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Science and Technology
CSIR, HSRC, ASSAf & SANSA on their 2015/16 Annual reports
20 Oct 2016
Four entities of the Department of Science and Technology – the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), the Human Sciences Research Council (HRSC) and the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) – presented their annual reports for 2015/16 ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology, NACI, TIA, NRF & South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
19 Oct 2016
The Committee met with the Department of Science and Technology, National Advisory Council on Innovation, Technology Innovation Agency, the National Research Foundation and the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions to discuss respective annual reports for the 2015/16 financial year. The meeting was divided into two, ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF, OBP, NAMC, SAVC and MLRF on their 2015/16 Annual Reports, with Minister
18 Oct 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) reported that South Africa’s exports of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products increased by 18.0% year on year making the country a net exporter. Trade within the African continent had increased by 5.6% year-on-year. The country had been successful in ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry; and Fisheries & Entities audits: AGSA & FFC input
13 Oct 2016
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) briefed the Committee on the performance of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and its entities, to provide it with relevant background information for its meeting with the DAFF scheduled for the following Tuesday. ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology on its 2015/16 Annual Report with Auditor-General input
12 Oct 2016
The Office of the Auditor General of South Africa briefed the Committee on the financial reports and audits for the year of 2015/16 for the Department and its entities.
The portfolio’s overall outcomes have regressed in 2015-16 due to the Department of Science and Technology (DST) moving from an unqualified ...
Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises and State-Owned Companies audits: Auditor-General briefing
11 Oct 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Office of the Auditor-General South Africa on the audit outcomes of the Department of Public Enterprises for the 2015/16 financial year.
Before proceedings were underway the Committee raised concern over the strength of the delegation as it was large in spite of the cost ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Plant Improvement & Plant Breeders’ Rights Bills: finalisation; Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries 2015/16 Annual Report: DPME briefing
11 Oct 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) should partly shoulder the responsibility for the slow growth and job losses in the agriculture sector, because it had not been successfully paying attention to investment constraints in the sector. The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) reported this when it ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Fetsa Tlala Food Production initiative & conditional grants: Provincial Departments reporting Day 2
22 Sep 2016
Note: PMG was unable to record the early part of the meeting
The provincial Departments of Agriculture in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape , Northern Cape and KwaZulu Natal (KZN) reported to the Committee on their conditional grants and equitable share plans and progress. The Committee had specifically asked that ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Drought response plan: GrainSA, ARC, South African Weather Service & Land Bank: Plant Improvement & Plant Breeders’ Rights Bills: voting
20 Sep 2016
The Committee was told that the objective of the meeting was to evaluate the drought response plan’s readiness to assist all stakeholders. The Minister of Finance had said that R1 billion funding would be released to alleviate the drought, but she did not think that amount would be enough to ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Plant Improvement and Plant Breeders’ Rights Bills [B8 & 11 – 2015]: further deliberations
6 Sep 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) took the Portfolio Committee through the rest of the Plant Improvement Bill’s clauses -- Clause 60 onwards -- in order to complete the deliberation and amending processes. The Parliamentary Legal Adviser (PLA) assisted with the reading of the bill, and each revised ...