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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Animals Protection Amendment Bill: engagement with DOH & DTIC; Committee deliberations on Ingonyama Trust matters; with Minister
6 Jun 2023
The Portfolio Committee convened on a virtual platform for presentations from the National Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) on the Animals Protection Amendment Bill. The Committee also discussed a presentation by the Minister of the Department of Land Reform and Rural ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Postponed: Ingonyama Trust Board Briefing: Governance Matters and Inter-Ministerial Committee Recommendations; with Ministry
30 May 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development convened to receive a briefing from the Minister on the deliberations and recommendations by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform and Agriculture (IMC) regarding land reform and the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB). Further, the Board would present the status ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
CRL Briefing: Progress towards Settlement and Finalisation of Old Order Claims, including Reports Submitted to the Land Claims Court; Implementation of Project Kuyasa; with Deputy Minister
23 May 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development met on a virtual platform to receive a briefing from the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights. The briefing pertained to the progress made towards settlement and finalisation of old order claims, reports to the Land Claims Court and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Briefing by DALRRD on Plant Health (Phytosanitary) Bill & Deeds Registries Amendment Bill
19 May 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development received briefings from the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on the Plant Health (Phytosanitary) Bill [B14-2021] (section 76), and the Deeds Registries Amendment Bill [B28-2022] (Section 75) in this virtual meeting.
The objectives of the Plant ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Labour tenant's applications & complementary support services after allocation of land; Animals Protection A/B: DALRRD input; with Ministry
16 May 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development met on a virtual platform to discuss the issue of labour tenants, the settlements of land claims and the Animal Protection Amendment Bill.
The Department responded to the request for comments on the Animal Protection Amendment Bill introduced by ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Land Bank Progress Report on Implementation of the Agricultural Financial Instruments
12 May 2023
The Committee convened to be briefed by the Lank Bank on its progress regarding implementing the Agricultural Financial Instruments.
The Land Bank indicated that it received a clean audit outcome in the 2022 financial period from the Auditor-General. The Board is pleased to have appointed the new CEO, Mr ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DALRRD Budget: Committee Report
5 May 2023
The Committee met to consider and adopt its report on the 2023/24 Annual Performance Plans and the Budget of The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development and Its Entities: Vote 29. Committee minutes were also considered and adopted.
The Committee did not raise many ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Ingonyama Trust Board 2023/24 APP; Land Bank financial support services to farmers & implementation of the blended finance scheme/model, Mafisa, AgriBEE and Covid19 funds, with Ministry
2 May 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development met on a virtual platform and received a presentation from the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) regarding its Annual Performance Plan (APP). The ITB’s presentation covered the Board’s mandate, strategic focus, performance on the administration, land and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agroecology Strategy and Plan for South Africa: stakeholder input
14 Mar 2023
The Portfolio Committee convened in Parliament to engage on an agroecology strategy plan for South Africa, and received presentations spear-headed by the Tshintsha Amakhaya network, a national alliance of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in solidarity with social movements to advance land, water and food justice.
The Committee heard that the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DALRRD progress report on previous SONA pronouncements
7 Mar 2023
The Portfolio Committee convened virtually to receive a progress report by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) on the previous State of the Nation Address (SONA) pronouncements since 2020.
Committee members welcomed the progress presented and noted the importance of receiving SONA progress reports. However, ...