NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 433
Question 433 for written reply: National Council of Provinces, Mr D Joseph
(DA-WC) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry:
Whether she has been informed that her departmentâs promises to assist
fishing communities of (a) Bredasdorp, (b) Struisbaai and (c) Arniston
remain unfulfilled; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so,
what are the relevant details? CW538E
Reply:
This question alludes to the Ministerâs road show (Service Delivery
Initiative Programme) that took place on 6-17 May 2011, where the Minister
had a public meeting in Struisbaai on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 and launched
the Cold Storage Project of R1.35m where about 200 direct jobs and 80
indirect jobs for Arniston and Struisbaai will be created. To date the
first cold storage container was delivered on the 19 July 2012 in
Struisbaai, with Arniston to follow shortly. Currently there is 1 cold
storage container in Arniston harbour which is operated privately. The
Minister also had a similar meeting in Lamberts Bay, and that cold storage
container was delivered on Monday 13 August 2012.