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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF Quarter 2 performance & ARC Implementation Plan Progress on Audit Outcomes for 2016/17; with Minister and Deputy Minister
30 Jan 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has spent 24,0% of its budget during the second quarter of the 2017/18 financial year.
This is what the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries heard when the Department tabled its second quarter preliminary organisational performance report, recently. It briefed the Committee, ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions; with Deputy Ministers
22 Nov 2017
The Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) recommended that the Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill be withdrawn and redrafted and that a public debate be held on whether black South Africans should receive land with full ownership rights when they are beneficiaries of land reform processes, including land ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Food & Nutrition Security Policy Implementation Plan; Operation Phakisa for Agriculture, Rural Development & Land Reform: progress report
14 Nov 2017
In the last 15 years, South Africa has been battling to find Black African rugby lock-forwards because, it is argued, African children are stunted and the situation is getting worse. This came out during discussion when the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation made an inter-departmental presentation to the Portfolio ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: deliberations on concerns raised by stakeholders, with Minister + Deputy Minister
8 Nov 2017
The Committee was briefed on the concerns raised by members of communal property associations (CPAs) in the Western Cape during recent public hearings on the CPA Amendment Bill. The report by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) listed a host of issues, ranging from feelings of abandonment ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Smallscale Fisheries Policy implementation; Fishing Rights Allocation Process 2020: DAFF progress report
7 Nov 2017
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Portfolio Committee on the Small-Scale Fisheries policy, preparations for the allocation of the 2020 commercial fishing rights, and progress in resolving the grievances of the fishing communities.
The Department indicated the primary aim of the Small-Scale Fisheries Policy is to provide ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: concerns raised by stakeholders; with Deputy Minister
1 Nov 2017
Documents handed out: Minutes dated 25 October 2017
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the concerns which had been raised by stakeholders during public hearings over the Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill. The Committee had given the Eastern Cape an opportunity to ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Ingonyama Trust Board & accounting procedures on revenue of Board & Trust, with Minister
25 Oct 2017
Attending the deliberations on the activities of the Ingonyama Trust Board and accounting procedures alongside the Committee was the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Auditor-General of SA (AGSA), the Ingonyama Trust Board and Parliament’s legal representatives. Three documents were presented followed by in-depth discussion. Much of the meeting ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
GrainSA & ARC on Grain industry challenges; DAFF Fisheries progress report, with the Minister
24 Oct 2017
Grain SA briefed the Committee on the state of readiness for the planting season and the impact of Fall Armyworm, while the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) provided an update on the fishing rights allocation process (FRAP) and the oceans economy programme of Operation Phakisa.
Grain SA raised ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
19 Oct 2017
2017 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee considered and adopted the Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR).
A few Members suggested that the word “commended” in paragraph 5.1.3 in was problematic as the Committee did not receive any briefing from the Department around ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Rural Development and Land Reform Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
18 Oct 2017
The Committee considered the Rural Development and Land Reform Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report. The discussion centered around the ‘Recommendations’ portion of the report, where few grammatical issues arose and significant attention was given to the issues of time-bound deadlines and the autonomy of the Commission on Restitution of Land ...