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Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Bill: Department of Rural Development and Land Reform briefing
29 Mar 2017
The Department took the Committee through the Community Property Associations Amendment Bill (the Bill). The main purpose of the Bill was highlighted as seeking to amend the Community Property Associations Act to provide for a more effective and efficient functioning of the Community Property Associations (CPAs) themselves, including the introduction ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]: Adoption, in presence of Deputy Minister
15 Mar 2017
The Committee met to deliberate further on the wording of the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015] and to consider and adopt outstanding minutes. The Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform also attended the meeting.
The legal advisors noted that after discussions arising from the previous ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]: Further deliberations, Minister & Deputy Minister present
8 Mar 2017
The Committee met to continue deliberations on the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill (the Bill). Both the Minister and his Deputy were present. Members firstly adopted the minutes of the last meeting of 1 March, since their discussions today were based on matters arising out of those minutes. ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]: deliberations continued, with Deputy Minister
1 Mar 2017
The Committee met to deliberate further clause by clause on the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]
Clause 4 sought to amend section 9 of the principal Act. The main point of debate was whether an occupier or any other party involved in the eviction would not be ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill: SAHRC, Public Protector & SAPS comments
1 Feb 2017
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) backed the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment (ESTA) Bill claiming it would protect farm dwellers and workers rights. It discussed its findings based on enquiries it had held over the past fourteen years into farm dweller rights. The Human Rights Commission recommended ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Land Rights Management Facility: progress report
9 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee was briefed on the work of the Land Rights Management Facility (LRFM), which had been established in 2012 to provide specialised legal and mediation services to indigent farm dwellers, labour tenants and communities who faced the violation of their land rights.
The Department of Rural Development and ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
2 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee was briefed on the Communal Property Associations (CPAs) 2015-2016 Annual Report. It was noted that 1 483 CPAs had been registered since the passing of the Act and 53 in the period under review. Some of the challenges facing CPAs were outlined.
The department ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Rural Development and Land Reform Budget Review and Recommendations Report; Proposed study tour
26 Oct 2016
The Committee considered the draft Budget Review and Recommendations Report.
Members raised a point that for as long as the Department still had fruitless and wasteful expenditure these should be investigated because lack of compliance is not condoned; that there was never any report back from the Department on how ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on its 2015/16 Annual Report with FFC input; Committee BRRR
19 Oct 2016
The Fiscal and Financial Commission (FCC) presented a summary of its report that evaluated the financial status of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (the Department), and made some recommendations for the forthcoming year. Members were reminded that the FFC's mandate was to make recommendations to Government according ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform & Commission on Restitution of Land Rights on their 2015/16 Annual Reports with Auditor General input
12 Oct 2016
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) presented their 2015/16 annual reports to the Portfolio Committee, after receiving input from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the performance of the Department’s portfolio.
AGSA reported that he portfolio’s ...