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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Committee Report on Clifton Fourth Beach; Committee Report on Kempton Park residents Petition
20 Mar 2019
The Committee considered two reports: the Petition Report by Kempton Park residents and Clifton Beach Report. The Reports were adopted without any changes but a suggestion was made that perhaps a recommendation should be made to the Sixth Parliament to consider following up on the Petitions matter.
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Mineral Resources Portfolio Committee Legacy Report
13 Mar 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt its Legacy Report and the report of the High Level Panel, and Members gave their farewell speeches as the Fifth Parliament closed.
The Chairperson appreciated the immense contributions of Dr Martin Nicol, the Committee Researcher, who presented the Legacy Report based on the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Captive Lion breeding: DEA progress report; Rhino Demand Management; with Minister
12 Mar 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Environmental ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
High Level Panel Report/ SAHRC recommendations implementation: DMR status report
6 Mar 2019
The Department of Mineral Resources had been asked by the Committee Chairperson to provide a status report about the implementation of the SAHRC and High Level Panel Report recommendations. DMR should inform SAHRC of its reservations about any of the recommendations so that failure to meet the deadlines did not ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
South African Weather Service Board performance and update on CEO suspension
5 Mar 2019
The Committee on Environmental Affairs met with the South African Weather Service (SAWS) Board and management to be briefed on the entity’s third quarter performance for the 2018/19 financial year. The briefing said the third quarter performance of SAWS was not good but management assured the Board it was taking ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Department of Mineral Resources Quarter 2 & 3 performance
27 Feb 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on its second and third quarter performance report for the 2018/2019 financial year.
The report indicated that the expenditure of the DMR as at December 2018 constituted 78% of the total allocated budget of R1 890.7 billion, resulting in ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Working on Fire Project finances and operations
26 Feb 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs was briefed by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), and the team from Working on Fire (WOF).
Highlights of the brief by WOF included the scope and extent of the work of WOF, its key focus areas and contract schedules from the key focus ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
SAHRC Report on Mining-affected Communities & DMR response
20 Feb 2019
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) gave a briefing on its Report on the National Hearing on the Underlying Socio-economic Challenges of Mining-affected Communities in South Africa which it released in late 2018.
The SAHRC recommendations covered land (such as land use management and rehabilitation); housing; environment (such as ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Waste Bureau service provider appointments; operational effectiveness; with Minister and Deputy Minister
19 Feb 2019
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the supply chain management (SCM) of the waste tyre industry and the operationalisation of the Waste Bureau. The Waste Bureau was the body that would be responsible for planning and implementing all waste streams.
Service providers had ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Air Quality compliance & industry postponement applications; Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol on Substances depleting Ozone Layer, with Minister
12 Feb 2019
The Portfolio Committee met for a briefing by the Department of Environmental Affairs on the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances depleting the Ozone Layer. The intention of the Department was to motivate for Parliament to ratify the Kigali Agreement. The Department also briefed the Committee on air ...