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Land Reform and Rural Development
Commission on Restitution of Land Rights & Ingonyama Trust Board on their Annual Performance, with Deputy Ministers in attendance
2 May 2017
The Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) presented its Annual Performance Plan (APP) for 2017/18, indicating that expenditure was allocated to two programmes – administration (R59.7 million) and real estate (R54.3 million). The total budget amounted to R114 million in 2017/18. Income was generated mainly from rental of the land and issuing ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Land Rights Management Facility on its 2015 Performance, with Deputy Ministers
2 Mar 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Land Rights Facility Management Facility (LRMF) on its 2015 performance. The LRMF provides specialised legal and mediation services to indigent individuals and communities who faced the violation of their land rights. Since 1 January 2013, 1 830 matters were dealt with by the project. ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Farm worker conditions in South Africa: ILO research; Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill hearings programme
27 Jan 2016
The International Labour Organisation noted its mandate is the pursuit of decent work which carries the objectives of productivity. The commissioned research stems from the 2013 farm worker unrest in De Doorns in 2013, which spread to parts of the Boland. The research methodology included labour intensive farm industries where ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Communal Property Association 2015 Annual Report, Rama and Riemvasmaak updates: Department Rural Development & Land Reform briefings, minute adoption
4 Nov 2015
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) presented the Annual Report 2014/15 for the Communal Property Associations (CPAs). To date, 1 428 CPAs were registered, with 48 being registered in the last financial year. Challenges faced by CPAs included ongoing conflicts amongst CPA members which centred on governance ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Extension of Security Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]: briefing by Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
21 Oct 2015
The Deputy Minister of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), addressed the Committee on the motivation for the amendments to the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill, saying the fundamental resolve was to overcome decades of hardship in South Africa. Its redress was not about obsolete ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Ingonyama Trust Board & Commission on Restitution of Land Rights 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance; Committee Oversight Reports
2 Sep 2015
The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (the Commission) presented its expenditure trends and financial and performance report for the 1st quarter of the 2015/16 financial year. The performance was fully described by noting the achievements and the targets. In the first quarter, there was a target to settle 92 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
One District-One Agri-Park implementation in context of Rural Economic Transformation Model
24 Jun 2015
The Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) jointly presented on the implementation of the One District, One Agri-Park programme in the context of the framework of the rural economic transformation model.
DAFF’s presentation focused on its role in ...
Small Business Development
Retail Industry on Access to Market & Value Chain for SMMEs & Cooperatives (Massmart and Tiger Brand); Integrated approach on implementation of National School Nutrition Programme as a set-aside for SMMEs & Cooperatives
10 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development invited the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform, the Portfolio Committee on Social Development and the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education to a briefing by the retail industry on access to the market and ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Comprehensive Rural Development Programme: Evaluation report by Department of Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), with Minister present
3 Jun 2015
The Committee received a presentation of the evaluation report on the implementation of the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) by the Department of Perfomance, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME). The National Evaluation Plan (NEP) containing 52 evaluations that cut across government had been approved by Cabinet in 2012/13. There were eight ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform response to South African Human Rights Commission recommendations, with Deputy Minister in attendance
27 May 2015
The Deputy Minister tendered apologies on behalf of the Minister and the Director General for their absence due to other ministerial commitments.
The Commission on Restitution of Land Reform (Commission) briefed the Committee on responses to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) findings on systematic challenges affecting land restitution ...