Employment and Labour
National Minimum Wage: state of readiness for way forward
18 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Labour held a meeting to deliberate and to receive reports on the state of readiness of the support team regarding the public hearings on the national minimum wage, and to air their opinion on lapses in the Parliamentary support system.
The Chairperson expressed concern over ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
PC Agriculture: Committee Reports on KZN and Western Cape Oversight Reports
17 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries adopted three sets of minutes and two oversight reports. The briefing by the Department on its second and third term expenditure and performance for the 2014/15 financial year could not take place because it had indicated to the Committee it was not ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
PC Agriculture: Preparation for oversight visit to KZN: briefing by Support Staff
18 Nov 2014
The Committee met to be briefed by staff on the impending oversight visit to two districts in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) from 24 to 28 November. Members were provided with details of the logistics for the trip and the itinerary for the four days, and were also informed about the media communications ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department, AgriBEE Charter Council & Forestry Charter Council on their action plans and implementation of Transformation Charters; Land Bank on AgriBEE Fund & Mafisa and Retail Emerging Markets Programme
4 Nov 2014
The AgriBEE Charter Council briefed the Committee on its strategic plan and budget for three years 2015/16 to 2017/18. The Council was established as an advisory body to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Its main purpose was to advise the Minister and the sector on all issues relating ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Budget Review and Recommendation Report
28 Oct 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Labour met to consider amendments to the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report.
One of the main issues discussed was the need to fill vacant posts. The budget had been cut because of under-spending, as there had been delays in filling the vacant posts over the past ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Livestock diseases, OIE report, update on proposed legislation: Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries briefing, in presence of Deputy Minister
28 Oct 2014
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), in the presence of the Deputy Minister, presented a report on livestock diseases of economic importance. South Africa had, following numerous complaints from the Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF), invited the World Health Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to evaluate the performance ...
Employment and Labour
Analysis of DoL & its entities financial performance: Parliamentary Researcher Unit briefing; Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing
15 Oct 2014
The Committee was briefed by researchers of the Appropriations Committee on the financial performance of Department of Labour and its entities, and by the Auditor General of South Africa on the audit outcomes.
The researchers described Department’s expenditure and variances for the year. Total expenditure had amounted to R2.37bn, which ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF Audit Outcomes & performance: AGSA, DPME & FFC briefings; Committee Report on Ncera Farms
14 Oct 2014
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes for the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and its entities for the 2013/14 financial year. This was intended to provide Members with the necessary information and guidance to enable the Portfolio Committee to effectively ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Legislative Mandate of DAFF: Committee Staff briefing; Progress report on Performing Animal Protection Amendment Bill: Department briefing; Feedback on Land Tenure Summit
16 Sep 2014
The Parliamentary legal adviser briefed the Committee on the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) judgment on the Performing Animals Protection Act. The Act gave power to magistrates to issue licenses to people that used animals for performing and security purposes. The NSPCA had taken the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC): finalisation of nominees
11 Sep 2014
The Chairperson explained that the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act as amended by its Amendment Act (No 52 of 2001) did not provide for the Committee to sit on the panel for evaluating National Agricultural Marketing Council nominees but it simply provided that the Minister as a courtesy could invite ...