In a move to socialise the transformation of mine safety and innovation efforts in South Africa, Sibongile Ntsoelengoe, Executive Manager: Mining at the Council for Scientific and industrial Research, presented the development of Trackless Mobile Machinery (TMM) to the Portfolio Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation and the Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources on 3 July 2025. The TMM Digital Twin, developed in collaboration with the Minerals Council South Africa and the Madela Mining Precinct, applies fourth industrial revolution technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and other data analytics to evaluate vehicle risk interactions and predict optimal scenarios to support decision-making.

Issued by Parliament of South Africa