MINING INDABA

Deputy Minister Department of Mineral Resources Mr . Godfrey Oliphant was sworn in as Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources on 1 November 2010 . Mr . Oliphant was born in Warrenton ; a small town situated 70km on the north-western side of Kimberley , in the Northern Cape . He attended his primary school education at Warrenton and completed his Matric at Huhudi High School at Ganyesa in the Vryburg area of the North-West Province . He later pursued further studies in Economics and still enjoys reading and running . He became a Member of the first democratic Parliament in 1994 representing the ANC in the National Assembly . He was also a Member of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Energy , the Governance Committee and later became Chairperson of the ANC Chairpersons ’ of Study Groups . He travelled extensively around the world as a trade union representative and later as a Member of Parliament ( MP ).

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