ALLIANCES AND C OLLABORA TION S tr a t egic Goal 1 T he Miner als C ouncil w orks t o f orm allianc es with k e y busines s labour c ommunity s ta t e P arliament and r eligious gr oupings It also aims t o es tablish mechanisms f or ongoing c ollabor a tion and engagement on s tr a t egic na tional and mining indus try is sues R epr esenta tion on the Miner als and P etr oleum Boar d T he Miner als C ouncil has r epr esenta tion on the Miner als and P etr oleum Boar d the Boar d es tablished in t erms of the MPRD A In 20 19 thr ough its participa tion on this Boar d the Miner als C ouncil ensur ed tha t the implementa tion of the pr o visions of Section 5 2 of the MPRD A did not adv ersely impact mining c ompanies It also made c ertain tha t the decisions and r ec ommenda tions of the Boar d w er e gener ally sound r a tional and did not c ompr omise the viability and c ontinued sus tainability of mining c ompanies while balancing other k e y societal int er es ts T he int erv ention ensur ed tha t the Section 5 2 r eports and r ec ommenda tions f or the Minis t er w er e balanc ed and tha t the Boar d s ta y ed within its manda t e as per the MPRD A and did not e x c eed its s ta tut ory po w ers and sc ope P art of the s ta tut ory manda t e of this Boar d is t o es tablish a R egional Mining De v elopment and En vir onmental C ommitt ee RMDEC f or each of the nine r egions designa t ed b y the A ct F or this purpose the Boar d es tablished the RMDEC C oor dina ting C ommitt ee RC C on which the Miner als C ouncil has r epr esenta tion T he functions of RMDEC ar e T o c onsider objections t o the gr anting of pr ospecting rights mining rights or mining permits and t o mak e r ec ommenda tions t o the Minis t er r egar ding the objections T o mak e r ec ommenda tions t o the R egional Manager wher e a right holder is pr e v ent ed b y the o wner or oc cupier of land fr om c ommencing or c onducting oper a tions In the period under r e vie w the RC C managed t o es tablish eight RMDECs and appoint ed members t o these s tructur es who monit or ed their perf ormanc e and r e vie w ed their r eports T he RC C also de v eloped a set of RMDEC W orking Pr oc edur es in or der t o cr ea t e s tructur e and c onsis t enc y Southern A frican De v elopment C ommunity S ADC T he Miner als C ouncil c ontinued t o participa t e ef ectiv ely in the S ADC Emplo yment and Labour Sect or thr ough its r epr esenta tion in the Joint T ripartit e T echnical C ommitt ee and the T ask T eam of Experts on Social Security In the period under r e vie w the Miner als C ouncil s r epr esenta tiv e participa t ed in these f orums and c ontribut ed t o the de v elopment of the Dr aft S ADC Pr ot oc ol on Emplo yment and Labour the Dr aft Ins trument on the P ortability of Social Security Benefts acr os s the r egion and the Dr aft Labour Migr a tion A ction Plan T hese Ins truments w er e pr esent ed a t the meeting of S ADC Minis t ers of Labour in Mar ch 20 20 E c onomics discipline Members of the E c onomics discipline r epr esent ed the Miner als C ouncil a t se v er al meetings of Busines s Unity South A frica BUS A about the Eksom crisis T hese included meetings of the Ener gy SubC ommitt ee and a ses sion on the Int egr a t ed R esour c e Plan wher e the mining sect or s case w as r obus tly ar gued T he Miner als C ouncil w as also r epr esent ed a t the BUS A w orking gr oup on the Jobs Summit on six oc casions during A ugus t and Sept ember and a t the Summit itself in Oct ober a w orking ses sion of the In v es tment Summit a t BUS A in Oct ober and the T r ade and Indus try Chamber ses sions a t the Na tional E c onomic De v elopment and Labour C ouncil Nedlac P etr a Diamonds Ek apa Mining Joint V entur e P age 5 9 MINERALS C OUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA INTEGRA TED ANNU AL REVIEW 20 19