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Rural Development and Land Reform
Elandskloof Communal Property Association: DRDLR update; Annual & Legacy Report; with Deputy Minister
5 Dec 2018
The Committee met with a team from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and citizens from the Elandskloof community to discuss the current status of its Communal Property Association (CPA), its challenges and the way forward. It also briefed the Committee on progress on the Elandskloof CPA’s ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Tree diseases impact; Working for Fisheries Programme
20 Nov 2018
The Committee received a presentation from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) “Working for Fisheries Programme” (WfFP). The DAFF highlighted the achievements of the programme and said that since 2014/15, 658 fulltime equivalent jobs (FTEs) had been created, which meant that ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Smallscale Fisheries Policy & Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP) 2020: DAFF update with Minister and Deputy Minister
6 Nov 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries received an update and progress report by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on the implementation of the Small-scale Fisheries Policy and Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP).
Members asked about the social economic study that was conducted and if they ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Agri-Parks & Blended Funding Model: DRDLR briefing with Minister and Deputy Minister
31 Oct 2018
The Committee received briefings from the Land Bank on the ‘Blended Funding’ model for the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and from Agri-Parks, which presented its annual report for the 2017/18 financial year. Prior to the commencement of the meeting there was an issue from matters arising ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Commercialisation of Black Farmers; Market Access Action Plan; BRRR
30 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee received a report on the National Framework for the Commercialisation of Black Producers from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF). It welcomed the report, saying that deliberate, targeted and well-defined interventions were needed to develop black smallholders into commercial farmers.
The Committee heard that 50 ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill: adoption
24 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee made a few amendments to the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill and adopted it.
Concerns from the members were on how the registration of the deeds was going to affect the Permission To Occupy (PTO) certificates; the protection of communal rights; and how the process of ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF Quarter 1 performance; ARC audit action plan; DAFF response to oversight visit reports; with Minister
23 Oct 2018
The Committee met to be briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on its first quarter performance, and also to receive a report on the audit improvement plan of the Agricultural Research Council (ARC).
The ARC said the audit outcomes had reported a total of 118 findings, ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill: public hearings; Communal Property Associations Annual Report; Rural Development BRRR; with Minister and Deputy Minister
17 Oct 2018
The Committee received submissions from various stakeholders on the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems (EDRS) Bill, the objective of which was to reduce the deeds registration time through changing from a manual to an electronic system.
The Law Society of South Africa (LASA) supported the Bill with a ...
Economic Development
IDC 2017/18 Annual Report; Competition Amendment Bill: adoption
16 Oct 2018
The Committee passed the final version (B-list) of the Competition Amendment Bill as well as the Committee Report on the Bill.
The DA objected to both, highlighting that the Bill gave too much powers to the Minister. The party further complained that the process undertaken by the Committee was questionable ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
DRDLR, Land Claims Commission, Valuer General Office, Ingonyama Trust Board 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Minister and Deputy Ministers
10 Oct 2018
The first briefing was from the office of the Auditor-General which is a Chapter 9 institution tasked with the oversight and monitoring of the financial performance of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and the financial outcomes of all three entities under the Department. The ...