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Rural Development and Land Reform
Rural Development and Land Reform Budget Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform considered and deliberated on the Draft Report Budget Review and Recommendation Report. Members made amendments to its recommendations. Concerns were raised about which Department was responsible for the Recapitalisation and Development Programme. The response of the Minister indicates that it rests ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Operation Phakisa Plan: DRDLR and Commission on Restitution of Land Rights briefing
10 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform was briefed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) on the progress in terms on Operation Phakisa.
Highlights of the brief by DRDLR included a ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Private Member Bill: briefing, with Minister
5 Oct 2017
The Acting Chairperson presented the memorandum of the private bill that he initiated, the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill. The draft bill proposes certain amendments to the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act No. 22 of 1994) (‘‘the Act’’), to extend the date for lodging a claim for ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
DRDLR & Commission on Land Restitution 2016/17 Annual Report, with FFC input, and Minister and Deputies present
4 Oct 2017
The Financial and Fiscal Committee (FFC) said the rural economy was no longer just a farm economy, and the role of agriculture as an engine of growth within rural provinces was plummeting. Rural development had evolved over time to focus on space-based interventions and diversified economic ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
DRDLR Audit: Auditor-General input; Ingonyama Trust Annual Report, with Minister & Deputy Ministers
3 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) spoke about expenditure patterns against the targets set in the Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and its entities. The brief by Commission on Restitution of Land Rights was postponed because Members received the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Liquor Products Amendment Bill: deliberations
22 Aug 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries adopted amendments raised by Members in previous meetings on the Liquor Products Amendment Bill. The amendments agreed to would now go to the A or B version of the Bill.
After a lengthy deliberation on the difference between a liquor product and ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Agricultural Land Holding Account; Ingonyama Trust Board on its Quarter 4 performance
27 Jun 2017
The Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) presented its fourth quarter report and the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) presented a status report on the Agricultural Land Holding Account (ALHA) to the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform.
On Land Management (Programme 2), ITB approved 150 land ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Commission on Restitution of Land Rights responses to public complaints
21 Jun 2017
The Rural Development and Land Reform Portfolio Committee received presentations by two organisations on land claims issues, where a common theme was the delay in resolving problems by the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights.
The Cindi family estate said it had received land in 2000. The original land owner, ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Strengthening of Relative Rights for people working land (50/50 Policy) & One Household One Hectare Policies; with Deputy Ministers
7 Jun 2017
The meeting to discuss the policy imperatives on the “One Household One Hectare” and “One Household Two Dairy Cows” initiatives of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) became involved in two other issues – the cost factors hindering the Department’s efforts to communicate with poor rural communities, ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
SPLUMA transfer to Presidency; Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: briefing, with Deputy Minister
24 May 2017
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) spoke about the transfer of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA) from DRDLR to the Presidency. However the components which were within the DRDLR would not move but it would support the Presidency as well as the Department ...