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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
AGSA, DPME & FFC briefings; DAFF, DRDLR, CRLR & OVG 2018/19 Annual Reports & 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance; with Minister
8 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) and its entities for the 2018/19 financial year. The Financial and Fiscal Commission placed the Department’s performance in context with ...
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
Committee discussion on process and programme
11 Sep 2019
Documents handed out: Draft programme (only distributed to committee members)
The Ad Hoc Committee met to discuss the programme for future meetings which included the upcoming Workshop of Experts to address the question of land and to amend the Constitution accordingly.
The Chairperson had proposed a list ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
One Household One Hectare; Recapitalization & Development; Land Development Support & Landcare programmes: Department briefing
10 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on the One Household One Hectare Programme; The Land Development Support Programme (LDS) & LandCare programmes. The Recapitalisation and Development Programme (RECAP) was introduced in order to address the challenges by targeting properties acquired since 1994 ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
CASP, Ilima/Letsema, MAFISA development support; KZN oversight report
3 Sep 2019
The Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP) was introduced in 2004/5 to respond to the gap resulting from the closure of the Agriculture Credit Board in 1998. With the closure, it became nearly impossible for the new land reform beneficiaries to access credit or other means of support from commercial banks ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Implications of Constitutional Court Judgement on Land Tenure Rights Act, 1991; Legacy Reports; Planned Oversight visit with Deputy Minister
20 Aug 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) on the implications of the Constitutional Court judgment on the Land Tenure Rights Act, which had indicated that a section was unconstitutional. It also considered the legacy reports of the previous Portfolio Committees on Agriculture, Forestry ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development Budget
10 Jul 2019
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development was previously two separate departments prior to the Sixth Administration. Thus, the Portfolio Committee considered two separate reports for the two budget votes.
Members noted that the financial support programmes for agriculture are not dissolved by the blended finance model. Financial ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF & Department of Rural Development and Land Reform 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
3 Jul 2019
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development and its entities presented their annual performance plans for the 2019/20 financial year.
The Minister informed the Committee in her opening remarks that the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development and Land Reform required careful management and would ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Election of Chairperson
2 Jul 2019
The Committee convened to elect its Chairperson. After due processes were observed as per the National Assembly Rules, Mr M Mandela (ANC) was elected unopposed as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
The Committee also considered and adopted its Programme for the ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Committee Legacy Report & Public Submission Reports
20 Mar 2019
The Committee met to adopt the following: all outstanding minutes from 2017 to the present; reports on public submissions for 2016, 2017/18 and the committee’s legacy report. All the minutes were adopted with minor amendments while the public submission and legacy reports respectively were adopted with no amendments.
Members extolled ...
Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution
Committee Report on Amending Section 25 of the Constitution
13 Mar 2019
Section 25 Process; Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
The ad hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution met for a final time to consider and adopt a report to be referred to the National Assembly.
The report recorded what the Committee had done since its ...