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Rural Development and Land Reform
Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform briefing
20 Feb 2019
The Presidency hosts Second National Land Reform Colloquium
The Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform briefed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. The Advisory Panel had asked ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Properties & land parcels earmarked for land reform through land restitution process, with Deputy Minister
19 Feb 2019
The Department of Public Works briefed the Committee on the legislation governing the state’s immovable assets, outcome of the legal opinion for transfer of land for restitution purposes and properties earmarked for land reform. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
With the operationalisation of the Property Management Trading Entity ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
DRDLR structure and staff establishment; with Deputy Ministers
13 Feb 2019
The Committee met to discuss issues surrounding the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform’s (DRDLR’s) organogram and structure, as well as to consider the focus areas for the term that was under review.
The DRDLR’s presentation covered the details of the micro and macro structure of the Department, the ...
Health
National Health Laboratory Services Amendment Bill: adoption
13 Feb 2019
The amendments to the National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill (NHLS) by the Select Committee on Social Services were discussed.
Members mainly discussed amendments to Clauses five, six, nine and 15 which were concerned with provincial representation technicalities, dissolution of the Board and the appointment of the Board and Laboratory ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Elandskloof Communal Property Association: DRDLR update; Annual & Legacy Report; with Deputy Minister
5 Dec 2018
The Committee met with a team from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and citizens from the Elandskloof community to discuss the current status of its Communal Property Association (CPA), its challenges and the way forward. It also briefed the Committee on progress on the Elandskloof CPA’s ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Deputy Speaker rulings: 23 May 2018; House Chairperson ruling: 7 November 2018: consideration of principles
27 Nov 2018
The National Assembly rules committee sat to consider the rulings of the Deputy Speaker on remarks made by a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly. One was considered to be a reflection on the character of another Member, while the other comment was related to the occupation of land, ...
Joint Rules
High Level Panel recommendations impact on Parliament’s Public Participation Model
27 Nov 2018
The Joint Rules Committee met to discuss the High Level Panel’s (HLP’s) report on Parliament’s public participation model.
The report pointed out some of the challenges faced by the current model, indicating that the country’s electoral system needed to be reviewed. It proposed a change from a proportional representation model ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Agri-Parks & Blended Funding Model: DRDLR briefing with Minister and Deputy Minister
31 Oct 2018
The Committee received briefings from the Land Bank on the ‘Blended Funding’ model for the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and from Agri-Parks, which presented its annual report for the 2017/18 financial year. Prior to the commencement of the meeting there was an issue from matters arising ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill: deliberations (postponed)
29 Aug 2018
The Committee was supposed to do a clause-by-clause deliberation on the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill [B 19 – 2017]. However, the meeting was postponed due to the lack of a quorum and the unavailability of the parliamentary legal advisor.
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 ...