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Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Bill: stakeholder consultation day 2
15 Aug 2018
Report of the High Level Panel on the assessment of key legislation
The status of the Mothlanthe High Level Panel (HLP) report again became the focus of strong commentary during the second day of the Committee’s stakeholder consultative meeting. Allegations that the majority opinion on the Committee was hostile to ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Bill: stakeholder consultation day 1
14 Aug 2018
Report of the High Level Panel on the assessment of key legislation
The Committee heard written submissions and hosted deliberations on the Restitution of Land Rights Bill from a cross section of stakeholder organisations as part of the public hearings process. The two-day discussion got off to a rocky start ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
MalaMala land claim settlement; Communal Property Associations without Title Deeds; Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill
13 Jun 2018
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) presented the steps that will be taken to assist CPAs to acquire their land and/or title deeds in each of the provinces. It has made interventions in most of the CPAs but some interventions will be finalised by the end of ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
CPA Amendment Bill: progress report on Northern Cape & KZN concerns; with Minister and Deputy Minister
6 Jun 2018
Most political principals and the majority of Members of Executive Councils are beneficiaries of the Communal Property Associations.
This revelation came during the debate when the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform was questioning the Northern Cape on concerns raised by communities during public hearings on the Communal ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Ingonyama Trust Board 2017/18 Quarter 3 performance, with Deputy Minister
23 May 2018
Ingonyama Trust Board (IBT) achieved "zilch" in its Quarter 3 performance for 2017/18. This was the view of the Portfolio Committee after it was briefed by IBT. It wondered where the money had been spent because there was zero performance for the money spent. About 90% of the budget was ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Mpumalanga CPA Amendment Bill concerns; Acting Director General replacement, with Deputy Minister
16 May 2018
The Mpumalanga Department of Rural Development and Land Reform reported on its interventions to remedy the concerns raised at the Mpumalanga public hearings about the Communal Property Associations (CPAs) in that province. Mpumalanga DRDLR said weaknesses were a result of the lack of capacity. Budget cuts have impacted badly on ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Limpopo Communal Property Associations concerns: progress report; with Minister and Deputy Ministers
9 May 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) on complaints received at the public hearings on the Communal Property Association (CPA) Amendment Bill during August last year in the districts of Mopani and Waterberg in the Limpopo province.
In some areas, such as ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Committee DRLR Budget Report
25 Apr 2018
The Committee met for consideration and adoption of minutes and the Draft Report of the Committee on the Budget Vote of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and its entities for the 2018/19 financial year.
The Committee adopted the Draft Minutes dated 20 March 2018 and18 April 2018 ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Electronic Deeds Registration Bill; Ingonyama Permission-to-Occupy change to Long-Term Leases & Annual Performance Plan; CPA Bill; Nqancule CPA; DRDLR APP: AGSA review
18 Apr 2018
The Committee received briefings from Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), Parliamentary Legal Services, the Eastern Cape and North West Province, Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) and the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) in a comprehensive meeting which lasted 11 hours.
Highlights of the meeting was the briefing of ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution Bill, Rama CPA, Riemvasmaak Trust, commonage programmes; with Minister and Deputy Ministers
20 Mar 2018
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform gave a presentation on developments at the Rama Communal Property Association (CPA), the Riemvasmaak Community Trust and the commonage programmes supported by the Department. A progress report on the processing of the Restitution Bill was also presented to the Committee.
The Department ...