Question NW3915 to the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
09 November 2022 - NW3915
Madokwe, Ms P to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
(a) What steps will he take with regard to the responses he received to the withdrawal of the Gas Amendment Bill, [B9-2021], on which extensive public hearings across the Republic were held and that now leave many stakeholders like the National Energy Regulator of South Africa in the dark and concerned that the withdrawal has dealt the entity a serious blow and (b) how does he plan to remedy the (i) wasteful spending of public funds on a bill that will never be processed and (ii) legislative shortcomings that the absence of the bill causes for the industry and the Republic?
Reply:
a) The Department has not received any responses to the withdrawal of the Bill.
b) The inputs from public consultations will be used to strengthen and improve on the Bill which will be resubmitted in next financial year.