What is the total amount of the outstanding loan repayments due to the National Treasury which prompted the National Treasury to withdraw all funding for a certain scheme Micro Agricultural Financial Institutions (MAFISA) and (b) by what date will the outstanding loans be repaid?
(1) With reference to his reply to question 2947 on 26 August 2015, what were the total costs incurred by the Government to (a) conduct the 2013 long term Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP), (b) conduct the FRAP appeals process, (c) secure the services certain persons (names furnished) from 1 June 2015 to 31 May 2016 and (d) conduct the FRAP allocations process;
(2) whether his department retained the services of a certain person (name furnished) and/or his company (name furnished); if not, why not; if so, what is the (a)(i) nature and (ii) objective of the continued professional services being rendered by the specified person and/or his company to his department and (b) total cost to the Government for retaining the person and/or his company;
(3) what is the total amount of cost that the Government incurred to date to conduct the 2015-16 FRAP? NW2803E
1. The total costs incurred by the Government to conduct the 2013 long term Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP) was R19 100 000.00 whilst the total costs incurred to conduct the FRAP 2013 appeals process was R5 793 876.83. The total costs incurred by the Government from 1 June 2015 to 31 May 2016 to secure the services of Advocate Mohamed Shaheen Moolla was ...
Whether, with reference to the recently released documentary, Bitter Grapes, which shows the alleged levels of abuse that farmworkers are subjected to on some farms, his department has done any investigation into the alleged levels of abuse, the living conditions of such farmworkers and the rate at which land owners evict farmworkers; if not, why not; if so, what are the (a) relevant details in this regard and (b) circumstances of farmworkers in the country?
What is the total amount of the outstanding loan repayments due to the National Treasury which prompted the National Treasury to withdraw all funding for a certain scheme (details furnished) and (b) by what date will the outstanding loans be repaid?
The Micro Agricultural Financial Institutions of South Africa (MAFISA) is a scheme that provides loans to smallholder farmers in the agriculture sector. The loans are provided through intermediaries and not directly by the department. To get the loan, the applicant must meet a set of requirements. The applications for funding are handled by intermediaries and not by DAFF. The intermediaries report to the Department ...
How (a) successful has his department’s Integrated Fisheries Security Strategy been in containing the poaching of abalone in the Overstrand Local Municipality in the Western Cape and (b) many arrests have been made in this regard since the implementation of the specified strategy?
(a) The Department’s Integrated Fisheries Security Strategy has been substituted with Initiative 5, the Enhanced and Coordinated Enforcement Programme in terms of the Marine Protection Services and Governance LAB of Operation Phakisa. This followed the decision taken by Cabinet which required the development of a more integrated approach for Ocean Governance, including the development of management plans for the Oceans and Coastal Areas.
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Whether, with reference to the recently released documentary, Bitter Grapes, which shows the alleged levels of abuse that farmworkers are subjected to on some farms, his department has done any investigation into the alleged levels of abuse, the living conditions of such farmworkers and the rate at which land owners evict farmworkers; if not, why not; if so, what are the (a) relevant details in this regard and (b) circumstances of farmworkers in the country?
Although the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has learnt with grave concern about the “Bitter grapes” documentary, it has to be stated that DAFF did not conduct any investigation due to the fact that the matters raised by honourable Paulsen falls outside its ambit. Living conditions of farm workers falls within the mandate of the Departments of Labour and Rural Development and ...
(a) How many small and medium farms are not being utilised in the Vhembe region and (b) for what period has any of these farms not been utilised?
Whether, in light of the severe drought that the country is currently experiencing, his department (a) drilled and/or (b) refurbished any boreholes since 1 October 2015; if not, why not; if so, (i) how many boreholes did his department (aa) drill and/or (bb) refurbish during the specified period, (ii) what is the exact GPS location of each of the specified boreholes, (iii) what were the costs of (aa) drilling per meter and/or (bb) refurbishment in each case and (iv) was water found at each of the boreholes?
Whether any (a) internal and/or (b) external forensic reports pertaining to (i) his department and/or (ii) each entity reporting to him were completed from 1 January 2009 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what is the (aa) name, (bb) subject matter and (cc) date of conclusion of each of the specified forensic reports?
What is the total cost incurred by the Government to date to (a)(i) develop and (ii) conclude the Small Scale Fisheries Policy and (b) work toward the implementation of the specified policy?
(a)(i) Policy development occurred between 2007-2012 and was before the restructuring and formation of the new Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, which makes reconciliation of costs difficult. Secondly, not all the costs in developing the small-scale fishing sector were contained in one cost centre. However, the major cost drivers for the development of the SSF policy were payments for a consultant to develop ...
