SLPs

The Minerals Council and member companies are often asked for copies of their SLPs. This portal has been developed to facilitate this access on a voluntary basis. While the Minerals Council encourages companies to make these plans publicly available, companies have different policies on their approach.

About SLPs

Regulation 42 to the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act requires mining companies to submit to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy a Social and Labour Plan (SLP) as a pre-requisite for the granting of a mining right. SLPs are the instruments for achieving transformation in terms of the Mining Charter. SLPs are normally required to be revised and resubmitted every five years during the life of a mining right.

SLPs contain comprehensive human resources development programmes, mine community development plans, housing and living conditions plans, employment equity plans, and processes to save jobs and manage downscaling and/or closure of operations. DMRE guidelines for SLPs include provisions for consultation with unions, communities and relevant authorities in the development of various sections of SLPs.

There has been public discussion over the years over whether approved SLPs (and companies’ annual compliance reports to the DMRE) should be available for public scrutiny. The Minerals Council believes that this should be the case, and therefore offers this portal to members to post their documentation so it can be accessed by interested parties in a single place. Company participation in this initiative is voluntary.

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Featured SLP project

18 February 2025

GLENCORE’S 2021 – 2025 SLP FOR WATERVAL MINE AND OPERATIONS

Image source: Glencore South Africa

Waterval Mine and Operations has concluded its second five-year Social and Labour Plan (SLP) cycle. In compliance with Regulation 45 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, it is submitting its SLP for the reporting period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025.

This plan reaffirms the mine’s commitment to driving economic growth and socio-economic development while advancing employment and social welfare. Its key focus areas include:

• Human Resources Development,
• a Mine Community Development Plan,
• Housing and Living Conditions,
• Employment Equity, and
• Strategies to safeguard jobs and manage potential downscaling or closure.

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