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Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
Explosion at Engen Refinery in Durban South: stakeholder engagement with Deputy Minister
8 Dec 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, 08 December 2020
In it a virtual Portfolio Committee meeting convened after Parliament had risen, energy company Engen gave the sequence of events leading to the 4 December 2020 explosion and fire at its Durban South refinery and what actions it has ...
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
Ocean Phakisa Progress: DEFF briefing; with Deputy Minister
24 Nov 2020
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) briefed the Committee on growing the oceans economy – Operation Phakisa. The Department reported there is potential for nine ocean sectors with a contribution of R177b to the GDP by 2033 and a contribution of 1m jobs. Investments is mainly in infrastructure ...
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
Streamlining the Forestry and Fisheries branches within the Department; with Minister
17 Nov 2020
The purpose of the meeting was to brief the Portfolio Committee (PC) on the incorporation and streamlining of the Forestry and Fisheries branches within the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries. This process was the result of a pronouncement by the President in June 2019 which resulted in the transfer ...
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
Update on Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP) 2020; state of marine fisheries resources; with Deputy Minister
10 Nov 2020
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), led by the Deputy Minister, in a virtual meeting, presented an update on the 2020 fishing rights allocation process (FRAP) and marine fisheries resources to the Committee.
The Department made it clear that it was doing its best not to repeat the ...
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
Review of policies, legislation & practices relating to elephant, lion, leopard, and rhino: High Level Panel briefing
3 Nov 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed on the work of the Minister’s High-level Panel (HLP) of experts on the review of policies, legislation and practices on matters of Elephant, Lion, Leopard and Rhinoceros management, breeding, hunting, trade and handling. It served as an introductory meeting for the Committee ...
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
Commercial Fishing Industry; DEFF response to issues raised by Small-scale and Commercial Fisheries
27 Oct 2020
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02 Sep 2020 |
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17 Jun 2020 |
Commercial Fishing organisations: Fish SA; WWF & AquaCulture |
The Portfolio Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by various entities, including FishSA and Soundprops Investments Shareholding ...
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
Transfer of state forests to communities: Department briefing; with Deputy Minister
20 Oct 2020
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) briefed the Committee on the transfer of state forest plantations to communities. In a virtual meeting, it said the plantations were not economically viable due to the fact that they were operating below capacity and did not meet forestry industry standards and ...
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
DEFF on procurement of goods and services around COVID-19; DEFF/SANParks on allegations raised by former employee, with Deputy Minister
6 Oct 2020
The Committee received briefings by South African National Parks (SANParks) on a former employee’s allegations on SANParks management, as was reported in the public domain as well as from the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) on the procurement of COVID-19 goods and services following the report published by ...
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
SANPARKS Quarter performance; DEFF response to issues raised by small-scale and commercial fisheries; with Deputy Minister
2 Sep 2020
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17 Jun 2020 |
Commercial Fishing organisations: Fish SA; WWF & AquaCulture |
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04 Jun 2020 |
SANParks presented a report to the Committee in a virtual meeting on the performance of its national parks during the past two quarters, and revealed that the COVID-19 lockdown had had a ...
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
Committee 2018/19 recommendations: DEFF progress report; with Minister
1 Sep 2020
Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) of Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry & Fisheries on Annual Reports & Financial Statements of Department of Environmental Affairs & its four entities, dated 23 October 2019
The Minister and the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries presented a progress report on the implementation ...
