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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Liquor Products, National Forests & National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bills: public hearings
15 Aug 2017
Woolworths made a submission on the Liquor Products Amendment Bill. In its submission, it said the proposed amendment to lower the alcohol content referred to in the definition of liquor products from 1% to 0.5% should be reconsidered. Currently, a number of low alcohol beers, beer shandies and similar products ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Mpumalanga response to Committee concerns; Avian Influenza; DAFF Quarter 4 performance
1 Aug 2017
The Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Administration (DARDLA) had discarded the tractors it had bought from China because they were meant for soft soil, not the hard soil of Mpumalanga. This was what the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries heard during the discussion when ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agenda 2063 and Malabo Declarations; Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme: NEPAD briefing; with Deputy Minister
20 Jun 2017
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development reported that Agenda 2063 has 20 goals divided into four sub areas: Industrialisation and Wealth Creation, Shared Prosperity and Transformed Livelihoods, Human Capital Development and Transformed Institutions, and Natural Resources Management and Environment Resilience. The Malabo Declaration has seven overarching targets which include recommitment ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries response to Committee oversight & BRRR, with Minister & Deputy
13 Jun 2017
No words, not in questions and accusations from the Committee or in apologies from the Department, were spared in the meeting between the Portfolio Committee and the Department on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries that went well over its allocated time.
The long-awaited organogram was again not presented. Progress on two ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Small Harbours Maintenance, Leasing, Job Creation: Public Works briefing
13 Jun 2017
The Department of Public Works (DPW) provided a detailed background on the work it had done in respect of small harbours and the Integrated Small Harbour Management Authority (ISHMA) which had been established in 2005. Since then, the Department had pursued joint ventures with other entities, such as the Department ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Onderstepoort Biological Products; ARC; NAMC; PPECB on their Annual Performance Plan, FFC input; with Minister
9 May 2017
The Fiscal and Financial Commission (FFC) briefed the Committee on the role it plays in assisting departments and Parliament, and provided an overview of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s (DAFF’s) operations in the context of the broader economy. Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), a state-owned entity under the jurisdiction ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF & Marine Living Resources Fund on their Annual Performance Plan; DPME input, with Minister
4 May 2017
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) explained to the Committee that it required the Strategic Plan (SP) and Annual Performance Plan (APP) of each department to be aligned with the priority outcomes in the Medium-term Strategic Framework (MTSF). The potential of Agriculture in creating one million jobs in ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Climate Change impact in region; Climate-Smart Agriculture: UN Food and Agriculture Organisation briefing, with Deputy Minister
14 Mar 2017
The Food and Agriculture Organisation Forestry briefed the Committee on the impacts of climate change on agriculture, forestry and Fisheries.
Climate change is already putting stress on food systems and rural livelihoods all around the world.
The Organisation stated that already plus minus 14.3 million South Africans are estimated to ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill: briefing; Poultry Industry: SA Poultry Association briefing
28 Feb 2017
The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) stated that the South African poultry industry was in a crisis and an advanced state of distress. The Association attributed the cause of the distress to imports from the European Union. It said collective actions that were taken so far were inadequate. SAPA told ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Liquor Products, National Forest & National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bills: DAFF briefing, with Deputy Minister in attendance
21 Feb 2017
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Committee on three proposed bills, namely Liquor Products Amendment Bill [B10-2016], National Forests Amendments Bill [B11-2016] and National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill [B22-2016]. The Deputy Minister was present in the meeting.
The Department reported that the Liquor Products Amendment ...