Busisiwe Tshwete

National Assembly

btshwete@parliament.gov.za

About Busisiwe Tshwete

2019 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 11 meetings out of 11

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Recent meetings attended

Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development — DAFF 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance; ARC on Audit improvement plan & progress — 19 Nov 2019
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development — NARYSEC programme and mandate: Department briefing; KZN Oversight Visit Report — 12 Nov 2019
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development — Drought update; Provinces’ state of readiness for 2019/20 planting season — 5 Nov 2019
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development — Agri-Parks progress report — 22 Oct 2019
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development — Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development Budgetary Review & Recommendations Report — 16 Oct 2019

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

15th Candidate at African National Congress Regional Eastern Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

DAFF 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance 19 Nov 2019

Ms B Tshwete (ANC) commented that the R47m spent against a budget of R337m for 120690 hectares of underutilised land in communal land to be cultivated for production was a sign of under-expenditure. It was going to affect food security and should be resolved speedily. She also stated it was ...
NARYSEC programme and mandate: Department briefing; KZN Oversight Visit Report 12 Nov 2019

Ms B Tshwete (ANC) welcomed the proposal from the Ministry, but indicated the Committee would have loved to get proper answers from the Department. Her concern was that the Department was not keen to account to the Committee though it was the Committee that decides on the programme on whether ...
Progress report on Agri-Parks: Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development briefing 22 Oct 2019

Ms B Tshwete (ANC) commented that she did not see in the presentation the practicality of the Agri-Parks 9 Point Plan which sought to revitalise agro-processing and value chain. She saw value chain in practicality when she visited Stellenbosch and surrounding areas where there was a farm and an abattoir ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report 16 Oct 2019

Ms B Tshwete (ANC) said that Ms Mgxashe should explain the consequence management plan as highlighted in the report.
CRLR: response to outstanding questions; ARC, OBP, NAMC, PPECB, ITB & CPA 2018/19 Annual Reports 9 Oct 2019

Ms B Tshwete (ANC) asked the ITB about policies that had not been reviewed. When would they be finalised? For programme two, no targets have been met since 2017 -- how long would its strategy take? On proactive land planning, could it provide a detailed list of PTOs that had been ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

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Plenary appearances

APPROPRIATION BILL 12 Jul 2019

Hon House Chair, can the member take a question?

All Plenary Appearances

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