1 | P a g e Table of Contents SECTION 1 ....................................................................................................................................................................................6 UNDERTAKING (Regulation 46 (f) ............................................................................................................................................6 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................................7 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................................................................................7 GLOSSARY................................................................................................................................................................................9 SECTION 2 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 PREAMBLE (Regulation 46 (a) ............................................................................................................................................... 12 2.1 LOCATION OF MINE .......................................................................................................................................................13 2.2 OWNERSHIP OF THE MINE ...........................................................................................................................................13 2.3 OPERATION DESCRIPTION, COMMODITY AND LIFE OF MINE..................................................................................13 2.4 DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE MODIKWA PLATINUM MINE WORKFORCE ....................................................................14 2.4.1 mine community ....................................................................................................................................................14 2.4.2 mine labour.............................................................................................................................................................14 2.4.3 rural labour-sending areas....................................................................................................................................14 2.4.4 Employees ...............................................................................................................................................................15 Table 2.2 Mine Host Community Demography .................................................................................................................. 16 SECTION 3 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (Regulation 46b)............................................................................ 17 3. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (Regulation 46b) ...................................................... 17 3.1 HRD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..........................................................................................................................................17 3.1.1. Skills Development Plan .......................................................................................................................................17 3.1.2 Strategy and objectives .........................................................................................................................................18 3.1.3 HRD Framework............................................................................................................................................................. 19 SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME .................................................................................................................................. 20 (Regulation 46(b)(i) ................................................................................................................................................................. 20 3.2.1 Compliance with Skills Development Legislation...............................................................................................20 3.2.2 Skills Development Programme ...............................................................................................................................20 3.2.3 Employment Equity status/Workforce Profile .......................................................................................................21 3.3.1 Education and Training (AET)...........................................................................................................................24 3.3.2 AET Training Courses and Facilities ................................................................................................................24 3.3.3 Modikwa AET Need ....................................................................................................................................................25 3.3.4 Challenges and measures for mineworkers to attend AET training................................................................26 2 3.4.1. Learnership and Skills Programmes ....................................................................................................................27 3.6.1 Portable Skills..........................................................................................................................................................29 3.6.2 Training facilities.........................................................................................................................................................31 VACANCIES (Regulation (46 (b) (i) (aa) .................................................................................................................................31 CAREER PROGRESSION AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN LINE WITH THE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PLAN (Regulation 46 (b) (ii).....................................................................................................................................................................................32 3.8.1 NDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS ........................................................................................................32 3.8.2 CAREER PATH PROCESSES.....................................................................................................................................33 3.8.3 FAST TRACKING AND CAREER MANAGEMENT...................................................................................................33 3.8.4 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR LOWER LEVEL EMPLOYEES.....................................................................34 3.8.5 FAST TRACKING: MINING AND ENGINEERING ...................................................................................................35 MENTORSHIP (Regulation (b) (iii) ..........................................................................................................................................36 3.9 MENTORSHIP (REGULATION 46 (b) (iii).......................................................................................................................36 Table 5.1 Mentorship Plan with Timeframes ...............................................................................................................36 Table 5.2 Mentorship Targets ........................................................................................................................................36 STUDY ASSISTANCE (Regulation 46 (b) (iv) .........................................................................................................................37 3.10. STUDY ASSISTANCE (Regulation 46 (b) (iv) .............................................................................................................37 EMPLOYMENT EQUITY (REGULATION 46 (b) (v) .................................................................................................................41 3.11 EMPLOYMENT EQUITY (Regulation 46 (b) (v) ..........................................................................................................41 3.11.1 EMPLOYMENT EQUITY ........................................................................................................................................41 3.11.2 TARGETS FOR HDSA PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT................................................................................42 3.11.3 EMPLOYMENT EQUITY: WOMEN IN MINING...................................................................................................44 SECTION 4 ..................................................................................................................................................................................45 MINE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................45 4. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND (Regulation (C) (i) .......................................................................................45 4.1 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF THE FETAKGOMO TUBATSE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY (FTLM)..........45 4.1.1 Municipal Demographics ......................................................................................................................................46 4.2 REGULATION 46 (c) (ii): KEY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................46