1. Oversight priorities for ex-mineworker issues
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Information sourced from:
Nicol, M. (2015d) Possible oversight priorities for ex-mineworker issues. Research Unit, Parliament. 23 October.
Nicol, M. (2015e) Oversight priorities for ex-mineworker issues. Research Unit, Parliament. <Presentation slides>. 28 October.
Draft for the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources (PCMR)
Martin Nicol
Parliamentary Research Unit
28 October 2015

2. The need for “inter-governmental action on developing a comprehensive strategy on ex mineworkers”
Many Laws, many Ministers
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA): Minister of Mineral Resources
Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act (ODIMWA): Minister of Health
Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA): Minister of Labour
UIF Act: Minister of Labour
Pension Funds Act: Minister of Finance.
Mine Health and Safety Act(MHSA): Minister of Mineral Resources

3. Repeated initiatives:
The need for “inter-governmental action on developing a comprehensive strategy on ex mineworkers”
Repeated initiatives:
Parliamentary ad hoc Committee
Interdepartmental Task Team on Ex-Mineworkers: Led by Department of Labour from 2008.
The ex-mineworkers ringfenced project led by DM: Mineral Resources /2014
The One Stop Service Centres for ex-mineworkers: Minister of Health + DMR from 2014
Parliamentarians’ meetings with ex-mineworkers in the Eastern Cape. (most recent 4-Sep-2015)

4. Possible “centre of gravity” for a comprehensive strategy on ex mineworkers
One Stop Service Centres for ex-mineworkers
Service delivery for the “whole person”
Medical benefit examination (free by law)
Claim submission (if diagnosed)
Health advice
Screening for possible unclaimed benefits
Retirement funds __R5.2 billion due to ex-mineworkers
Compensation __up to claims are possible (but the money is not great)
UIF and social grants __for SA citizens
Need to make the service effective and efficient
Roll out the business model across the Region

5. Prioritisation Matrix
ODA: Presentation of Findings
2011/11/30
Prioritisation Matrix
High
Avoid
(if possible)
Must do but plan well
Complexity
Great learning
Must do
Ostroff, F. (2006) “Change Management in Government” Harvard Business Review May 2006
“For most programs, I recommend constructing a 2 x 2 matrix, indicating high and low impact on performance on one axis and high and low difficulty of implementation on the other.”
Now re-saved at: I:\MN2015\0233 Ostroff Change in Government HBR.docx
High
Low
Impact

6. ODA: Presentation of Findings
High
2011/11/30
Avoid (if possible)
Must do but plan well
Proper support for One Stop Service Centres – budgets , capacity and response to claims MPF/MBOD/CCOD)
Roll out centres across region
Harmonise compensation laws
Tracing ‘cold’ beneficiaries, individually.
Making hollow promises to ex-mineworkers
[All has been done, that can be done here]
COIDA & ODIMWA)
Great learning
Complexity
Must do
DMR – reduce exposure to dust in the workplace.
Make all mines ‘controlled mines’
Improve levy collection from mines
Free medical benefit exam every 2 years
Retirement funds must keep contact with present contributors
Compel retirement funds to trace beneficiaries of unclaimed benefits
Ostroff, F. (2006) “Change Management in Government” Harvard Business Review May 2006
“For most programs, I recommend constructing a 2 x 2 matrix, indicating high and low impact on performance on one axis and high and low difficulty of implementation on the other.”
Now re-saved at: I:\MN2015\0233 Ostroff Change in Government HBR.docx
Meet ex-mineworkers to hear their problems
High
Low
Impact

7. Thank you Dr Martin Nicol
Researcher: Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources
Research Unit, Parliament of South Africa
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Office location: 1/068

8. References
Nicol, M. (2014) Note: The 2007 investigation into Matters Related to Ex-Mineworkers. Research Unit, Parliament. 25 April.
Nicol, M. (2015a) Silicosis: A major risk for SA mineworkers. Research Unit, Parliament. 22 June
Nicol, M. (2015b) Ex-mineworkers and Parliament. Research Unit, Parliament. 15 July.
Nicol, M. (2015c) Ex-mineworkers are the main losers in the scandal over un-claimed retirement benefits. Research Unit, Parliament. 24 August.
Nicol, M. (2015d) Possible oversight priorities for ex-mineworker issues. Research Unit, Parliament. 23 October.
Ostroff, F. (2006) “Change Management in Government” Harvard Business Review. May 2006