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Land Reform and Rural Development
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill: Departments Rural Development &Land Reform & SAPS briefings, with Minister in attendance
23 Nov 2016
The South African Police Services (SAPS) briefed the Committee very shortly on the role and function of the police in relation to challenges under the Extension of Security of Tenure (ESTA) Act, and criminal cases that had been instituted in terms of that Act. SAPS explained that section 9 of ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill: stakeholders’ consultative meeting, with Deputy Minister of Labour
16 Nov 2016
SALGA supports the amendments on tenure grants although it proposed that the provision of bulk services for alternative land and the delivery of municipal services should also be included in the tenure grant. SALGA supports the amendments as it affects limitations on evictions and additional rights to occupiers. The amendments ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]: stakeholder consultative meeting day 1
15 Nov 2016
The Commission for Gender Equity (CGE), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) and the Association for Rural Advancement (AFRA) were stakeholders who made submissions to the Committee on the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment (ESTA) Bill.
The ...
Water and Sanitation
Water use allocation impact on farmers: Departments of Water; Rural Development and Land Reform; Agriculture
2 Nov 2016
Three government departments – Water and Sanitation, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and Rural Development and Land Reform – put forward proposals for consideration when the process of legislation to amend the current Water Act gets under way.
The Committee was informed that in terms of the Water Act 54 of ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Communal Property Associations on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
2 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee was briefed on the Communal Property Associations (CPAs) 2015-2016 Annual Report. It was noted that 1 483 CPAs had been registered since the passing of the Act and 53 in the period under review. Some of the challenges facing CPAs were outlined.
The department ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Rural Development and Land Reform Budget Review and Recommendations Report; Proposed study tour
26 Oct 2016
The Committee considered the draft Budget Review and Recommendations Report.
Members raised a point that for as long as the Department still had fruitless and wasteful expenditure these should be investigated because lack of compliance is not condoned; that there was never any report back from the Department on how ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on its 2015/16 Annual Report with FFC input; Committee BRRR
19 Oct 2016
The Fiscal and Financial Commission (FCC) presented a summary of its report that evaluated the financial status of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (the Department), and made some recommendations for the forthcoming year. Members were reminded that the FFC's mandate was to make recommendations to Government according ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2015/16 Annual Report with Auditor-General input
18 Oct 2016
The Committee was scheduled to be briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2015/16 Annual Report. This briefing was scheduled to take place after the Committee received a presentation on the Department’s audit outcomes from the Office of the Auditor-General. The Committee decided to ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Ingonyama Trust Board on 2015/16 Annual Report
13 Oct 2016
The Ingonyama Trust Board briefed the Committee on its annual report for 2015/16. Performance for the period under review was 98%. The breakdown of the overall performance of 98% was: Administration 21%; Rural Development 23%; Land Management 38%; Traditional Council Support 18%. 2 policies were approved out of a target ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform & Commission on Restitution of Land Rights on their 2015/16 Annual Reports with Auditor General input
12 Oct 2016
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) presented their 2015/16 annual reports to the Portfolio Committee, after receiving input from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the performance of the Department’s portfolio.
AGSA reported that he portfolio’s ...