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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF Quarter 2 performance & ARC Implementation Plan Progress on Audit Outcomes for 2016/17; with Minister and Deputy Minister
30 Jan 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has spent 24,0% of its budget during the second quarter of the 2017/18 financial year.
This is what the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries heard when the Department tabled its second quarter preliminary organisational performance report, recently. It briefed the Committee, ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Forests Amendment Bill: response by DAFF, Forest Sector Charter Council, SAFCOL
28 Nov 2017
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), together with the Forestry Sector Charter Council (FSCC) and seven forestry companies, appeared before the Committee to respond to issues raised by communities during public hearings on the National Forests Amendment Bill.
The DAFF reported that the majority of the stakeholders at ...
Small Business Development
Committee Report on Free State oversight
22 Nov 2017
The Committee convened to consider and adopt its Report on the August 2017 Free State Oversight Visit.
As the Committee Chairperson had tendered apologies for the meeting, Mr X Mabasa (ANC) was elected to chair the meeting.
The Content Advisor took the Committee though the report by explaining and highlighting ...
Small Business Development
Elbowing small enterprises by big companies: Huawei, Cell C, Telkom, MTN, Vodacom, Ericsson; with Minister
25 Oct 2017
Document Presented:
Brief by Portfolio Committee on Small Business development on economic transformation [awaited]
The Committee on Small Business Development met to discuss feedback on non-payment of Boniswa Corporate Solutions invoices by Cell C; maintenance of contracts between big business Ericsson and small businesses Neala Trading Company and Mobile Diesel ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
GrainSA & ARC on Grain industry challenges; DAFF Fisheries progress report, with the Minister
24 Oct 2017
Grain SA briefed the Committee on the state of readiness for the planting season and the impact of Fall Armyworm, while the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) provided an update on the fishing rights allocation process (FRAP) and the oceans economy programme of Operation Phakisa.
Grain SA raised ...
Small Business Development
Small Business Development BRRR; DSBD remedial plans & 400 cooperatives status report, with Deputy Minister
18 Oct 2017
The Committee considered and adopted the Small Business Development Budgetary Review Recommendations Report.
Members agreed to add the following in the report:
Small Business Development
Small Business Development Budget Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
During the budgetary review presentation, the Content Advisor pointed out that the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) had under-spent by R23 million, despite previous complaints relating to the lack of funds available. The report referred to the failure of the Department to establish the Co-operatives Development Agency and the ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development 2016/17 Annual Report, with DPME input
4 Oct 2017
The DPME conducted a performance assessment for the First Quarter of the 2017/18 MTSF as well as an assessment of the first draft of the 2017/18 APP of the Department in conjunction with National Treasury. The DPME spoke to the current economic context in South Africa which ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development: Auditor-General input; with Deputy Minister
3 Oct 2017
The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) presented a progress report on the organisational structure for the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD), covering the structure review process, transferrals from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the macro organisational structure and functions, job evaluations and policy units. Questions ...
Small Business Development
Small Enterprise Finance Agency internal audit outcomes and litigation matters
13 Sep 2017
The Committee received presentations from three small enterprises, headed by black women, who had experienced some challenges because of their interactions with the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA), and claimed that approaching the Committee was an option of last resort because they were all doing very badly as a result ...