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Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: stakeholder engagement: day 2
31 Jan 2018
Deliberations on the issues raised during the public hearings on the Communal Property Associations (CPA) Amendment Bill continued for the second day. Although the agenda of the day was to receive presentations from the content adviser, the researcher, a Parliamentary legal adviser and a state legal adviser on the submissions ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: stakeholders’ engagement; with Deputy Minister: day 1
30 Jan 2018
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) came before the Committee to respond to some of the issues that had been raised during the public hearings on the Communal Property Association (CPA) Amendment Bill.
The presentation was a response to the fears expressed by communities on the possibility ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions; with Deputy Ministers
22 Nov 2017
The Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) recommended that the Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill be withdrawn and redrafted and that a public debate be held on whether black South Africans should receive land with full ownership rights when they are beneficiaries of land reform processes, including land ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: concerns raised by stakeholders; with Deputy Minister
1 Nov 2017
Documents handed out: Minutes dated 25 October 2017
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the concerns which had been raised by stakeholders during public hearings over the Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill. The Committee had given the Eastern Cape an opportunity to ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Ingonyama Trust Board & accounting procedures on revenue of Board & Trust, with Minister
25 Oct 2017
Attending the deliberations on the activities of the Ingonyama Trust Board and accounting procedures alongside the Committee was the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Auditor-General of SA (AGSA), the Ingonyama Trust Board and Parliament’s legal representatives. Three documents were presented followed by in-depth discussion. Much of the meeting ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Rural Development and Land Reform Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
18 Oct 2017
The Committee considered the Rural Development and Land Reform Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report. The discussion centered around the ‘Recommendations’ portion of the report, where few grammatical issues arose and significant attention was given to the issues of time-bound deadlines and the autonomy of the Commission on Restitution of Land ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Private Member Bill: briefing, with Minister
5 Oct 2017
The Acting Chairperson presented the memorandum of the private bill that he initiated, the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill. The draft bill proposes certain amendments to the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act No. 22 of 1994) (‘‘the Act’’), to extend the date for lodging a claim for ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
DRDLR & Commission on Land Restitution 2016/17 Annual Report, with FFC input, and Minister and Deputies present
4 Oct 2017
The Financial and Fiscal Committee (FFC) said the rural economy was no longer just a farm economy, and the role of agriculture as an engine of growth within rural provinces was plummeting. Rural development had evolved over time to focus on space-based interventions and diversified economic ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Commission on Restitution of Land Rights & DRDLR Quarter 4 performance
28 Jun 2017
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) had a successful fourth quarter in the 2016/17 financial year. Of its 28 projected targets, 21 were achieved. This was the highest percentage of targets achieved within the year. Overall, 2016/17 had the highest percentage of targets achieved within the last ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Agricultural Land Holding Account; Ingonyama Trust Board on its Quarter 4 performance
27 Jun 2017
The Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) presented its fourth quarter report and the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) presented a status report on the Agricultural Land Holding Account (ALHA) to the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform.
On Land Management (Programme 2), ITB approved 150 land ...