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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Legislative Mandate of DAFF: Committee Staff briefing; Progress report on Performing Animal Protection Amendment Bill: Department briefing; Feedback on Land Tenure Summit
16 Sep 2014
The Parliamentary legal adviser briefed the Committee on the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) judgment on the Performing Animals Protection Act. The Act gave power to magistrates to issue licenses to people that used animals for performing and security purposes. The NSPCA had taken the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC): finalisation of nominees
11 Sep 2014
The Chairperson explained that the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act as amended by its Amendment Act (No 52 of 2001) did not provide for the Committee to sit on the panel for evaluating National Agricultural Marketing Council nominees but it simply provided that the Minister as a courtesy could invite ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Ncera Farms de-registration: briefing
9 Sep 2014
The Committee was briefed by its content advisor about the deregistration of Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd in preparation for the Committee's oversight visit. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) was the sole shareholder of the Ncera Farms. It was developed in 2005 to provide extension services, contract ploughing, ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Food security and Fetsa Tlala initiative: Committee section introduction, Department & NAMC briefings, Departmental entities' collaboration, in presence of Minister
1 Sep 2014
An official from the Committee Section gave a preliminary outline, to the Committee, on the food security issues, in preparation for the later presentation by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF). The South African government had an obligation to ensure food security for all citizens, an agriculture was ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Office of Auditor-General briefing on the use of Annual Reports and Quarterly Performance Reports as an oversight tool; Nomination of candidates to serve on National Agricultural Marketing Council
26 Aug 2014
The AGSA briefed the Committee on the roles of AGSA as directed by the Constitution and the Public Audit Act in order to empower and build capacity of Members for oversight duties. The role and importance of oversight were highlighted in the course of the presentation, as well as the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on 3rd & 4th quarter 2014 performance
29 Jul 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Committee researchers before the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries presented their third and fourth quarter performance reports for 2013/14. Minister Zokwana presented the report, covering achievements and so-called non-achievements. Some of the achievements were the positive trade balance, successive unqualified audit opinions, and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2014 Budget
11 Jul 2014
Prior to this meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries had a meeting in June with the Minister, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) as well as other entities which play significant roles in the fields of agriculture, forestry and fisheries. During these meetings, the Annual ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Marine Living Resources Fund & Ncera Farms on their 2014 Strategic Plans, with Deputy Minister
7 Jul 2014
The Deputy Minister of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) drew attention to the increase in exports from South Africa to Asian countries like China, Indonesia and Japan, and highlighted how this relationship had become an important part of South African trade. He also highlighted how trade within ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agricultural Research Council; Onderstepoort Biological Products; National Agricultural Marketing Council; Perishable Products Expert Control Board on their 2014 Strategic Plans; Minister & Deputy Minister in attendance
7 Jul 2014
The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) registered 30 new cultivars to improve yields and mitigate the effects of pests and diseases. At least 21 new cultivars were released to farmers to enable competitiveness, sustainable production, resistance to pests and diseases and mitigate the effects of climate change. There was a 6-10% ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour, Compensation Fund, Unemployment Insurance Fund on their 2014 Strategic Plan
2 Jul 2014
The Acting Director General of the Department of Labour enumerated the challenges confronting the DOL in the labour market which were unemployment and under employment, the changing nature of work, inequalities and unfair discrimination, domestic and cross border labour migration and inadequate instruments for constant performance, monitoring and evaluation of ...