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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 ...
Small Business Development
R1,5 billion private sector support of small businesses: Department on its involvement
7 Mar 2018
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) met with the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development to give a briefing on its involvement in R1.5 billion private sector initiatives in support of small businesses as per resolution 68. Resolution 68 stated that the Department should use its transversal mandate agreement ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
StatsSA on food insecurity & agriculture; Soygro research; Fetsa Tlala progress & planting plans: DAFF & Provinces; with Minister
6 Mar 2018
Eight Provincial Departments of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on progress for the planting season of 2018/19 financial year and Fetsa-Tlala targets set for the 2017/18 period.
The provincial departments took the Committee through their programmes on the commercialisation ...
Small Business Development
National Local Economic Development Conference & transversal agreements progress: DSBD report
28 Feb 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development met with the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) to discuss and adopt deliberations on the National Local Economic Development (LED) Conference Resolutions and transversal agreements.
Prior to the briefing and discussion, the Chairperson gave a report on an issue discussed in an ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development progress in aligning functions
21 Feb 2018
The Department of Small Business Development addressed the Committee on the progress it had made in aligning functions that were still located in other departments.
At the outset of the meeting, the Chairperson said that it was unacceptable that the Department’s Director General was not present, having prioritised traveling overseas ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Forests Amendment Bill: Department responses to submissions
20 Feb 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries gave a presentation on the responses to the issues raised during the extended public hearings on the National Forests Amendment Bill. Six main issues were dealt with, covering the management of plantations, the long-term leases, land reform issues, delays with water licensing, and ...
Small Business Development
Enterprise Development Fund establishment; transfer of payments: DSBD progress report; SEFA on its Business Rescue Strategy; with the Minister
14 Feb 2018
The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) admitted that it was unable to report positive progress on the establishment of the Enterprise Development Fund, as it had not obtained the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) facilitator status which it needed to establish the fund. The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) said ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Poultry Industry: South African Poultry Association briefing; DAFF 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
13 Feb 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) allegedly misled former President Zuma by making him pronounce during the SONA 2017 that 450 black farmers would be commercialised during that year. The Minister of the Department told the Portfolio Committee this had resulted in the former President promising people something ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
SONA 2018: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries inputs
6 Feb 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Committee on the key messages to be included in the 2018 State of the Nation Address (SONA):
-Revitalisation of the Agriculture and Agro-Processing Value Chain
The intention was for the fast tracking of settlement of outstanding restitution claims to expedite the ...
Small Business Development
Cooperative Bank Development Agency: Treasury progress report; Department reviewed funding models & Market Access Unit
31 Jan 2018
It was agreed to postpone next week’s meeting due to possible unavailability of the DA Members as the party and its Members would be preparing for the State of the Nation debate.
The Committee also agreed that both Vodacom and Ericson had shown gross disregard for Parliament and compromised the ...