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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Portfolio Committee Legacy Report
19 Mar 2019
Available here once published: Legacy Reports
The Committee reviewed its Legacy Report on activities undertaken during the Fifth Parliament in preparation for adoption. It was noted that although it had dealt with a number of issues over the past term, the implementation of the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF), although ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Gelukwaards Farm invasion; Committee Reports: Canada Study Tour & MalaMala; Legacy Report; with Deputy Ministers
13 Mar 2019
In the presence of two Deputy Ministers, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) gave a status report on the illegal invasion of the Gelukwaarts Farm Project on the West Coast.
The Gelukwaarts Farm was upgrade by the Department of Agriculture with piggery infrastructure to the value of ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Food Security Policy & Food Control Agency; Poultry Industry; Marine Living Resources Fund; FRAP 2013 forensic reports; conditional grants; with Minister
12 Mar 2019
The Portfolio Committee was told by the Department of Agriculture. Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) that 10.4% of the 16.1 million households in South Africa were still facing hunger. The Department of Health had conducted a survey which showed the country faced a challenge of an increase in teenage ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Blended Funding Model: joint workshop, with DRDLR Minister & DAFF Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2019
The Portfolio Committees of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Portfolio Committee of Rural Development and Land Reform (RDLR) held a joint workshop and were briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, National Treasury and the Land Bank on ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
MalaMala land settlement progress report, with Deputy Ministers
27 Feb 2019
In the presence of the two Deputy Ministers, stakeholders gave a progress report on the MalaMala land settlement including the N’wandlamarhi Communal Property Association (CPA), Mintirho Trust, Mondzo, the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights and Gilfillan Du Plessis Attorneys.
The N’wandlamarhi CPA reported that government purchased MalaMala from the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF Quarter 2 performance; MRLF & ARC audit; Ncera matters; with Minister & Deputy Minister
26 Feb 2019
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on their second quarter performance, and learnt that over 800 000 jobs had been created, and there had been a reduction in unemployment in rural areas. One million hectares of land were targeted to be used, but ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform briefing
20 Feb 2019
The Presidency hosts Second National Land Reform Colloquium
The Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform briefed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. The Advisory Panel had asked ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Western Cape oversight visit and reflection on way forward
19 Feb 2019
The Committee and the Department were briefed by the Committee’s Research on the oversight visit to the Western Cape Province. The Researcher highlighted some of the concerns that were common in the farms visited, such as a lack of training and access to education facilities in farms like Lakeview. Most ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
DRDLR structure and staff establishment; with Deputy Ministers
13 Feb 2019
The Committee met to discuss issues surrounding the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform’s (DRDLR’s) organogram and structure, as well as to consider the focus areas for the term that was under review.
The DRDLR’s presentation covered the details of the micro and macro structure of the Department, the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
State of Nation Address 2019 impact on Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries; with Minister
12 Feb 2019
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries gave a brief introduction saying that exports have grown by 7%. But what is worrying is that imports still remain high and they need to be looking at exports substitution. The recent crop estimation was not a bad one but features of climate ...