But the r eduction in f a talities t o the lo w es t le v el in r ec or ded his t ory w as based on deliber a t e s tr a t egies and actions In January a v ery po w erful CEO Heartf elt C on v ersa tions ga thering w as c on v ened b y the Miner als C ouncil Arising fr om this e v ent and in addition t o ma t erial w ork the Miner als C ouncil launched the ne w Khumbul ekha y a s tr a t egy on 1 Oct ober designed t o dr a w t ogether in a s yner gis tic f ashion t o driv e a further r eduction in f a talities impr o v e health out c omes and achie v e the aspir a tional goal of z er o harm C ontinuing ma t erial pr ogr es s has been made thr ough the w ork of the CEO Z er o Harm F orum and in enc our aging the adoption of leading pr actic es in health and saf ety thr ough the MO SH L earning Hub and the Miner als C ouncil s Health and Saf ety t eams T he MO SH L earning Hub has helped sour c e v alida t e and shar e leading pr actic e in the k e y ar eas of f all of gr ound tr ansport and machinery dus t and noise r esulting in beha viour al change W e ha v e driv en a r e vised Maso yise Health Pr ogr amme implement ed in 20 19 Signifcant pr ogr es s has been made with 90 of w ork ers t es t ed f or TB and 84 c ounselled f or HIV AID S V ery signifcantly the TB pr e v alenc e r a t e in mining has no w f allen belo w the na tional pr e v alenc e r a t e demons tr a ting the pr of ound pr ogr es s made Y et as w e c ontinue t o r emind ourselv es w e cannot r es t until e v ery mine w ork er r eturns home health y and saf e e v ery da y P olic y en vir onment Our aspir a tion t o see a gr o wing mining indus try oper a ting with e x c ellenc e is dependent on a legisla tiv e and r egula t ory en vir onment tha t f acilita t es it T he Miner als C ouncil has c ontinued t o a tt empt t o pla y its part in achie ving this T hr oughout 20 19 and up t o the time of writing despit e ma t erial political pr es sur e the Miner als C ouncil has c ontinued t o implement the Boar dappr o v ed s tr a t egy t o challenge the pr oblema tic pr o visions in the Mining Chart er 20 18 A t the heart of these is the nonr ec ognition of the c ontinuing c onsequenc es of pr e vious tr ansactions in r espect of tr ansf ers and r ene w als T he judicial r e vie w applica tion w as launched on 26 Mar ch 20 19 F ollo wing some discus sion the Minis t er agr eed t o suspend the of ending pr o visions until the r e vie w applica tion is fnalised A 3da y hearing w as originally scheduled f or mid April 20 20 but dela y s in the fling of papers b y the DMRE caused a pos tponement In hindsight the sitting w ould ha v e been pos tponed an y w a y due t o the C O VID 19 lock do wn L egal pr oc es ses ar e on tr ack r egar ding the Minis t er s appeal agains t the Miner als C ouncil s 20 18 suc c es sful declar a t ory or der judgement on c ontinuing c onsequenc es On the ma tt er of tr ansf orma tion specifcally w e c ommis sioned an independent s tudy on pr ogr es s and a r eport w as published in Dec ember T he r esear ch which measur ed indus try c omplianc e with the 20 1020 18 Mining Chart er f ound subs tantial c omplianc e and signifcant pr ogr es s in ef orts t o tr ansf orm the indus try though as w e w ould in an y e v ent agr ee ther e r emains a long w a y t o go T he Miner als C ouncil has de v eloped a W hit e P aper which w as appr o v ed b y the Boar d And I will r eport further in 12 months on the critical campaign launched b y the Miner als C ouncil in Mar ch this y ear agains t se xual and genderbased violenc e and har as sment in the indus try R egar ding other legal and r egula t ory is sues Our En vir onmental department achie v ed a further dela y t o the implementa tion of the en vir onmental trus t fund fnancial pr o vision r egula tions ensur ed the mine r esidue and s t ockpiles ar e not CHIEF EXECUTIVES REVIEW C ONTINUED S tr a t egy and s tructur e clas sifed as hazar dous w as t e and pr o vided further input t o the one en vir onmental s y s t em Our E c onomics department pr o vided ma t erial inputs on tax is sues including the carbon tax and demons tr a t ed the lar ge impact in phase 2 with further inputs on the Or ganisa tion f or E c onomic C ooper a tion and De v elopment OECD digital tax a tion pr oposals and the modifca tion t o the diesel r eba t e s y s t em T he T r ansf orma tion t eam made signifcant r epr esenta tions on the frs t dr aft Housing and Living C onditions S tandar d and virtually all the Miner als C ouncil s inputs w er e ac c ommoda t ed b y the DMRE in the fnal dr aft tha t has been gaz ett ed T he Miner als C ouncil made submis sions on man y other Bills and dr aft r egula tions tha t af ect the sect or T hese include the Pr eserv a tion and De v elopment of A gricultur al Land Bill the Clima t e Change Bill the section 25 c ommitt ee hearings on land e xpr opria tion without c ompensa tion the Na tional Health Insur anc e Bill labour legisla tion immigr a tion la w the en vir onmental bills illegal mining fr ame w ork legisla tion tax legisla tion among others A further thr ea t t o the oper a ting en vir onment has been the det erior a ting security situa tion in mining ar eas with a sur ge of armed a ttacks on mining f acilities particularly gold plants T he Miner als C ouncil arr anged a meeting of 30 CEOs with the Minis t er of P olic e in Oct ober and agr eed t o the es tablishment of a 10aside task t eam t o f ormula t e plans It seems tha t the Minis t er of P olic e has agr eed t o the c onc ept of es tablishing a mining specifc polic e unit Security c onc erns r ela ting t o illegal mining ha v e been a further t opic of c on v ersa tion with S APS leadership P age 32