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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
19 Oct 2017
2017 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee considered and adopted the Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR).
A few Members suggested that the word “commended” in paragraph 5.1.3 in was problematic as the Committee did not receive any briefing from the Department around ...
Finance Standing Committee
Capitalise SAA using s16 of PFMA: legal opinion; Committee Resolutions on GEPF, PIC & trade unions; Financial Sector Transformation Hearings Report
18 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Unit advised the Committee on the legality of using section 16 of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) to capitalise SAA. Section 16 was intended for use where good financial planning and management could not avert the need for unusual expenditure. According to his interpretation, it appears ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Planting Season state of readiness: National & Provincial Agriculture Departments
17 Oct 2017
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries together with eight provincial agriculture departments briefed the Portfolio Committee on their state of readiness for the 2017/18 planting season.
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) informed the Committee there has been a decline in the number of people with inadequate ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF + MLRF 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor-General/DPME input; Ncera Farms deregistration progress, with Minister
10 Oct 2017
There would never be enough money for the State to buy land for all previously disadvantaged individuals.
That came to the attention of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries during the discussion session when the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA), Department of Agriculture, Forestry and ...
Rules of the National Assembly
System to Monitor Unanswered Questions; Guidelines for Mini-Plenaries
6 Oct 2017
The Subcommittee on the Review of Assembly Rules met to discuss a Decision on Guidelines for Mini-Plenaries and a Decision on a System to Monitor Questions.
The National Assembly Table said the Decision on System to Monitor Questions had been based on rule 136 of the 9th Edition of the ...
Science and Technology
HSRC, ASSAf & SACNASP 2016/17 Annual Report
5 Oct 2017
Three entities of the Department of Science and Technology – the Human Sciences Research Council (HRSC), South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP), and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) presented their annual reports for 2016/17 to the Portfolio Committee.
The HSRC had ...
Science and Technology
DST, NACI, CSIR, TIA, NRF 2016/17 Annual Report
4 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and four of its entities – the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) -- on their ...
Science and Technology
Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IK) Bill: adoption; Department of Science and Technology on Quarter 1 Performance
13 Sep 2017
Documents handed out:
Department of Science and Technology DST First Quarter Performance and Financial Report
Final 2017/18 First Quarter Performance Report [awaited]
The Committee was briefed by the Department on its First Quarter Performance and Financial Report (April 2017 – June 2017). The Department reported that the measure of success ...
Science and Technology
Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill: deliberations
23 Aug 2017
Documents handed out: CLSO Wording Document [awaited]
The Parliamentary legal team and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) briefed the Committee on the proposed amendments to the Indigenous Knowledge Bill.
Details were given of all the proposed changes, and the rationale behind them. Members of the Committee made comments and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Liquor Products Amendment Bill: deliberations
22 Aug 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries adopted amendments raised by Members in previous meetings on the Liquor Products Amendment Bill. The amendments agreed to would now go to the A or B version of the Bill.
After a lengthy deliberation on the difference between a liquor product and ...