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Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: stakeholder engagement: day 2
31 Jan 2018
Deliberations on the issues raised during the public hearings on the Communal Property Associations (CPA) Amendment Bill continued for the second day. Although the agenda of the day was to receive presentations from the content adviser, the researcher, a Parliamentary legal adviser and a state legal adviser on the submissions ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: stakeholders’ engagement; with Deputy Minister: day 1
30 Jan 2018
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) came before the Committee to respond to some of the issues that had been raised during the public hearings on the Communal Property Association (CPA) Amendment Bill.
The presentation was a response to the fears expressed by communities on the possibility ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions; with Deputy Ministers
22 Nov 2017
The Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) recommended that the Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill be withdrawn and redrafted and that a public debate be held on whether black South Africans should receive land with full ownership rights when they are beneficiaries of land reform processes, including land ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: deliberations on concerns raised by stakeholders, with Minister + Deputy Minister
8 Nov 2017
The Committee was briefed on the concerns raised by members of communal property associations (CPAs) in the Western Cape during recent public hearings on the CPA Amendment Bill. The report by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) listed a host of issues, ranging from feelings of abandonment ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: concerns raised by stakeholders; with Deputy Minister
1 Nov 2017
Documents handed out: Minutes dated 25 October 2017
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the concerns which had been raised by stakeholders during public hearings over the Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill. The Committee had given the Eastern Cape an opportunity to ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Ingonyama Trust Board & accounting procedures on revenue of Board & Trust, with Minister
25 Oct 2017
Attending the deliberations on the activities of the Ingonyama Trust Board and accounting procedures alongside the Committee was the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Auditor-General of SA (AGSA), the Ingonyama Trust Board and Parliament’s legal representatives. Three documents were presented followed by in-depth discussion. Much of the meeting ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Rural Development and Land Reform Budget Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform considered and deliberated on the Draft Report Budget Review and Recommendation Report. Members made amendments to its recommendations. Concerns were raised about which Department was responsible for the Recapitalisation and Development Programme. The response of the Minister indicates that it rests ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Private Member Bill: briefing, with Minister
5 Oct 2017
The Acting Chairperson presented the memorandum of the private bill that he initiated, the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill. The draft bill proposes certain amendments to the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act No. 22 of 1994) (‘‘the Act’’), to extend the date for lodging a claim for ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
DRDLR & Commission on Land Restitution 2016/17 Annual Report, with FFC input, and Minister and Deputies present
4 Oct 2017
The Financial and Fiscal Committee (FFC) said the rural economy was no longer just a farm economy, and the role of agriculture as an engine of growth within rural provinces was plummeting. Rural development had evolved over time to focus on space-based interventions and diversified economic ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
DRDLR Audit: Auditor-General input; Ingonyama Trust Annual Report, with Minister & Deputy Ministers
3 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) spoke about expenditure patterns against the targets set in the Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and its entities. The brief by Commission on Restitution of Land Rights was postponed because Members received the ...