The Select Committee: Land and Environmental Affairs, was invited by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, to attend the official launch of the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme, on the 17 August 2009. The programme was launched at the pilot site in Muyexe in the Greater Giyani District Municipality in the Limpopo province. A delegation was selected to represent the SC: Land and Environmental Affairs at the launch, which included Members of Parliament, Honourable Mokgoro (ANC) and Honourable Worth (DA) together with the Content Advisor (Deshni Pillay).