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In South Africa the Department of Public Enterprises is the shareholder representative of the South African ... Diamond mining. 859 [18] R0.2bn [18] R0.03bn Fully ...
Minerals Council South Africa; Predecessor: Transvaal and Orange Free State Chamber of Mines: Formation: 1968: Founded at: Johannesburg, South Africa: Purpose: A mining industry employers’ organisation that supports and promotes the South African mining industry, serving and promoting their interests by providing strategic support and advisory input.
The Vaal Reefs mine disaster occurred on 10 May 1995 when an underground locomotive in the Vaal Reefs gold mine in South Africa fell into the mine shaft, hitting an elevator carrying mine workers, and causing it to plunge to the bottom of the shaft, killing 104 miners. [1] [2] It is the worst elevator accident in history. [3]
In the 2016/2017 budget the department had a budget of R7,545 million and a staff complement of 622 civil servants. [2] In August 2018, the Department of Energy released a draft of South Africa's updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), the plan which seeks to meet the country's energy consumption demands, for public comment. [3]
Ramaphosa's various shareholdings made him one of South Africa's richest men. [35] According to the Sunday Times, his estimated net worth of R2.22 billion made him the 13th richest person in South Africa in 2011, and that figure jumped to R3.1 billion in 2012. [36]
The economy of South Africa is a mixed economy, emerging market, and upper-middle-income economy, one of only eight such countries in Africa. [26] [27] [28] The economy is the most industrialised, technologically advanced, and diversified in Africa. [29]
Kimberley is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is located approximately 110 km east of the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The city has considerable historical significance due to its diamond mining past and the siege during the Second Anglo-Boer war.
At least 31 people are suspected to have died in a methane gas explosion at a disused gold mine in South Africa around the third week of May in 2023. [3] [2] [4] [5] [6]The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) reported late on 22 June 2023 that the miners had died in a mining shaft at the abandoned Virginia mine in Welkom, Free State.