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Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003)

Codes of Good Practice on Black Economic Empowerment

Mining Sector Charter

Scorecard for the Broad Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining Industry

Notes

 

1. The commitment of the mining companies is to have offered each employee the opportunity to become functionally literate and numerate. The critical test is if a human resource development system has been established and resourced so that people are being trained.

 

2. The mentoring of empowerment groups refers to that mining company’s HDSA employees and HDSA linked partners at the levels of ownership and procurement. It does not preclude mining companies being involved in mentoring programmes outside of its own operations.

 

3. The aspirational target for HDSA participation in management is a 5-year target. If companies want to convert to licenses within a much shorter time frame, then a phase in approach will be adopted with the companies committing to a 40 percent by the fifth year. The key decision point here is whether the company has established a plan to achieve the target and is implementing the plan.

 

4. The aspirational target for women participation in mining is a five-year target and the phase in approach will be used, The key decision point here is whether the company has established a plan to achieve the target and is implementing the plan.

 

5. The commitment of stakeholders to ensure non-discrimination against foreign migrant labour can be approached from the perspective that each company subscribes to industry and government agreements on the matter.

 

6. In terms of companies establishing measures for improving the standard of housing - the company will be required to indicate what it has done to improve housing and show a plan to progress the issue over time and are implementing the plan.

 

7. In terms of companies establishing measures for improving the standard of nutrition - the company will be required to indicate what it has done to improve nutrition and show a plan to progress the issue over time and are implementing the plan.

 

8. In terms of procurement the mining company should commit to an increase of procurement from HDSA companies over the 3-5 year time frame and agree to a monitoring system.

 

9. The Scorecard represents the 5-year targets and it has been agreed that within 10-years the level of HDSA participation will rise to 26 percent.

 

10. In terms of beneficiation commitments and the offset option the key issue is to capture the actual beneficiation activities of a company and to convert it to the same unit of measurement of ownership e.g. attributable units of production / or % measure of value as the case may be and offset accordingly. The attributable ounces that are beneficiated above the base state may be offset against HDSA ownership targets. Considering that some 59 different minerals are mined in South Africa - the detailed discussions on the base state for each mineral are ongoing.