Hon Chairperson, Ministers, colleagues, esteemed guests in the gallery, fellow South Africans, on 26 March 2013 our Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries sat and considered a Report on the nomination of candidates to serve on the board of the Agricultural Research Council, ARC. This Report seeks to recommend to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Mrs Tina Joemat-Pettersson, that the following persons are to serve for another three-year term: Mr J W A Godden, Prof S Vil-Nkomo, Ms A D Aphane, Mr M Dyasi, Mr A D Young, Ms D Msomi, Mr J H MacBain, Mr F W Jansen van Rijssen, Dr J M Chitja, Prof T V Mayekiso, Prof T A Mofokeng, Prof F J C Swanepoel and Prof M J Khann.
Our recommendation is in keeping with section 9(3) of the ARC of 1990. We are convinced that with such a recommendation the team will go a long way in ensuring that the land is, indeed, shared among those who work it and that the state will help them with implements, seeds, tractors, and dams in order to save the soil and assist the tillers.
I put this report before the House for adoption. Thank you.
There was no debate.
Chairperson, I move:
That the Report be adopted.
Motion agreed to.
Report accordingly adopted.