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NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Environmental Affairs on its 2016 Annual Performance Plan; Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9B-2015]: adopted
10 May 2016
The Department briefed the Committee on its Strategic Plan, Annual Performance and Budget Vote (Vote 27)
The Strategic Plan 2014 – 2019 was still the same and the Annual Performance Plan was aligned with it. The Committee was provided with insight into the 2016/17 Annual Performance Plan of the Department. ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries on its 2016 Annual Performance Plan; Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9B-15]:briefing, with Deputy Minister present
12 Apr 2016
Documents missing:
Casp and Ilima /Letsema 2016/17 Business Plans [Document not available email info@pmg.org.za]
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (DAFF) presented its 2016 Annual Performance Plan, and briefed the Committee on the Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9B-2015].
The DAFF firstly indicated that it had brought some ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Transnet on its 2014/15 Annual Report
16 Mar 2016
Transnet presented its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2015, as follows:
- Revenue increased by 8.0% to R61.2 billion
- Gearing ratio was at 40% and cash interest cover at 3.6 times
- Capital investment increased by 5.7%% to R33.6 billion, bringing the spend during the market ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme 2014/15: Department Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries update in presence of Minister; National Agricultural Marketing Council nominations
15 Mar 2016
The Committee, with the Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries also present, received a briefing on the progress and achievements on two of the conditional grants for 2014/15 – namely, the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme Grants and the Ilima-Letsema. This presentation did not cover the third grant, Land Care. The ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
SAFCOL on impact of land claims and future sustainability
2 Mar 2016
The Committee initially did not want to listen to the briefing as the presentation appeared similar to the one it had heard during an oversight visit to Safcol in September 2015. The Safcol Chairperson pleaded with the Committee and the entity was eventually allowed to brief the Committee.
The briefing ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Science and Technology on its 2014/15 Annual Report
4 Nov 2015
The Department of Science and Technology briefed the Select Committee on it 2014/2015 Annual Report. Of the 65 targets set for the 2014/15 financial year, the Department had achieved a total of 55 (85%), with 9% partially achieved and only 6% not achieved. The Committee expressed its appreciation that the ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Government Communication and Information System on its 2014/2015 Annual Report
28 Oct 2015
Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) briefed the Committee on its 2014/15 Annual Report. The GCIS aimed to provide communication support to Government’s cross-cutting communications campaigns, including national days, in a number of ways, which included ensuring a coordinated and comprehensive approach to the State of the Nation Address, the ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Agro-processing: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefing
27 Oct 2015
The Deputy Minister of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), told the Select Committee that the world at the moment was completely food insecure, as 800 million people were below the bread line, and 14.1% of these people were in South Africa. Food security remained an issue, and ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services & Universal Services Access Agency mandate & role in communication sector
2 Sep 2015
The Universal Services Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) gave a presentation on its mandate and role in the communications sector, covering the programmes that it was currently working on and the projects which it was running, linking these to the overall strategic goals of digital migration that government had ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Small Scale Fishing Licences: progress report by Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
23 Jun 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries said the Small-Scale Fisheries Policy aims to expand the number and strength of small fisheries in coastal areas. SSFP initiatives include increasing the number of fishing licenses to small, traditional fisheries. One challenge to this initiative involves fairly allocating Department resources between small ...