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Purpose: To provide effective financial management and supply chain management support services.

Highlights: The focus of the sub-programme was to enhance its controls and presentation of financial statements; a clean audit opinion for 2022/23 FY was obtained as a result. 100% of the APP target in the financial year was recorded. The turnaround times for payment of
invoices and finalisation of bids were at an average of fifteen (15) days and thirty-four (34) days, respectively. All bids in the approved Procurement Plan were finalised for the financial year 2023/2024.

The sub-programme also implemented procurement processes in line with the new Preferential Procurement Regulations after policy development in line with the
revised National Treasury prescripts.

Purpose: To maximise the productivity of the entity by optimising the effectiveness of its employees.

Highlights: During the year under review, the human resources division conducted the climate survey. The implementation part of the recommended outcomes commenced in Q4 of the 2023/24 financial year. In terms of youth development, thirty-three (33) youths were given the on-the-job training  opportunity by the SADPMR in collaboration with the Mining Qualification Authority (MQA) and Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) for an internship programme and work-integrated learning programme. There are twelve (12) interns funded by the SADPMR, five (5) interns funded by the MQA, and sixteen (16) learners funded by TETA.

This is part of the skills development initiative, which involves increasing the number of interns and learners on an annual basis.  Furthermore, the SADPMR implemented a 5.5% cost of living adjustment for all employees below management, 4% for employees at the management level, and incentive bonuses for all qualifying employees. This is part of staff welfare to ensure that employees are taken care of during the difficult economic climate. The SADPMR continues to promote a culture of learning and has awarded thirteen (13) bursaries to staff members in the year under review. This is an additional number to the bursaries awarded to twenty-two (22) employees in the 2022/23 financial year. At the same time as the SADPMR was celebrating achievements, it was also dealing with bereavements after the passing of two (2) staff members in Q1 and Q2.

Purpose: To provide brand awareness, promote stakeholder engagement, support the mandate of the SADPMR, and promote public awareness of the SADPMR’s activities and initiatives.

Highlights: During the year under review, the communication division conducted twenty-four (24) brand awareness activities in the following provinces: Gauteng, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, North West, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo. SADPMR also participated in international brand promotions in Canada and two (2) in Hong Kong to promote the mandate of the SADPMR. SADPMR is moving towards digital radio marketing with the aim of promoting brand awareness. SADPMR collaborated with five community radio stations in the form of interviews to reach large audiences.  SADPMR managed to publish five (5) articles, which were used as communication channels to promote SADPMR services and educate South Africans about the mandate of the regulator. To maintain our stakeholder relations, SADPMR conducted three customer satisfaction surveys to improve the quality of service delivery by the SADPMR towards the Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator. 

Under the review of the 2023/24 financial year, South Africa continued to play critical roles and lead KP activities. South Africa was appointed as the Chair of the Working Group on Monitoring and Deputy Chair of the WGDE. South Africa also participated in the review visit and mission to India to support the KP activities.  During the year under review, South Africa participated in the KP Plenary and international meeting, which was held in Zimbabwe. South Africa continued to show leadership within the KP, especially leading the subtechnical assistance and development of the diamond communities.  South Africa is one (1) of the member state within African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA) which consist of fifteen (15) member states and five (5) observers.  ADPA is an inter-governmental organisation that seeks to strengthen the level of influence African diamond producing countries have on the world diamond market.  Within ADPA there is a Committee of Experts which is consultation body, and it is divided into two working groups, which are Technical Advisors and Internal Audit. During the financial year, the working groups were established, and the internal audit group had its first meetings in March 2024 to discuss the planning followed by the execution of the audit.

Purpose: To align the ICT strategy and automation of business processes with the business strategy.

Highlights: During the year under review, SADPMR
successfully migrated its payroll system to Microsoft
Cloud to enable SADPMR to have direct access to the selfservice human resources portal. Furthermore, the SADPMR continued to implement ICT security measures. Also, the SADPMR implemented an ICT governance framework. As part of ensuring improved service delivery within the SADPMR, the ICT division developed two applications, namely MY SADPMR and SADMPR Online, to cater for internal staff and external clients. SADPMR Online will enable clients to submit precious metals registers online.

Purpose: To provide efficient and effective general legal support by ensuring compliance with legislation, identifying and mitigating legal risks, and providing well-informed legal advice.

Highlights: The SADPMR has done exceptionally well in managing and defending a number of litigation cases, and also managed to reduce and successfully defend a significant number of cases that were instituted against it by various external stakeholders. The SADPMR is left with two (2) ongoing litigation cases currently being adjudicated in the South Gauteng High Court and the Labour Court, respectively, of which the case in the latter forum is at the advanced stage of being finalised. One of the SADPMR’s future priorities is to become a litigation-free entity, as experience has shown that an entity with an overwhelming number of litigation cases tends to divert more of its focus on defending court cases and spending much of its time in court than focusing on its legislative mandate. 

Purpose: To implement the Minimum Information Security Standards (MISS), Minimum Physical Security Standards (MPSS), National Vetting Strategy (NVS), and relevant pieces of legislation.

Highlights: The Security Risk Management Division continued to implement the provisions of the National Vetting Strategy (NVS), Minimum Information Security Standard (MISS), and Minimum Physical Security Standards (MPSS).

The National Vetting Strategy was implemented, and continuous vetting of the employees is in place. For the period under review, sixteen (16) vetting forms were submitted, and three (3) security clearances were received from the State Security Agency (SSA). This was achieved in collaboration with the requirements of the State Security Agency in terms of the NVS.

Purpose: To provide advice to the Board on compliance with the application of relevant legislation, training and development, and administrative support.

Highlights: The SADPMR board approved the budget, strategic plan, and annual performance plan and submitted all required quarterly reports to the shareholder (DMRE).  The board also submitted the 2022/2023 annual report as stipulated in Section 55 of the PFMA. The board also conducted the external assessment and drafted the action plan based on the recommendations in the report. All meetings that were scheduled on the calendar were well attended by members.

Purpose: To enable service delivery programmes and the use of statistics in the diamond and precious metals sectors, as well as to conduct economic, policy, and market research on matters pertaining to diamonds and precious metals and their products.

Highlights: The inaugural publications of the two annual reviews, the World Diamond Annual Review 2022, and the World Precious Metal Annual Review 2022 were well received by internal and external stakeholders.