mining companies, unions and communities to grow the mining sector.
Luzipo said the Parliamentary Committee has been alarmed by mining accidents in the recent past, saying these could have been prevented or dealt with in a better way.
“During its week-long oversight visit to Gauteng from the 29th January to 2nd February 2018, the Committee has discovered that it was possible for the mining accidents to be reduced significantly.”
Luzipo also welcomed the announcement on the need to work together in a genuine partnership to resolve the impasse on the Mining Charter.
He said it was in line with the commitment he made last week to the Chamber of Mines, undertaking to facilitate engagements between the Chamber, Department of Mineral Resources, labour and other stakeholders in order to finalise a mutually agreed Charter.
