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Rural Development and Land Reform
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform 2017/18 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister: meeting postponed
9 Oct 2018
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform was supposed to brief the Committee on its 2017/18 Annual Report. The Office of the Auditor-General was also invited to present on the Department and its entities audit outcomes.
Due to the absence of the Minister and the Director-General, the Committee decided ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill: deliberations
5 Sep 2018
The Committee continued its deliberations on the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill [B 19 – 2017] and started the clause-by-clause reading of the Bill. Members were reminded of the three-day rule before the second reading of the Bill which was scheduled for Tuesday of the following week.
On clause ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Amendments Bill: Content Advisor briefing & Motion of desirability
22 Aug 2018
The Committee received a briefing on the highlights of the public participation processes the Committee embarked on recently in relation to the Restitution of Land Rights Amendments Bill.
The Content Advisor informed the Committee there was both support and objections to the reopening of lodgements. The latter group felt the ...
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
Ingonyama Trust Board, Commission on Restitution of Land Rights, DRDLR Quarter 3 & 4 performance; with Minister & Deputy Minister
30 May 2018
The Ingonyama Trust Board has once again done zero during the fourth quarter of 2017/18 financial year under review. It had the gall to tell the Committee not to expect anything from the presentation because the report was not much different from what was presented for the third quarter and ...
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
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
DRDLR & Land Claims Commission & Valuer General Office plans with Deputy Minister; CPA Amendment Bill: adoption; North West CPA concerns
19 Apr 2018
The absence of the Minister from the Annual Performance Plan briefings was again noted.
North West Department of Rural Development and Land Reform presentation had been rejected the previous day as it lacked a problem statement and it presented a corrected version about the concerns raised during the public hearings ...