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Rural Development and Land Reform
Committee DRLR Budget Report
25 Apr 2018
The Committee met for consideration and adoption of minutes and the Draft Report of the Committee on the Budget Vote of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and its entities for the 2018/19 financial year.
The Committee adopted the Draft Minutes dated 20 March 2018 and18 April 2018 ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Land Bank support to developing farmers; SA Veterinary Council Annual Report & APP; Fetsa Tlala: DAFF & Mpumalanga progress report; with Deputy Minister
24 Apr 2018
The Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs continues to decrease poverty rates especially in the most prioritised rural municipalities.
It reported this when it appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on progress in the implementation of Fetsa Tlala targets and budget expenditure ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Listeriosis outbreak and recall of certain products by retailers; with Ministers of Trade and Industry & Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry informed the Committees that the Department was the custodian of the Consumer Protection Act, 2008. In November 2017 the Minister of Health had announced that South Africa was experiencing a Listeriosis outbreak caused by bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes. A multi-departmental Task Team was formed ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Bill Subcommittee: regulation of Collecting Societies
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) briefed the Sub-committee of Trade and Industry on matters of copyright in the regulation of collecting societies. The basis for the regulation of collecting societies was well established in the recommendations made in the Copyright Review Commission (CRC) report of 2011, which ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Forests Amendment Bill: Key issues to consider from extended public hearings
27 Mar 2018
The National Forest Amendment Bill does not amend most of the provisions in the principal Act except for minor amendments to Section 23 of the Act.
This is the view of the Parliamentary legal adviser who informed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries that the current provisions in ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
OBP, NAMC, PPECB & ARC 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
22 Mar 2018
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries met the management of Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), the National Agricultural Marking Council (NAMC) and the Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB) to hear presentations on their annual performance plans and budgets.
OBP listed the ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution Bill, Rama CPA, Riemvasmaak Trust, commonage programmes; with Minister and Deputy Ministers
20 Mar 2018
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform gave a presentation on developments at the Rama Communal Property Association (CPA), the Riemvasmaak Community Trust and the commonage programmes supported by the Department. A progress report on the processing of the Restitution Bill was also presented to the Committee.
The Department ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
High Level Panel on land reform and rural development: Dr Aninka Claassens briefing
14 Mar 2018
Report of the High Level Panel
The Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform received a briefing from Dr Aninka Claassens, a member of the high level panel that had been led by former president Kgalema Motlanthe, regarding the findings and recommendations of the panel.
Dr Claassens said there ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan: DPME & AGSA input; with Deputy Minister
13 Mar 2018
The Department of Monitoring and Evaluation briefed the Portfolio Committee on its assessment of the strategic plan and Annual Performance Plans of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for the 2018/19 financial year. The Department said the programmes of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries are not having ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Ingonyama Trust Board on land conversion to leases
7 Mar 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), accompanied by the Minister and Deputy Minister, and the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB), to be briefed on the land conversion to leases. The ITB briefed the Committee on the background to the conversion of Permission To Occupy ...