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1. I want to apply for a prospecting/ mining permit. How do I go about? What are the requirements? Send me the forms?
2. I/we want to apply for a small-scale mining permit. Can the Department assist with funding?
3. I want to trade in minerals. What do I need?
4. I want to write the Government Certificate of Competency examinations. Where can I get training or study material?
5. I want to write the Government Certificate of Competency examinations. How do I go about and what are the requirements?
6. I want to do the Blasting Certificate of Competency/Mine Overseers examination. What do I need?
7. I have applied to write the Government Certificate of Competency examinations, but I have not yet had a response.
8. The workers are complaining about our working conditions, which are dangerous.
9. The mine is not doing anything for the community. They do not provide housing, jobs ETC.
10. Here is how you can apply for a Prospecting/Mining Right or Permit
11. What are energy efficiency standards?
12. How are these standards indicated?
13. How will appliances be graded?
14. Where will I find the label?
15. What does the label show?
16. What is free basic electricity?
17. What is regarded as a household?
18. What is government policy regarding free basic services?
19. What is the self-targeting approach?
20. What amount of electricity will be considered as free basic electricity?
21. Who is supposed to get the free basic electricity per month?
22. How much is 50kWh and what can be done with this amount of electricity?
23. What will happen if one uses more than the 50kWh?
24. How would one know when the 50kWh has been exceeded?
25. What will happen if I do not collect the voucher?
26. How will non-grid electricity customers benefit from the free basic electricity policy?
27. What benefit can be derived from solar home systems?
28. What about people who do not have the infrastructure to get the free basic electricity?
29. How long has free electricity been available?
30. What happens in areas where Eskom is the provider rather than municipalities?
31. How do service providers deal with non-payment of electricity by customers who consider themselves as poor, yet consume more electricity?
32. How will this policy be integrated with other services?
33. What accuracy is expected from pre-feasibility studies?
34. What happens when the total project cost is at the borderline (i.e. R100-million)?
35. What is meant by financial closure?
36. Will the DMRE consider different levels of support for different technologies?
37. Where electricity is concerned, are the figures under "contribution to target" on a per annum basis?
38. Does the evaluation for jobs created distinguish between those created during construction and once the plant is operational?
39. Can one company apply for more than one project?
40. Can more than one application be made for the same project?
41. Is the subsidy milestone-driven?
42. What happens if milestones are not met?
43. The requirement to commission within 18 months from contract signing is too restrictive for some projects (e.g. hydropower) due to delays in getting equipment to site, for instance. How will this be handled in terms of the subsidy contract?
44. How is the issue of confidentiality managed, considering the requirement to submit supporting documentation when applying?
45. Can a subsidy be granted post-commissioning?
46. Will projects that have already begun be considered eligible?
47. Can a manufacturer that sells equipment to a developer qualify for the subsidy?
48. Why risk subsidising projects that are already viable?
49. If a project produces electricity and bio-fuels how would it be evaluated?
50. For electricity, a power purchase agreement (PPA) is a reliable indication of arrangements for the uptake of energy produced. Where the PPA does apply, for example bio-diesel, how will the up-take of production be proven?
51. What happens when a plant's production (e.g. bio-diesel) is meant for the export market? Will the project be eligible for a subsidy?
52. What is WINSA?
53. How does WINSA fit in with other organisations for women?
54. How does WINSA improve the progress of women in nuclear-related fields?
55. What does the logo mean?
56. What are the challenges facing WINSA?
57. Who is allowed to join WINSA?
58. How is the organisation funded?
59. How does WINSA promote and market itself?
60. How can the general public benefit from WINSA?
61. What organisations support WINSA?
62. How will non-grid electricity customers benefit from the free basic electricity policy?