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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Committee Legacy Report: deliberations
27 Mar 2024
The Portfolio Committee held an in-person meeting to discuss its Committee Legacy Report, which would serve as a handover report to the new incoming Committee. The Committee Legacy Report summarised the Committee’s work over the Sixth Parliament, 2019-2024.
Committee members asked that the Committee Recommendations state that first task of ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Briefing on Air Pollution in South Durban
13 Mar 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee met with different stakeholders, namely, South Durban Community Environment Alliance (SDCEA), Engen refinery and eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, regarding air pollution and its impact on the South Durban Basin community. There was a disjuncture between the three presentations. The Committee resolved the meeting by ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Follow-up briefing on the environmental challenges in Kabeljous Conservation Area, Eastern Cape with Deputy Minister
12 Mar 2024
In an online meeting, the Committee heard briefings on challenges related to formalising protection for endangered coastal biodiverse land in the Kabeljous Conservation Area in the Eastern Cape. The Committee also heard from the Chief of the Gaokx’aob Xammi Khoisan community regarding illegal occupation of farmland.
The Greater Kabeljous ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Presentation by Cape Town Harbour Fishermen's Community Trust; Update by DFFE on allocation of small-scale fishing rights in the Western Cape; Presentation by the Animal Law Project on the Animal Welfare Bill; with Deputy Minister
27 Feb 2024
The Cape Town Harbour Fishermen’s Community Trust told the Committee that it had been raising grievances of fishers with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) since 1994 without obtaining satisfaction.
Committee Members said they needed time to process the presentation and allegations made against certain people. ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
UNFCCC COP28 Report back; Detonations in Simon’s Town; Environmental challenges in Kabel-jous Conservation Area; CGE report; with Minister
20 Feb 2024
The Portfolio Committee on Forestry, Fisheries and Environment met online to receive briefings from various entities and civil society organisations.
The Commission for Gender Equality briefed the Portfolio Committee on the progress of transformation in the public and private sectors and in the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Environment ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Nature Conservation in SA: State of Provincial Reserves; Leopard snaring in the provincial and national parks
13 Feb 2024
The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) on the state of the country's provincial game reserves. Members were informed that most reserves spent 80% of their budget on salaries, while only 20% went towards the resources necessary for ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
COP28 Preparations: DFFE briefing; Constitutional Court Judgement on the NEMLA Bill; with Minister
21 Nov 2023
The Committee met with the Department of Environment, Forestry, and Fisheries to receive a briefing on the latter’s preparations, participation, and mandates for the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The conference will see the first Global Stocktake, which will provide a ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
SA Weather Service & SANBI Q1 2023/24 Performance; with Minister
14 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the South African Weather Service (SAWS) and the South African Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) on their first quarter performance for the 2023/24 financial year.
SAWS reported that they had achieved 16 of their 24 targets. The bulk of the targets that were ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
SANParks & Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority Q1 2023/24 Performance; North West Heritage House Break-In and Theft Of Rhino Horns with Minister
7 Nov 2023
The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by SANParks and the Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority on their performances in the first quarter of the 2023/24 financial year. The North West Parks and Tourism Board also updated the Committee on the investigation into the theft of its rhino horn ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
DFFE BRRR; DFFE Q1 2023/24 Performance; Status of State Nurseries in SA
31 Oct 2023
2023 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
The Portfolio Committee met virtually to consider and adopt its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) of the Department and to be briefed by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) on its first quarter performance for the 2023/24 financial year. ...