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Science and Technology Budget Review and Recommendations Report
12 Oct 2017
Documents handed out:
Draft Budget Review and Recommendations Report [available Tabled Cmmittee Reports once published]
The Committed considered and approved the Draft Budget Review and Recommendations Report. Members made minor changes to the document, re-worded several sentences and inserted new ones.
Some of the Committee observations in the report were as ...
Science and Technology
South African National Space Agency 2016/17 Annual Report
11 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by the SANSA on its 2016/17 Annual Programme.
SANSA had achieved 15 of its 17 targets which translated into an 88% success rate. Two key performance highlights were: the production of five high impact national products and supporting close to 11 000 satellite ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF + MLRF 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor-General/DPME input; Ncera Farms deregistration progress, with Minister
10 Oct 2017
There would never be enough money for the State to buy land for all previously disadvantaged individuals.
That came to the attention of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries during the discussion session when the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA), Department of Agriculture, Forestry and ...
Science and Technology
HSRC, ASSAf & SACNASP 2016/17 Annual Report
5 Oct 2017
Three entities of the Department of Science and Technology – the Human Sciences Research Council (HRSC), South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP), and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) presented their annual reports for 2016/17 to the Portfolio Committee.
The HSRC had ...
Science and Technology
DST, NACI, CSIR, TIA, NRF 2016/17 Annual Report
4 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and four of its entities – the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) -- on their ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology + entities 2016/17 Annual Reports, with Auditor-General input
3 Oct 2017
The Office of the Auditor General of South Africa briefed the Committee on the financial reports and audits of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and its entities for the 2016/17 financial year. The key audit outcomes and message was that the DST had retained ...
Science and Technology
Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IK) Bill: adoption; Department of Science and Technology on Quarter 1 Performance
13 Sep 2017
Documents handed out:
Department of Science and Technology DST First Quarter Performance and Financial Report
Final 2017/18 First Quarter Performance Report [awaited]
The Committee was briefed by the Department on its First Quarter Performance and Financial Report (April 2017 – June 2017). The Department reported that the measure of success ...
Science and Technology
Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill: deliberations
6 Sep 2017
The Content Advisor, with assistance from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), briefed the Committee on the changes made to the Indigenous Knowledge Bill. Members of the Committee made comments and suggestions, some of which were accommodated in the amendments.
At the conclusion of the deliberations, the Chairperson said ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Committee Report on Donation of Wild Life Game animals by North West DRDLR
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Donation of Wild Life Game animals by North West DRDLR [All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee of Environmental Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries were not able to adopt the report, mainly because the Chairperson of Agriculture, ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Knysna oversight visit
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Knysna oversight visit [All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
In a brief meeting the draft oversight report on the visit to Knysna was adopted with amendments. Amongst others, the recommendations included:
-DAFF, including other relevant departments such as the Department on ...