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Small Business Development
Access to land for Agricultural SMMEs and Cooperatives in Sector: input by Contralesa, Ingonyama Trust, House of Traditional Leaders
4 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development invited the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (CONTRALESA) and the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) to engage on the issues of small business development in the rural communities and access to land for small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
2nd and 3rd Quarter Performance Report for 2014/15: Department & AGSA briefing; Progress report on deregistration of Ncera Farms, with Deputy Minister
3 Mar 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, together with the Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa, briefed the Portfolio Committee on the second and third quarter expenditure and performance of the Department for the 2014/15 period.
The findings of the Auditor General (AG) revealed inconsistencies between the planned and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture progress report on alignment of services between DAFF, its Entities & Provinces; Response to SONA & 2014 BRRR
27 Feb 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) confirmed that its response was based on the theme of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) which was “Growing the Economy” as captured in the President’s statement that “The year 2015 is the Year of the Freedom Charter and Unity in ...
Small Business Development
Access to Market by SMMEs & Cooperatives: briefing by BUSA & Retail Industry: Massmart; KOHWA; Woolworths
25 Feb 2015
The Committee received a briefing from four players in the retail and food processing industries -- Massmart, KOHWA Holdings, Woolworths and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA). The purpose of the meeting was to get an understanding of factors hindering the retail and food processing sectors in their Issues raised from ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
NWGA on availability of animal vaccines in country, capacity building of local sheep shearers & development programme for small-scale wool farmers
24 Feb 2015
The National Wool Growers Association (NWGA) said wool sheep farming was a lucrative opportunity for rural development in Eastern Cape. Wool was the biggest commodity in South Africa, as it had a turnover of about R50 billion at the consumer level and a 60:40 ratio between formal and informal production ...
Small Business Development
Solar Geysers Rollout Programme: Opportunities for SMMEs and Cooperatives
18 Feb 2015
The Committee met to hear about the progress made by the Department of Small Business Development (DBSD) and Department of Energy (DOE) towards the signing of the transversal agreements aimed at the opening of market space for small and medium enterprises (SMMEs) and cooperatives. After summarising the main points made ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
PC Agriculture: Committee Reports on KZN and Western Cape Oversight Reports
17 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries adopted three sets of minutes and two oversight reports. The briefing by the Department on its second and third term expenditure and performance for the 2014/15 financial year could not take place because it had indicated to the Committee it was not ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
PC Agriculture: Preparation for oversight visit to KZN: briefing by Support Staff
18 Nov 2014
The Committee met to be briefed by staff on the impending oversight visit to two districts in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) from 24 to 28 November. Members were provided with details of the logistics for the trip and the itinerary for the four days, and were also informed about the media communications ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department, AgriBEE Charter Council & Forestry Charter Council on their action plans and implementation of Transformation Charters; Land Bank on AgriBEE Fund & Mafisa and Retail Emerging Markets Programme
4 Nov 2014
The AgriBEE Charter Council briefed the Committee on its strategic plan and budget for three years 2015/16 to 2017/18. The Council was established as an advisory body to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Its main purpose was to advise the Minister and the sector on all issues relating ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Livestock diseases, OIE report, update on proposed legislation: Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries briefing, in presence of Deputy Minister
28 Oct 2014
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), in the presence of the Deputy Minister, presented a report on livestock diseases of economic importance. South Africa had, following numerous complaints from the Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF), invited the World Health Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to evaluate the performance ...