P olitical parties r epr esent ed in P arliament 20 19 priorities P erf ormanc e C ontinuous engagement with the r espectiv e P arliamentary P ortf olio C ommitt ees on critical legisla tiv e is sues aff ecting the mining indus try F e w er piec es of legisla tion than anticipa t ed w er e tabled and a lo w er number w as fnalised b y P arliament T he Miner als C ouncil participa t ed b y making both or al and writt en submis sions on the f ollo wing legisla tion T he Na tional En vir onmental Management La w s Amendment Bill is curr ently with the Select C ommitt ee on Miner al R esour c es T he Miner als C ouncil made a submis sion t o this Bill while it w as with the P ortf olio C ommitt ee and w e ar e curr ently sa tisfed with the pr ogr es s made a t this le v el W e will ho w e v er c ontinue t o monit or the pr ogr es s a t the Select C ommitt ee le v el t o see if ther e will be major changes tha t r equir e our int erv ention T he writt en submis sion and or al pr esenta tion t o the S tanding C ommitt ee on Financ e w as made on the T ax a tion La w s Amendment Bill Our submis sion also f ocused on the Carbon T ax Bill and its impact on our members W e c ontinue t o engage go v ernment on this is sue T he Miner als and P etr oleum R esour c es De v elopment Amendment Bill w as r eturned t o the Minis t er of Miner al R esour c es and Ener gy f or impr o v ement It is e xpect ed tha t the Minis t er will table the upda t ed Bill during 20 20 T he A d Hoc C ommitt ee on the amendment of Section 25 of the C ons titution w as set up b y P arliament t o pr oc es s the amendment and pr o vide f or land r edis tribution without c ompensa tion A pr oposed Bill w as published with a r eques t f or submis sions T he Miner als C ouncil has made writt en submis sions and will also be making an or al pr esenta tion T he Independent Electricity Management Oper a t or Bill w as tabled in P arliament b y the Chief W hip of the ofcial opposition T he Bill w as r ef err ed t o the P ortf olio C ommitt ee on Miner als R esour c es and Ener gy f or pr oc es sing T w o meetings on the Bill w er e held bef or e the Pr esident announc ed in his 20 20 s ta t e of the na tion addr es s tha t go v ernment will soon allo w f or the gener a tion of priv a t e electricity W e ha v e engaged with the Chief W hip of the ofcial opposition who is k een t o shar e ideas with the Miner als C ouncil on ho w South A frica can intr oduc e priv a t e electricity gener a tion a decision tha t w e belie v e c ould as sis t our members in ensuring af or dable and unint errupt ed ener gy supply f or their oper a tions Our w ork in P arliament c ontinues t o f ocus on ensuring tha t w e mak e a meaningful c ontribution t o the legisla tiv e pr oc es s on behalf of our members W e ha v e held individual meetings with the v arious political parties tha t ar e r epr esent ed in P ortf olio C ommitt ees such as the Miner al R esour c es and Ener gy Human Settlements W a t er and Sanita tion T r ade Indus try and C ompetition and En vir onment F or es try and Fisheries Going f orw ar d T he primary objectiv e of our w ork in P arliament is t o ensur e tha t all units within the Miner als C ouncil and our members ar e as sis t ed in achie ving their objectiv es thr ough the amendment and intr oduction of policies and legisla tion tha t addr es s the challenges f ac ed b y our indus try W e see our r ole in P arliament as primarily aimed t o achie v e a simplifed legisla tiv e en vir onment tha t allo w s our members t o run their oper a tions smoothly Going f orw ar d w e int end t o int ensify our ef orts b y pr oactiv ely sharing with P arliamentary C ommitt ees r eports on v arious pr ojects w e ha v e undertak en and making r eques ts t o brief the r ele v ant C ommitt ees on our achie v ements challenges and plans It is our vie w tha t this appr oach will s tr engthen the w ork w e do on behalf of our members in P arliament P age 21 MINERALS C OUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA INTEGRA TED ANNU AL REVIEW 20 19