Sport, Arts and Culture
Chess South Africa; University Sport SA (USSA)
28 Feb 2017
Chess South Africa said its strategic objectives were to promote the game of chess, develop excellent participation levels, introduce chess to the masses – including taking the game to the rural areas -- as well as developing and training adults to facilitate chess professionally. The plan to facilitate chess professionally ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Boxing SA progress report; SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport on Post-Olympics doping results
21 Feb 2017
The Committee was briefed by the South African Institute of Drug-Free Sports (SAIDS) on their anti-doping strategy leading up to the Rio Olympics and Paralympics. SAIDS strategy began a year before the games and was focused on testing and anti-doping education of athletes and coaches. It was emphasised that SAIDS ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill: Departments Rural Development &Land Reform & SAPS briefings, with Minister in attendance
23 Nov 2016
The South African Police Services (SAPS) briefed the Committee very shortly on the role and function of the police in relation to challenges under the Extension of Security of Tenure (ESTA) Act, and criminal cases that had been instituted in terms of that Act. SAPS explained that section 9 of ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]: stakeholder consultative meeting day 1
15 Nov 2016
The Commission for Gender Equity (CGE), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) and the Association for Rural Advancement (AFRA) were stakeholders who made submissions to the Committee on the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment (ESTA) Bill.
The ...
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
Ingonyama Trust Board on 2015/16 Annual Report
13 Oct 2016
The Ingonyama Trust Board briefed the Committee on its annual report for 2015/16. Performance for the period under review was 98%. The breakdown of the overall performance of 98% was: Administration 21%; Rural Development 23%; Land Management 38%; Traditional Council Support 18%. 2 policies were approved out of a target ...
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 ...