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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DALRRD 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance; Implementation of Audit Improvement Plan: DRDLR; CRLR & OVG
26 Feb 2020
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) presented on its second quarter performance, and revealed that it had not achieved most of its targets. It reported that the strategic objectives of its Programme 5 (Land Reform) were to promote equitable land redistribution and agricultural development, and provide comprehensive ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DALRRD 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance; Implementation of Audit Improvement Plan: DAFF; ITB & ARC
25 Feb 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) said it had received a qualified audit opinion from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) for the 2018/19 financial year. The basis for the opinion was that AGSA had not found a record of the disposal of the Department’s biological assets ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department response to SONA, Presidential Stimulus Package & district-based model for service delivery, with Deputy Minister
18 Feb 2020
The Committee was briefed on the Department’s response to the Presidents’ SONA, the Stimulus Package Update Report and the District Development Model (DDM). At the outset the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) stated that it was in the process of developing an allocation plan for the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Update on diseases of economic importance & new export protocols, time frames: department briefing with Minister
4 Feb 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development had recently been briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on the status of the outbreaks of animal and plant diseases and the impact of these diseases on the agricultural sector. The Foot and Mouth Disease ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance; ARC on Audit improvement plan & progress
19 Nov 2019
The former Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reflected on its performance during the first quarter of 2019/20.
The Department reported there were 42 targets planned for Quarter 1, and 36 targets were achieved. This, therefore, translated into 86% achievement during submission of the validated report to DPME by end ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
NARYSEC programme and mandate: Department briefing; KZN Oversight Visit Report
12 Nov 2019
The Committee was supposed to receive a briefing from the Ingonyama Trust. However, the Minister had written to the Chairperson requesting a postponement. The Committee re-organised its programme and instead received a briefing from the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform on the National Rural Youth Service Corps ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Drought update; Provinces’ state of readiness for 2019/20 planting season
5 Nov 2019
The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform together with AgriSA, AFASA and all provincial agriculture departments briefed the Portfolio Committee on their state of readiness for the 2019/20 planting season.
The Committee heard that widespread drought that has plagued the country since 2013 is not only affecting harvests, ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agri-Parks progress report
22 Oct 2019
The concept of Agri-Parks has not been abandoned, but the mistake was on deviating from the systematic approach that was adopted when the Agri-Parks policy was developed.
This became clear during the engagement between the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development Budgetary Review & Recommendations Report
16 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report for the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
Members were generally satisfied with the report. There was consensus that departments needed to stand on their own and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Transformation activities & AgriBEE Fund: Land Bank briefing
15 Oct 2019
The Committee received presentations from the Land Bank and the Department on their efforts to bring about transformation in the agricultural sector through development programmes and financial support.
The Land Bank described how it receives funds from the Department to distribute to deserving farmers, cooperatives and entrepreneurs. It conducts due ...