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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Food Security and Food Safety joint workshop Day 2
3 Feb 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries hosted a two-day joint workshop on Food Security and Safety with the Portfolio Committees of Health and Social Development and the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources. The second day of the workshop focussed on food safety. It began with an ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services on its 2015 Annual Report; ITSO agreement Article XII ratification
25 Nov 2015
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) presented its Annual Report for 2014/15. This Department had taken over, from the Department of Communications, the state-owned entities Broadband Infraco and State Information Technology Agency. Highlights of the year included the development of a National Integrated ICT Policy Green Paper. The ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Government Communication and Information System on its 2014/2015 Annual Report
28 Oct 2015
Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) briefed the Committee on its 2014/15 Annual Report. The GCIS aimed to provide communication support to Government’s cross-cutting communications campaigns, including national days, in a number of ways, which included ensuring a coordinated and comprehensive approach to the State of the Nation Address, the ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Agro-processing: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefing
27 Oct 2015
The Deputy Minister of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), told the Select Committee that the world at the moment was completely food insecure, as 800 million people were below the bread line, and 14.1% of these people were in South Africa. Food security remained an issue, and ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Newly appointed Board of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR): Department of Science and Technology briefing
21 Oct 2015
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) briefed the Select Committee on Communications and Public Enterprise on the procedure and process that had been followed for the newly-appointed board of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which had come into effect at the beginning of 2015.
The curriculum ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Agricultural Cooperatives & Post-Settlement Farmer Support (land reform projects such as RECAP) sustainability & economic impact: Department of Agriculture briefing
20 Oct 2015
The Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources was briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on its Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP) impact evaluation. CASP had made progress in achieving some of its objectives but not enough had been made in promoting commercialisation, market access, employment ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
BAN Amendment to Basel Convention on Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes & their Disposal: Department of Environmental Affairs
13 Oct 2015
Documents handed out:
BAN Amendment to Basel Convention on Control of trans-boundary movements of hazardous waste and their disposal
Minutes date 28 July 2015
Minutes dated 4 August 2015
Minutes dated 22 September 2015
Oversight visit report to the North West in the Madibeng Area: Platinum Mining
The purpose of ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) on its role & mandate and on intellectual property as a tool for economic growth
23 Sep 2015
The National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) explained that it is a entity within the Department of Science and Technology. Its aim is to protect intellectual property and intellectual property rights that are created with public funds. NIPMO operations and its goals moving into the future as well as the ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Mining Framework Agreement to assess socio-economic conditions of mineworkers: Department of Mineral Resources progress report
22 Sep 2015
The Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources received a briefing from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on the progress made in the implantation of the Mining Framework to assess the socio-economic conditions of mine workers.
In July 2013 the Framework Agreement for a Sustainable Mining Industry was developed. ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services & Universal Services Access Agency mandate & role in communication sector
2 Sep 2015
The Universal Services Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) gave a presentation on its mandate and role in the communications sector, covering the programmes that it was currently working on and the projects which it was running, linking these to the overall strategic goals of digital migration that government had ...