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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
South African Poultry Association; Association of Meat Importers and Exporters on industry challenges; National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) on Agricultural Industry Trusts
13 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries held briefings by the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), the South African Poultry Association (SAPA) and the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) on the challenges facing the industry. It was disclosed that there were currently 26 Ministerial Trustees, and trusts ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Policy on Extension & Advisory Services; Department of Agriculture briefing, in presence of Minister; Fisheries International Agreements: Committee Content Advisor briefing
10 Mar 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), with the Minister present, briefed the Committee on the development of the National Extension and Advisory Services Policy (the policy) which was intended to guide the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors in the provision of extension and advisory services, to provide a ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
2nd and 3rd Quarter Performance Report for 2014/15: Department & AGSA briefing; Progress report on deregistration of Ncera Farms, with Deputy Minister
3 Mar 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, together with the Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa, briefed the Portfolio Committee on the second and third quarter expenditure and performance of the Department for the 2014/15 period.
The findings of the Auditor General (AG) revealed inconsistencies between the planned and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture progress report on alignment of services between DAFF, its Entities & Provinces; Response to SONA & 2014 BRRR
27 Feb 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) confirmed that its response was based on the theme of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) which was “Growing the Economy” as captured in the President’s statement that “The year 2015 is the Year of the Freedom Charter and Unity in ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
NWGA on availability of animal vaccines in country, capacity building of local sheep shearers & development programme for small-scale wool farmers
24 Feb 2015
The National Wool Growers Association (NWGA) said wool sheep farming was a lucrative opportunity for rural development in Eastern Cape. Wool was the biggest commodity in South Africa, as it had a turnover of about R50 billion at the consumer level and a 60:40 ratio between formal and informal production ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
PC Agriculture: Committee Reports on KZN and Western Cape Oversight Reports
17 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries adopted three sets of minutes and two oversight reports. The briefing by the Department on its second and third term expenditure and performance for the 2014/15 financial year could not take place because it had indicated to the Committee it was not ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Postal services & postal strike: South African Post Office & Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services briefing
31 Oct 2014
The Committee had requested a full briefing from the South African Post Office (SAPO) and Minister on the current situation in SAPO, in view of the ongoing strike action and the various issues raised in the media, and the Chairperson made it clear, from the outset, that this was a ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Recommendations of ICT policy review panel: Departmental briefing; Telecommunications Budget Review and Recommendations Report
24 Oct 2014
The Committee received an update on the ICT policy review project by the delegation from the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. The policy review was to separate the frameworks which had guided the sector since 1994. Much had been changed more especially in the ICT sector as it was ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Joint meeting with Independent Communications Authority of South Africa as an Institution Supporting Democracy
22 Aug 2014
The Committee was briefed on the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) mandate and way forward as an Institution Supporting Democracy (ISD). The Committee was concerned about the fact that the CEO of ICASA had not tendered an apology. The reason given by the Chairperson of ICASA was considered ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Committee Reports on Communications, Telecommunications and Postal Services Budget
11 Jul 2014
The two Portfolio Committees on Communications and Telecommunications and Postal Services met to deliberate on the budget reports of the joint committees.
Members went through all three documents page by page and deliberated on the issues. There was some discussion on issues such as the leadership of the South African ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
ICASA, MDDA, Sentech & SABC on their 2014 Strategic Plans, in presence of Minister of Communications
4 Jul 2014
A joint sitting of the Portfolio Committees on Communications, and on Telecommunications and Postal Services, in the presence of the Minister of Communications, heard presentations from Sentech, the Media Development and Diversity Agency(MDDA) , Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and the SABC, on their budgets and strategic plans ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Election of Chairperson
24 Jun 2014
After just one nomination and no objections or further nominations, Ms M Kubayi (ANC) was elected as the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services.