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THE MINERALS Council South Africa has vowed to continue with its zero-tolerance on gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF), sexism, racism, and bullying in the mining industry. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa says it commits to zero tolerance of gender-based violence and femicide, sexism, racism, and bullying in the mining industry. This follows the release of a report by Anglo-Australian mine Rio Tinto exposing reports of sexual assault and harassment, racism, bullying and other forms of discrimination throughout the company. Thuthula Balfour, the Head of Health at the Minerals Council South Africa, spoke to eNCA on this. Read More

Industry organisation Minerals Council South Africa has recommitted to zero tolerance of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF), sexism, racism and bullying in the mining industry, after noting the release of a report by diversified global miner Rio Tinto exposing these problems across its operations. Read More

Business has decried the lack of urgency in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address, which was largely focused on digging South Africa out of its growth and unemployment slump. Read More

Business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso says business was hoping for a greater sense of urgency and stronger commitment from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SoNA) to accelerating both the reform agenda and infrastructure rollout. Read More

In May 2021, Nolitha was appointed as the Minerals Council South Africa’s first female president in the organisation’s 131-year history. Read More

The mining industry has called for urgent deregulation of the energy sector so that private players can help to relieve crippling energy shortages facing South Africa. Read More

South Africa needs more power generation to overcome the supply gap and underpin economic growth, and investments by private companies, including mining houses, are essential to close that gap. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa opposes the latest tariff increase application by electricity supplier Eskom, which is starting to control its operational and managerial costs, but is caught between the reciprocal consequences of a lack of generation capacity and the need for damaging and unaffordable tariff increases. Read More

Eskom says the 20.5% tariff increase is necessary because it still needs to raise R6.5 billion for diesel to power the backup generators. Read More