The Committee was joined by the Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) Legislature's Standing Committee on Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development, Local Government, senior officials of the office of the MEC and the provincial Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural development and members of various cooperatives from the District. The provincial Manager for CASP, Mr Z Duze, presented to the Committee. The province did not have a presentation on Micro Agricultural Financial Institutions of South Africa (MAFISA) programme.