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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit [All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Joint Oversight Report was adopted with amendments that included comments made by the members of the Portfolio Committee of Women in the Presidency, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF on Quarter 1 performance, with Minister; Liquor Products Amendment Bill: adoption
5 Sep 2017
Committee members stated the Fisheries Management Division behaving like a delinquent juvenile and is a repeated offender after it became clear Fisheries has spent 53% of its budget yet it achieved only 29% of its targets. They foresaw overspending in this division. The absence of the Deputy Director-General of the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Mpumalanga response to Committee concerns; Avian Influenza; DAFF Quarter 4 performance
1 Aug 2017
The Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Administration (DARDLA) had discarded the tractors it had bought from China because they were meant for soft soil, not the hard soil of Mpumalanga. This was what the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries heard during the discussion when ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Avian Influenza outbreak; South African Veterinary Council on its Strategic Plan
27 Jun 2017
Avian flu presentation [not released; see updated version of 1 August 2017: Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza H5N8: DAFF presentation]
The South African Veterinary Council (SAVC) presented its 2017-2019 strategic plan stating its three major goals for the next two years. One is to drive veterinary professions to address the ...
Science and Technology
Nine Point Plan: Department of Science and Technology briefing
14 Jun 2017
The Department of Science and Technology briefed the Committee on its contribution to the Nine Point Plan. The Plan is a strategy to ignite growth through Science Technology and Innovation, which in turn catalyses in subsequent rounds of growth in the future. Key points within the programme are to combat ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries response to Committee oversight & BRRR, with Minister & Deputy
13 Jun 2017
No words, not in questions and accusations from the Committee or in apologies from the Department, were spared in the meeting between the Portfolio Committee and the Department on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries that went well over its allocated time.
The long-awaited organogram was again not presented. Progress on two ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Correctional Services human resource management
13 Jun 2017
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) referred to the Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD) for correctional officers where the General Public Service Sectoral Bargaining Council (GPSSBC) Resolution 2 of 2009 gave effect to the centre base and non-centre based salary structure. The resolution had been implemented partially due to challenges in ...
Science and Technology
Research and Development (R&D) Tax Incentives; Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill: briefing
7 Jun 2017
The Committee convened with the delegation of the Department of Science and Technology for a briefing on the Research and Development Tax Programme, as well as an update on the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill with regards to discussions held with the Department of Trade and Industry.
The Department stated that ...
Science and Technology
SKA/MeerKAT projects: SKA Office update
31 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Square Kilometre Array SA/MeerKat Project which was an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope. In March 2017, a 32-antenna array had been completed and 64 antenna array was anticipated for completion by March 2018.
Members enquired about whether there was radio ...
Science and Technology
Space: Department of Science and Technology briefing
24 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology had convened for a briefing on space issues by the Department on Science and Technology. An apology was noted for the Chairperson, Ms L Maseko (ANC).
The Department presented the revitalisation of the Space Science Sector, which was a process that was initially ...