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Rural Development and Land Reform
Land Rights Management Facility on its 2015 Performance, with Deputy Ministers
2 Mar 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Land Rights Facility Management Facility (LRMF) on its 2015 performance. The LRMF provides specialised legal and mediation services to indigent individuals and communities who faced the violation of their land rights. Since 1 January 2013, 1 830 matters were dealt with by the project. ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Minister of Finance on the 2016 Budget
25 Feb 2016
In the presence of the Minister of Finance, the Director General of National Treasury briefed the Committee on the 2016 Budget and the Minister answered questions. Taking the Committee through the presentation, the DG focused on the reasons for tough decisions and why South African needed to act pre-emptively. The ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Commission on Restitution of Land Rights 2nd & 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance, with Deputy Minister
24 Feb 2016
The Committee welcomed the Quarterly Reports as they showed the progress that had been made in dealing with claims. However discomfort was expressed at the pace of restitution. The Committee was very interested in the research aspect of the Commission's brief. They asked whether, after involving research institutions, the 1 ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister on State of Nation Address & DTI mandate; WTO 10th Ministerial Conference outcome; Unilever engagement
23 Feb 2016
The Minister of Trade and Industry spoke about the State of Nation Address with respect to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) mandate. Global demand in 2016 was expected to remain low. Commodity exporters were struggling. Drought was a key risk. Weak global demand in traditional markets constrained SA ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, Ingonyama Trust Board on their 2nd & 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
17 Feb 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) on its 2nd and 3rd Quarter Performance Reports in 2015/16; and the 2nd and 3rd Quarter Financial Performance Report for 2015/2016 in the presence of the Minister, Deputy Minister and the Director-General. The Committee identified as ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Farm worker conditions in South Africa: ILO research; Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill hearings programme
27 Jan 2016
The International Labour Organisation noted its mandate is the pursuit of decent work which carries the objectives of productivity. The commissioned research stems from the 2013 farm worker unrest in De Doorns in 2013, which spread to parts of the Boland. The research methodology included labour intensive farm industries where ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
WTO Decision on Implementation of Paragraph 6 of DOHA Declaration on TRIPS Agreement and Public Health
24 Nov 2015
The meeting was for the deliberation of Paragraph 6 of theDoha Declaration on the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and Public Health. The agreement on (TRIPS) was an international agreement administered by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The key flexibility provided by the TRIPS agreement was ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Association 2015 Annual Report, Rama and Riemvasmaak updates: Department Rural Development & Land Reform briefings, minute adoption
4 Nov 2015
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) presented the Annual Report 2014/15 for the Communal Property Associations (CPAs). To date, 1 428 CPAs were registered, with 48 being registered in the last financial year. Challenges faced by CPAs included ongoing conflicts amongst CPA members which centred on governance ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Register of Members’ Interests 2015: adoption
28 Oct 2015
Documents handed out: 2015 Register of Members’ Interests
The Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests met briefly to consider and adopt the 2015 Register of Members’ Interests.
Before they could proceed, it was noted that there were not enough Members to form a quorum and a suggestion was made that ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
"One Woman, One Hectare of Land" CGE Report; Rural Development & Land Reform Budget Review & Recommendations Report
28 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Commission for Gender Equality presented on its proposed campaign called One Woman, One Hectare of Land’. The campaign aims to mainstream gender equality, for it was proposed that the State should allocate one hectare of land, for the growing of food, to ...