MPRD A Miner al and P etr oleum R esour c es De v elopment A ct MQA Mining Qualifca tions A uthority MRD S Mine R esidue Deposits and S t ockpile Mt Metric t onnes 1 000 kilogr ammes MW CB Mine W a t er C oor dina ting Body NCD Nonc ommunicable diseases NC OP Na tional C ouncil of Pr o vinc es NDP Na tional De v elopment Plan Nedlac Na tional E c onomic De v elopment and Labour C ouncil NERS A Na tional Electricity R egula t or of South A frica NEMA Na tional En vir onmental Management A ct NEMLA Na tional En vir onmental Management La w s Amendments NGO Nongo v ernmental or ganisa tion NHI Na tional Health Insur anc e NIHL Noiseinduc ed hearing los s NSDP Na tional Skills De v elopment Plan NUM Na tional Union of Mine w ork ers NUMS A Na tional Union of Metalw ork ers of South A frica ODMW A Oc cupa tional Diseases in Mines and W orks A ct OECD Or ganisa tion f or E c onomic C ooper a tion and De v elopment OEM Original equipment manuf actur er OLD Oc cupa tional lung disease Oped Opposit e the edit orial page a writt en piec e published b y a ne w spaper magazine which e xpr es ses the opinion of its author P AY E P a y As Y ou Earn tax on personal inc ome PGMs Pla tinum gr oup metals PLF Pla tinum L eadership F orum POE P ortf olios of e videnc e PPI P olic y P er c eption Inde x QCT O Quality C ouncil f or T r ades and Oc cupa tions R CC RMDEC C oor dina ting C ommitt ee RCS R espir a t ory cry s talline silica RD R esear ch and de v elopment RDI R esear ch de v elopment and inno v a tion R emc o R emuner a tion C ommitt ee RMDEC R egional Mining De v elopment and En vir onmental C ommitt ee RIIS R esear ch Ins titut e f or Inno v a tion and Sus tainability S ADC Southern A frican De v elopment C ommunity S AMBF South A frican Mining Biodiv ersity F orum S ARS South A frican R e v enue Servic e S AQ A South A frican Qualifca tions A uthority SDGs T he Unit ed Na tions Sus tainable De v elopment Goals SIMRA C Saf ety in Mines R esear ch A dvisory C ommitt ee SLP Social and labour plan S TIP Shortt erm inc entiv e plan STS Sociot echnical s y s t ems STS S tandar d thr eshold shift TB T uber culosis TERS T empor ary Emplo y er Emplo y ee R elief Scheme T M T r ansport and Machinery TMM T r ackles s mobile machinery UIF Unemplo yment Insur anc e Fund UA S A T r ade union in South A frica f ormerly named Unit ed As socia tion of South A frica VA T V alueadded tax V G GWS S V aal G amagar a W a t er Supply Scheme W C WDM W a t er c onserv a tion and w a t er demand management P age 10 7 MINERALS C OUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA INTEGRA TED ANNU AL REVIEW 20 19