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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Comprehensive Producer Support draft policy: DAFF briefing; DAFF Budget: Committee Report
8 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries did not entertain the presentation from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on the Draft Policy on Comprehensive Producer Support.
The Committee raised a number of concerns. It voiced disappointment with the policy document because the Department did not consult the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill 2018: National Treasury briefing
4 May 2018
The Standing Committee on Appropriations was briefed by National Treasury on the 2018 Appropriation Bill.
National Treasury presented the 2018 Appropriation Bill. The Bill was divided by vote and by main division within a vote (i.e. by programme and / or transfer and subsidy to a national department within a ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Eskom recapitalisation & debt relief funding
26 Apr 2018
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met with Eskom for a briefing on the expenditure and performance progress by Eskom following the approval of the recapitalization and debt relief funding.
Eskom indicated the newly appointed board and management had been well-received by the investor community and this was positive. Significant progress ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
SAA & SA Post Office recapitalisation: performance progress report
25 Apr 2018
In his opening remarks, the Deputy Finance Minister acknowledged that South African Airways (SAA) had a financial and corporate governance and operational model crisis. These problems needed urgent attention. Unless these problems were sorted out, it would be difficult to accommodate new ideas. The path to recovery for SAA had ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources & Mine Health and Safety Council Annual Performance Plan
18 Apr 2018
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and Mine Health and Safety Council (MHSC) briefed the Committee on their Annual Performance Plans (APP) and budget for the 2018/19 financial year. The Committee was first briefed by the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) on its interim review of the final draft of the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on 2018 Division of Revenue Bill
14 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on Appropriations considered and adopted its Committee Report on 2018 Division of Revenue Bill. The Committee Report stated that the Committee received a briefing on the Bill from the National Treasury and also had engagements with the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the South African Local ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: National Treasury briefing
8 Mar 2018
National Treasury briefed the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill. The Committee heard that despite the tough fiscal environment the budget still reflects increased allocations to national and provincial government, and that reductions in the budget related more to curbing the rate at which budgets ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Learner Transport: Departments of Basic Education & Transport & Equal Education; with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2018
The Departments of Transport and Basic Education gave a briefing on the implementation challenges of learner transport. The national learner transport policy had been approved by Cabinet in 2015 and was currently in the implementation mode. The establishment of the policy was in response to the realisation of a policy ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
StatsSA on food insecurity & agriculture; Soygro research; Fetsa Tlala progress & planting plans: DAFF & Provinces; with Minister
6 Mar 2018
Eight Provincial Departments of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on progress for the planting season of 2018/19 financial year and Fetsa-Tlala targets set for the 2017/18 period.
The provincial departments took the Committee through their programmes on the commercialisation ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Poultry Industry challenges; Fall Armyworm, Listeriosis and Fruit fly outbreaks update; with Minister
27 Feb 2018
The Interdepartmental Task Team consisting of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) - established to respond to the poultry industry crisis - briefed the Committee on progress in tackling the poultry industry challenges in the presence of the Minister ...