Vision

World class minerals and energy sectors through sustainable development.

Mission

To regulate and promote the minerals and energy sectors for the benefit of all.

Mandate

Provision of services for effectual transformation and governance of minerals and energy industries for economic growth and development, thereby improving quality of life.

Slogan

Minerals and Energy for development and prosperity

Values

• Batho Pele
• Excellence
• Professionalism
• Integrity
• Equity
• Loyalty

Key strategic objectives

• To formulate and implement an overall minerals and energy policy that ensures transformation of the sectors and optimum utilisation of mineral and energy resources;
• To position the minerals and energy sectors for global competitiveness;
• To govern these sectors to be secure, safe, healthy and environmentally sound; and
• To redress past imbalances to achieve equity throughout the value chain in the minerals and energy sectors.

Key performance indicators

Legislation

• Quality bills and policies;
• Submission of proposed bills and policies for approval on time;
• Extent to which bills and policies cater for poverty alleviation;
• Implementation of approved strategies; and
• Incorporation of World Sumit on Sustainable Development and Nepad outcomes and goals into existing resources. Service
• Steps taken to manage political risks;
• Measures taken to maintain stable fiscal and investment regime;
• Facilitate development of geoscience's infrastructure;
• Quality of service;
• Maintain competitive energy prices; and
• Steps taken to support research and development and technology development and transfer. Health and safety
• Adopt world-class mining environmental health and safety standards;
• Percentage of mines with effective occupational health and safety, environmental management systems;
• Percentage of mines with implementation plans and strategies to address specific occupational health and safety and environmental concerns and hot spots; and
• Measure enforcement activities, such as the number of audits, inspections and environmental management plans, planned against number completed.

Human resources

• Build and maintain enforcement capacity through measures to support staff recruitment , retention and development;
• Significant progress in addressing historical liabilities;
• Achieve internal transformation targets.

Development

• Support programmes for compliance by SMMEs in safety, health and environment;
• Monitor security at Key Points;
• Promote application of cleaner technologies;
• Achievement of targets in empowerment charters;
• Increased value addition of South Africa's minerals;
• Develop a charter in the electricity sector;
• Significant progress in implementation of the Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Strategy and Urban Renewal Strategies;
• To support the development of programmes to advance human resource development, particularly for women and children; and
• Progress in implementing the Electrification Programme.