Fine and Rustomjee posit that South Africa has been a leading global supplier of minerals and mineral products for a long time.Neingo and Tholana aver that the mining industry in South Africa directly adds about 7% to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).Also, the industry is responsible for at least R540 billion in exports each year, which is 66% of all …
view more202228 · Employment and Labour Minister, TW Nxesi, announces that the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each ordinary hour worked has been increased from R21,69 to R23.19 for the year 2022 with effect from 01 March 2022. This announcement is in terms of Section 6 (5) of the NMW Act, No 9 of 2018, to amend the NMW contained in Schedule 1 …
view more4 · The government most recently updated South Africa’s minimum wage on 1 March 2022, with the amount set at R23.19 for each ordinary hour worked, representing an increase of 6.9% from the minimum ...
view more2023116 · Ranks among the world’s top 3 producers of manganese ore and titanium. The sector’s mineral reserves worth approximately USD2.5trillion. Contributes 5% to SA GDP, directly (indirectly) employs about 500 000 (500 000 more workers). Generates vast export earnings. Mining companies pay vast amounts to gvt through taxes and royalties.
view morePrior to 1994 she worked in various universities in Africa and the United States. She is a member of the National Minimum Wage Commission. Her research and publications centre on industrial policy and value chain analysis, and on socio-economic challenges facing South Africa, especially employment creation and inequality.
view more2018103 · Eunomix has completed an independent empirical analysis of the impact mineral policy has had on the performance and socioeconomic contribution on the mining sector in South Africa over the past 20 years. The report outlines how mineral policies drive the operational, performance and investment decisions of mining producers.
view moreCoal mining processing plant in Nigeria. This coal mining project is an open pit mine located in Nigeria, announced by mining company - Western Goldfields - that it has discovered 62,400,000 tonnes of proven reserves of coal deposits worth US$1.2 billion which could be used for the generation of electric power...
view more201936 · Employment, investment and legislation. The South African mining industry has consistently increased the size of its workforce, from 406,994 in 2001 to 453,543 in 2018. This has led to a parallel increase in the tax paid by mining companies to the national government, from $1.21bn in 2010 to $1.56bn in 2018, according to the country’s ...
view more2023810 · In this paper, a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model. is considered to analyse the impact of loadshedding on the South Afric an. economy. The model is a static CGE model applied to South ...
view moreThis report summa rises an empirical analy sis of the impact of key Gov ernment policy interventions s ince the advent of democracy. in South Africa on the mining sector. This analysis has be en ...
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