Legislation to be presented

摘要

SOUTH Africa's Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe - who flew out to the Deepsea Stavanger last week - said the Brulpadda discovery "confirms that our decision to separate legislation for oil and gas from traditional minerals, so that we can support this sector in realising its full potential, is the correct one". He said: "We are moving with speed to finalise this legislation, to ensure that it is presented as soon as the sixth parliament sits." The sixth parliament will sit after general elections in May, when President Cyril Ramaphosa is widely expected to win the poll. In his state of the nation address this week, Ramaphosa referenced Brulpadda, South Africa's debut leep water discovery, saying the government is "extremely encouraged" by the find.