'Professionals should lead transformation' Minister Zwane calls on PPF to be in forefront of this in mining sector Elfas Torerai, The New Age, Johannesburg, 16 June 2016 The Progressive Professionals Forum (PPF) has challenged professionals in the province to be at the forefront of transformation in the mining sector. This came after Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane called on the PPF to get its act together and lead from the front. Zwane recently addressed the forum and called on professionals to be leaders in tackling lack of transformation in the mining sector. The minister argued that professionals should not be occupied in theorising but should be practical in addressing the challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment in SA. PPF is a body of professionals who cut across the racial and cultural divides in the country. North West PPF convenor Sediko Rakolote said that the forum subscribed to the objectives of the Freedom Charter and the Constitution of South Africa. "Our members are guided by the spirit of ploughing back their skills and expertise to inculcate patriotism among the South Africans and their vision is to become the think tank of South Africa." Rakolote said that Chapter 2 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 said that mineral and petroleum resources were the common heritage of all the people of SA and the state was the custodian thereof for the benefit of all South Africans. "Minister Zwane is empowered by the act to be the custodian of the mineral resources of the country on behalf of the state. He will always have a reliable ally in the PPF in crafting policy positions that will contribute towards the transformation of the perennial legacy of apartheid and the continuing socioeconomic disparities that continue to blight the length and breadth of our country, in particular the mining sector." Rakolote said the forum was committed to galvanising its members and other interested members to make inputs in the revision of the Mining Charter to ensure that it addressed transformation. "The journey to transformation has to be taken by all professionals so that we begin to influence the direction the country has to take. "Members of the forum and the community at large will be asked to submit their inputs on the mining charter to [email protected] or joe. [email protected]," Rakolote said. Professionals in North West who want to submit information are urged to do so urgently. The closing day is tomorrow. [email protected] From: http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/16062016/epaperpdf/8.pdf -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000b01d1c793%2461d2a610%242577f230%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
