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Land Reform and Rural Development
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 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
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 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
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 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
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 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
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 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
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 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
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 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Communal Property Associations performance; Constitutional Court judgment: implications for Commission on Restitution of Land Rights; with Deputy Minister
7 Sep 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) on the performance of Communal Property Associations for March to December 2015. In all, 1 483 Communal Property Associations (CPAs) had been registered since the passing of the Act and 48 were registered in the 2015/16 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act: Constitutional Court judgement; Ingonyama Trust Board on 4 Quarter 2015/16 performance, with both Deputy Ministers
31 Aug 2016
Ingonyama Trust Board reported on its targets for Quarter 4 2015/16. Policies that had to be approved was not achieved; all movable assets to be recorded was 100% achieved; vacant positions to be filled were 94.83% achieved; 86 land tenure rights were approved against a target of 325; there was ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Department Rural Development and Land Reform on its 4 Quarter 2015/16 performance, with Minister
24 Aug 2016
The Department achieved 56% of Q4 targets and 50% of Annual Performance Report targets in its Administration programme while annual targets on vacancies filled and disciplinary cases were partially achieved. In Geospatial and Cadastral Services, the Department achieved 77% of its Q4 targets and 69% of its APR targets. The ...