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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Air Quality colloquium
13 Sep 2017
The Committee met to host a colloquium on air quality monitoring across South Africa at the local government level.
The Chairperson commented that air pollution contributed to climate change, and the legacy of poor environmental planning during the apartheid era continued to bedevil the country. Policies of the previous regime ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Minister on granting permission to mine in Mabola Protected Environment; SANParks, SAWS, Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, SANBI Quarter 1 & 4 performance
12 Sep 2017
The purpose of the meeting was to seek an explanation from the Minister on the comments expressed in a press release following the granting of permission to Atha-Africa ventures to mine in the Mabola Protected Environment (MPE). The Committee was also briefed by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Committee Report on Donation of Wild Life Game animals by North West DRDLR
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Donation of Wild Life Game animals by North West DRDLR [All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee of Environmental Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries were not able to adopt the report, mainly because the Chairperson of Agriculture, ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
SAWS Board held to account for CEO contract termination and fruitless and wasteful expenditure
5 Sep 2017
The meeting could not go on as planned due to the absence of the Minister who had a family emergency to attend to, and also because of the absence of the entire component of the South African Weather Services (SAWS) board as was requested by the Committee.
In response to ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Marine Spatial Planning Bill [B9-2017]: public hearings
1 Sep 2017
The meeting focused on the last set of submissions at the public hearings on the Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Bill. Inputs on the Bill were received from a range of stakeholders, starting with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), which gave background information on the rationale behind the Bill.
The ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Marine Spatial Planning Bill: Isimangaliso response; Rhino Lab; Wildlife Economy transformation; SARGBH wildlife donation
29 Aug 2017
The Committee received a response from the Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority on the park-public conflict issues raised during public hearings, and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) gave briefings on the donation of wild life to the South African Rare Game Breeders Association (SARGBA), progress on the Rhino Lab, and ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Maritime Spatial Planning Bill workshop; Committee Report on North West Game Donation
21 Jun 2017
The Department of Environmental Affairs is looking at the viability of the Oceans Act.
This emerged during the discussion session at the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs workshop on the Marine Spatial Planning Framework and Marine Spatial Planning Bill with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA).
The Director-General said South ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Oceans Economy Colloquium
20 Jun 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs recently held a colloquium on growing the South African ocean economy. It looked at the current status, constraints and opportunities. Experts from various universities and organisations around the country, including the Department of Environmental Affairs, made presentations to the Committee.
The Department presented the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
SA Weather Service: Tariff Regulation; Former CEO contract termination
7 Jun 2017
The Portfolio Committee held a meeting with the South African Weather Service (SAWS) to obtain feedback on why the members of its board should not be held responsible for eight months’ salary paid to the entity’s former Chief Executive Officer, and to receive a briefing from the Regulating Committee for ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Rhino Integrated Management Systems; Rhino Horn Trade Constitutional Court Judgment
23 May 2017
The outcome of the lengthy meeting between the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and the Portfolio Committee of the Constitutional Court judgment on the lifting of the moratorium on the trade in rhino horn, and the appeal that the DEA had lost -- at a cost to taxpayers of R1.5 ...