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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Small-scale Fisheries Policy draft regulations: briefing by Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
9 Jun 2015
Window-dressing was huge in the fishing industry, and those who were practising it knew the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) was not going to do anything about it. That was why fishermen in the primary co-operatives were going to be registered as 100% owners, and they would have ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: deliberations
5 Jun 2015
The Committee continued its deliberations from Tuesday 5 June on the Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill. It was told that in terms of the National Assembly rule 249, the Committee could go back to the National Assembly (NA) to request permission to look into the other provisions of the Principal ...
Small Business Development
Committee Report on Oversight Visits to KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Gauteng
3 Jun 2015
The Committee discussed its draft Report on oversight visits to KwaZulu–Natal, Eastern Cape and Gauteng, from 25 to 26 November 2014 and 27 January to February 2015. Members made numerous alterations of a technical nature, or to improve wording, grammar or style, and asked that various figures in the presentation ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill: deliberations and proposed amendments
2 Jun 2015
The Office of the Chief State Law Adviser tabled the Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill before the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for consideration.
The Committee heard that the purpose of the Bill was to amend the Performing Animals Protection Act (PAPA), to insert certain definitions, provide for ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on its 3rd & 4th Quarter Performance Reports
27 May 2015
The Committee was briefed by the recently established Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) on its third and fourth quarter performance. It said its programmes were still structured according to the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI’s) strategic objectives, and its report was therefore aligned to them. In future, the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefing, Departmental response to public consultation inputs, in presence of Deputy Minister
26 May 2015
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefed the Committee on the amendments being proposed by way of the Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill, amending the principal Act (PAPA), since sections 2 and 3 had been declared unconstitutional and Parliament had been required to pass amending legislation. The Legal Parliamentary Legal Advisors suggested ...
Small Business Development
Committee Report on Small Business Development budget
19 May 2015
The Committee considered its report on budget vote 31, Department of Small Business Development. After noting grammatical, spelling and wording issues through the report, Members discussed certain observations and recommendations for further clarity, added some additional observations and recommendations as well as removing some.
The report was adopted with amendments. ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Plant Breeders’ Rights [B11-2015] & Plant Improvement Bills [B8-2015]: public hearings
15 May 2015
Public hearings were conducted on the on the Plant Breeder’s Rights and Plant Improvement Bills. The African Centre for Biosafety noted, speaking firstly to the Plant Breeders Rights Bill, that the South African seed sector was worth R5.5 billion (maize contributing R3.4 billion) in the market. South African commercial seeds ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on Black Supplier Development Unit plans, in presence of Minister
13 May 2015
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) briefed the Committee on the Black Business Suppliers Development Unit, which had recently migrated to this Department from the Department of Trade and Industry. This Unit had created several new sub-programmes, including the Shared Economic Infrastructure Facility and the Youth, Women and People ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: public hearings
12 May 2015
Various stakeholders submitted their contributions to the Bill Amendment. Key issues that were raised were that the Bill was old and no longer fully served its purpose which was to protect the welfare and wellbeing of animals. There were issues on its lack of clarity in defining certain parameters and ...