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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs on their Strategic Plan for 2015-2019
20 Mar 2015
The Committee met with senior staff of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to go through the Department's medium term strategic plan for 2014-2019 following from a previous meeting where, due to a lack of time, the Department and Committee could get through only programme one (administration) of the plan. ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs & SA Weather Service Strategic and Annual Performance Plans 2015, Minister present
17 Mar 2015
The Committee, in the presence of the Minister of Environmental Affairs, met with the senior officials of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to receive a briefing on the DEA's strategic plans for 2014 to 2019. However, time precluded anything more than the general overview and Programme 1 being presented ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs on its 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance and targets outlook
10 Mar 2015
The Committee met with the Minister of Environmental Affairs and senior officials of the Department to discuss achievements on the Department’s 2014/15 strategic plans and targets for the third quarter of the financial year. The Committee was taken through each of the Department’s programmes, including administration, where the targets partially ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Air Quality Management Act: applications by companies / entities to postpone adherence; UN Sustainable Development Goals: progress report
6 Mar 2015
The Department of Environmental Affairs briefed the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs on the postponement applications made for compliance timeframes with Section 21 of the Air Quality Act (AQA).
The presentation focused on the overall approach taken, the processes that were followed in reviewing the applications, and the decisions made ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Rhino Poaching: progress report; 3rd Term Progress Report on achievements of 2014/15 Strategic Plans; Planned legislation/ regulations/ treaties for 2015/16 , with Minister & Deputy
3 Mar 2015
The Committee, in the presence of the Minister and Deputy Minister of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and senior officials of the Department was briefed on the state of wildlife crime in SA. The comprehensive presentation looked at the role of the Environmental Management Inspectors (EMIs), green scorpions and the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Progress report on air pollution hotspots; Committee Programme; Meeting with delegation from Norway
24 Feb 2015
The Committee met for the first time this year to discuss a number of in-house matters including the adoption of an outstanding set of minutes, the draft Committee programme for the first term and a draft oversight report to the Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces on air quality hotspots conducted last ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
PC Environmental Affairs: Adoption of Minutes
11 Nov 2014
The Department of Environmental Affairs was supposed to brief the Committee. However, this engagement was postponed because the Minister, her Deputy and the Director-General were unavailable to attend. Instead, the Committee considered and adopted the minutes of two previous meetings. Some discussion was held on whether the Committee’s catering was ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Progress on climate change mitigation negotiations, Implementation of the Green Economy, Determination of unlicensed landfills & incentives to boost waste recycle: Departmental briefing
4 Nov 2014
The Committee met with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to be briefed on the progress of climate change negotiations with the upcoming twentieth Congress of the Parties (COP) in Lima, Peru as well as waste management in SA currently.
The waste briefing afforded Members information on the roles and ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Status of Air Quality in South Africa: briefing by Department and civil society, with Minister present
28 Oct 2014
The Committee met with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to be briefed on the national status of air quality and air quality standards. The Department also briefed the Committee on compliance, enforcement and monitoring on this topical issue. The briefing came ahead of the Committee’s oversight to three air ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Environmental Affairs on the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
21 Oct 2014
The Committee met, in terms of Rule130 of the National Assembly, to elect an Acting Chairperson following the shocking shooting of Chairperson, Jackson Mthembu, following a robbery at an ATM in his home town. Members nominated Mr SP Mabilo and there were no further nominations or objections.
The Committee considered ...