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The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Mr Gwede Mantashe, will on Friday, 14 August 2026, undertake a community outreach programme in his parliamentary constituency of Dannhauser, KwaZulu-Natal, where he will hand over 200 gas handy cookers and cylinders to community members.

The support, provided through Gold Fields, forms part of the Minister’s outreach programme and is intended to assist vulnerable households during the winter season. It also reflects the importance of partnerships between government and the mining sector in contributing to the development and wellbeing of communities.

The Deputy Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Ms Phumzile Mgcina (MP) will on Friday, 31 July 2026 attend Youth in Mining Convention and Launch National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Skills Partnership Programme for at Radisson Blu Hotel, Sandton, Gauteng province.

The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Mr Gwede Mantashe, will officially hand over two Social and Labour Plan (SLP) projects to the Bapo Ba Mogale Community on Friday, 10 July 2026.

The two Sibanye-Stillwater initiatives, comprising a Livestock Improvement Programme and a Bee Farming Project, represent an investment of more than R8 million and form part of the company’s Social and Labour Plan (SLP) commitments under the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA), which requires mining companies to contribute to the socio-economic development of mining communities and labour-sending areas.

The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Mr Gwede Mantashe, will lead a
District Development Stakeholder Engagement in the Amajuba District Municipality on 15
April 2026...