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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
CASP, Ilima/Letsema, MAFISA development support; KZN oversight report
3 Sep 2019
The Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP) was introduced in 2004/5 to respond to the gap resulting from the closure of the Agriculture Credit Board in 1998. With the closure, it became nearly impossible for the new land reform beneficiaries to access credit or other means of support from commercial banks ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Implications of Constitutional Court Judgement on Land Tenure Rights Act, 1991; Legacy Reports; Planned Oversight visit with Deputy Minister
20 Aug 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) on the implications of the Constitutional Court judgment on the Land Tenure Rights Act, which had indicated that a section was unconstitutional. It also considered the legacy reports of the previous Portfolio Committees on Agriculture, Forestry ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF & Department of Rural Development and Land Reform 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
3 Jul 2019
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development and its entities presented their annual performance plans for the 2019/20 financial year.
The Minister informed the Committee in her opening remarks that the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development and Land Reform required careful management and would ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Election of Chairperson
2 Jul 2019
The Committee convened to elect its Chairperson. After due processes were observed as per the National Assembly Rules, Mr M Mandela (ANC) was elected unopposed as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
The Committee also considered and adopted its Programme for the ...
Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution
Committee Report on Amending Section 25 of the Constitution
13 Mar 2019
Section 25 Process; Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
The ad hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution met for a final time to consider and adopt a report to be referred to the National Assembly.
The report recorded what the Committee had done since its ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Resources Portfolio Committee Legacy Report
13 Mar 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt its Legacy Report and the report of the High Level Panel, and Members gave their farewell speeches as the Fifth Parliament closed.
The Chairperson appreciated the immense contributions of Dr Martin Nicol, the Committee Researcher, who presented the Legacy Report based on the ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
High Level Panel recommendations; Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela community missing billions from mining investments: DMR response
13 Feb 2019
The Department of Mineral Resources presented its responses to the recommendations made by the High Level Panel on Assessment of Key Legislation and Acceleration of Fundamental Change. The recommendations that were a key focus of the discussion were that Section 10 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Resources Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report: Department response, with Minister
21 Nov 2018
PMG did not attend this meeting. Below is a record of the proceedings as submitted to PMG.
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
One Environmental System colloquium
20 Nov 2018
The Department of Environmental Affairs(DEA), the Department of Mineral Resource (DMR), the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), the Minerals Council South Africa and a professor of law from Witwatersrand University, briefed the Committee on the One Environmental System (OES).
The Chairperson said that the aim of the colloquium was first ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Maledu Constitutional Court judgment & other litigation: lessons learned; with Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2018
The Deputy Minister gave a political overview of the Maledu case. Section 54 of the MRPDA states that a mining right holder should negotiate with the owner or lawful land occupier about compensation where loss will be suffered through mining. Section 55 deals with expropriation when no resolution is reached ...