(1) Whether his department provided any form of assistance to co-operatives in each of the past five financial years; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, in each case, what is the (a) name of the co-operative, (b) total number of members of the co-operative, (c) type of co-operative, (d) service that the co-operative delivers, (e) physical address of the co-operative, (f) type of assistance provided to the co-operative and (g) current status of the co-operative;
(2) whether any of the specified co-operatives will require additional assistance from his department in future; if so, what are the relevant details?
RESPONSE FOR QUESTION 1119/NW1212E (1)
The Department supports cooperatives within the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector through various financial and non-financial means. In the past five years the following number of cooperatives has been supported:
- 518 cooperatives were supported with training using the Farmtogether Agricultural Cooperatives Training programme to improve internal operational efficiencies, productivity and enhance competitiveness
- 334 cooperatives were supported with Agribusiness planning ...
How much land does (a) his department and (b) the entities reporting to him (i) own, (ii) have exclusive rights to and/or (iii) lease from the State to (aa) use and/or (bb) occupy?
a) (i) The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) does not own land.
(ii) DAFF administers land on behalf of the Department of Public Works to preserve the land’s agricultural potential. The land administered are in all the 9 provinces.
GAUTENG - (6488.8419ha)
KWAZULU NATAL – (6794.6304ha)
MPUMALANGA – (4058.6147ha)
LIMPOPO – (3967.2156ha)
NORTHERN CAPE - (11715.7721ha)
EASTERN CAPE – (4415.2687ha) ...
Whether (a) his department and/or (b) any provincial departments of agriculture awarded any contracts to a certain company Kamsherai in each of the past five financial years; if so, (i)(aa) where and (bb) for what purpose was each contract awarded and (ii) what was the (aa) tender number, (bb) monetary value and (cc) time period of each contract that was awarded in each specified financial year?
DAFF
(a) No award was made by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to Kamsherai
(b) Not applicable.
(i)(aa) Not applicable.
(bb) Not applicable.
(ii)(aa) Not applicable.
(bb) Not applicable.
(cc) Not applicable.
GAUTENG AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
No payments have been made to Kamsherai in the past five financial years.
WESTERN CAPE
No payments have been made to Kamsherai in the past ...
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 264 on 26 March 2018 and his admission that Amathole Forestry Company has been causing destruction at the Zingcuka Forest, he intends to submit a formal complaint to the Forestry Stewardship Council to alert them to the transgressions by the Amathole Forestry Company; if not, why not; if so on what date will he report the company to the Forestry Stewardship Council.
2. Whether his department deems it enough to just tell Amathole Company to stop the destruction; if not, will revoke the lease agreement with the company.
DAFF’S RESPONSE:
1. The destruction of the Indigenous Forest occurred when a contractor appointed by Amathole Forestry Company (AFC) was felling trees and the trees fell over and destroyed the indigenous forest. The Department took the matter up with AFC and instructed the company to rehabilitate the destroyed area. AFC is currently rehabilitating the area by replanting the indigenous trees that were destroyed ...
With reference to his reply to question 265 on 9 March 2018, wherein he indicated that part of the responsibilities of the Amathole Forestry Company is to ensure that they use the leased land only for forestry purposes and that they cannot make alterations to the land without prior approval by his department, has he been informed that the company is undertaking massive excavations at the Zingcuka Forestry, destroying a rare indigenous forest; if not, he will institute an independent investigation to ascertain the facts and bring to book all those responsible for this destruction of the indigenous forest; if so
• Was the company given any permission by his department to conduct the massive excavations; if so, what (a) are the names of the officials of his department who gave such permission and (b) what was the basis for granting such permission.
DAFF’S RESPONSE:
- The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is not aware of any massive excavation taking place on the leased land at Zingcuka Forest and therefore will institute an investigation to ascertain the facts. The Amathole Forestry Company (AFC) has a right to quarry on existing quarries on the leased and land for the purpose of constructing or maintaining the road ...
What is the (a) size of the land that his department owns at the Fort Cox Agricultural College and (b) land used other than for the training of college students; (b) has his department leased out and/or sold parts of the land to anyone in the past 24 years; if so, (a) to whom has the land been leased and/or sold and (b) what were/are the terms of the lease/sale agreements?
DAFF’S RESPONSE:
- Currently the land owned by Fort Cox is close to 843 ha, which is the balance of about 750 ha that were given to the community of Cwaru as settlement.
Overall land utilisation at fort Cox forms part of student training, with 41 ha of irrigable land and 60 ha of dry land together with 33 camps used for grazing of animals. ...
(1) What are the details of all live animal and animal products that were banned (a) in each of the past three financial years and (b) since 1 April 2017;
(2) (a) which products were banned, (b) from which destination market in each case, (c) why was each product banned and (d) what steps, if any, were taken to reverse the decisions to ban these products? NW568E
1) The details for the past three financial years (2014 to March 2017) include:
(a) i) Pig and pig products
ii) Game meat from cloven hoofed animals
The details since 1 April 2017 include:
(b) i) Farmed game meat (including ostrich and crocodile meat) to the European Union.
Wild game meat is excluded.
ii) Dairy products
iii) Red meat
iv) Bovine hides
v) Live ...
What amount did (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him spend on the promotion or celebration of the Year of O R Tambo on the (i) Africa News Network 7 channel, (ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation (aa) television channels and (bb) radio stations, (iii) national commercial radio stations and (iv) community (aa) television and (bb) radio stations since 1 January 2017?
(A) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES (DAFF)
The DAFF has not sponsored promotion or celebration of the Year of O R Tambo on the (i) Africa News Network 7 channel, (ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation (aa) television channels and (bb) radio stations, (iii) national commercial radio stations and (iv) community (aa) television and (bb) radio stations since 1 January 2017?
(B) ONDERSTEPOORT BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS ...
(a) What was the total cost of developing Operation Phakisa on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development?
(b) What is the total number of stakeholders who were involved in the development?
(c) What is the (i) name and (ii) professional designation of each stakeholder?, and
What is the current status of the specified project?
a) What was the total cost of developing Operation Phakisa on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development?
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Expenses
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Paid
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1. Birchwood (venue & accommodation)
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R 7 786 000
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2. Travel (for selected stakeholders such as farmers, union representatives and NGOs) to and from the 5 week Lab
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R 1 491 423
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3. Pre and Post Lab facilitation: managing the content and programme of ... |
(a) What number of abattoirs did his department build (i) in each of the past 10 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2017, (b) what was the cost in each case, (c) what is the (i) exact location and (ii) slaughter capacity in each case, (d) who are the owners and/or beneficiaries of each abattoir and (e) what amount of income did each abattoir generate?
The implementation of the farmer support programmes happens at the provincial level.
The following is the response per province on :-
(a) What number of abattoirs did the department build?
(b) The cost in each case?
(c) Location of the abattoirs and slaughter capacity.
(d) Who are the beneficiaries and what amount of income did each abattoir generate?
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No. of abattoirs built
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Financial Year ... |
