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Update on DBSA & SA National Parks facilities projects; with Deputy Minister
27 Mar 2024
In Parliament, the Portfolio Committee was briefed by South African National Parks (SANParks) and the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) on all the projects these two entities had implemented on behalf of the Department of Tourism.
SANParks reported on its infrastructure-related projects and maintenance programme. Members were taken through ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Committee Legacy Report: deliberations
27 Mar 2024
The Portfolio Committee held an in-person meeting to discuss its Committee Legacy Report, which would serve as a handover report to the new incoming Committee. The Committee Legacy Report summarised the Committee’s work over the Sixth Parliament, 2019-2024.
Committee members asked that the Committee Recommendations state that first task of ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Legacy Report; Ingonyama Trust Board matters
26 Mar 2024
The Portfolio Committee convened virtually for its final meeting to consider and adopt the Legacy Report covering its work during the Sixth Administration, from May 2019 to March 2024.
Members raised concerns and sought clarification regarding engagements with stakeholders, including the Citrus Growers Association, and the status column in ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Briefing on Air Pollution in South Durban
13 Mar 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee met with different stakeholders, namely, South Durban Community Environment Alliance (SDCEA), Engen refinery and eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, regarding air pollution and its impact on the South Durban Basin community. There was a disjuncture between the three presentations. The Committee resolved the meeting by ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Postponed: Challenges and interventions to address governance challenges confronting ITB & Ingonyama Trust; with Deputy Minister
12 Mar 2024
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development convened in Parliament for a follow-up meeting on the interventions of the new Board of Trustees on challenges and interventions to address governance challenges confronting the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) and the Ingonyama Trust.
The Committee had seen from media ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
SPLUMA implementation and challenges: DALRRD & SALGA briefing
5 Mar 2024
The Committee met virtually to be briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) on the framework and implementation of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA), SPLUMA implementation challenges and pathways to a better spatial planning and land use management in South ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DPME Evaluation of Land Restitution Programme and National Food and Nutrition Security Plan (NFNSP)
23 Feb 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on the impact evaluation of the Land Restitution Programme (LRP) and the implementation evaluation of the National Food and Security Nutrition Plan (NFNSP).
The Committee’s overriding ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
RSA & Cuba Agreement on Animal and Plant Health; Brazil Study Tour Report
20 Feb 2024
Tabled Committee Reports
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development (DALRRD) briefed the Committee on the bilateral agreement between South Africa and Cuba for joint research and development in animal and plant health. The agreement aims to positively impact South Africa's Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan but ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Nature Conservation in SA: State of Provincial Reserves; Leopard snaring in the provincial and national parks
13 Feb 2024
The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) on the state of the country's provincial game reserves. Members were informed that most reserves spent 80% of their budget on salaries, while only 20% went towards the resources necessary for ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
ARC, NAMC, ITB & OBP 2022/23 Annual Reports
7 Feb 2024
Agriculture Research Council (ARC)
National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC)
Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP)
The Committee convened in Parliament to receive briefings from four entities of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on their annual reports for the 20222/23 financial year.
The Agricultural Research Council ...