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Mineral Resources and Energy
Ex-mineworkers: oversight priorities; Committee Report on ex-mineworkers meeting in East London
28 Oct 2015
The Portfolio Committees on Mineral Resources and Labour met jointly to discuss oversight priorities for issues affecting ex-mineworkers. The Co-Chairperson set out the history of debates and discussions on ex-mineworkers, indicating that during the Taking Parliament to the People event in 2007, the Speaker had been approached by mineworkers, who ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Asbestos Phasing out Plan & Wildlife Economy: Department of Environmental Affairs briefing; Environmental Affairs Budget Review and Recommendations Report
27 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee met with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) for two briefings on progress made on asbestos phasing out and the wildlife economy.
Asbestos phasing out plan
the Department informed Members of affected areas and provinces, remediation options and cost estimations for ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Threatened or Protected Species (TOPS) Regulations: Department of Environmental Affairs briefing ; Environmental Affairs Budget Review and Recommendations Report
23 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) briefed the Committee on the Review of the Threatened or Protected Species (TOPS) list and the regulations to be published. TOPS was a list compiled and updated originally listing species that were critically endangered and animals facing ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Alignment with Industrial Policy Action Plan 6 (IPAP6): DMR briefing, New Development Plan with regards to beneficiation: DTI briefing
21 Oct 2015
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), briefed the Committee on the alignment of the beneficiation activities located in the DMR with other programmes of government. In 2011, the beneficiation strategy had been adopted by government as policy, and it had provided a broader framework aimed at turning the country’s comparative ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Committee Report on South Africa’s negotiating position for UN Convention on Climate Change COP21
20 Oct 2015
(Documents handed out: Draft report of the Portfolio Committee on Environmental affairs on the public hearings on South Africa’s proposed climate change negotiating position towards the United Nations Convention on Climate Change COP21, in Paris, France, from 30 November to 11 December 2015, dated 20 October 2015 [available once published on ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs & SANBI on their 2014/15 Annual Reports; Fourth Term Programme, 2015
13 Oct 2015
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2014/15 audit outcomes of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and its entities. It said the departments had done well but needed to improve on their information technology (IT) services, though there were some misstatements in the annual ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Climate Change: public hearings day 2
23 Sep 2015
The Committee met in a very packed venue for the second and last day of public hearings for members of the public and organisations to respond to South Africa (SA)'s position on climate change that government would be taking to the 21st Congress of the Parties (COP21) in December 2015 in ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Climate Change: public hearings day 1
22 Sep 2015
After a summary presentation by the lead negotiator of South Africa's delegation to the upcoming 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP21) in Paris, the Committee heard a large number of submissions, from a diverse array of interested parties, on the draft of South Africa's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
COP21 UNFCCC Paris 2015: progress report; Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs): update; Climate Change negative impacts
8 Sep 2015
The DEA presented on climate change and the forthcoming COP21 meeting in Paris later this year. There were now two approaches to greenhouse gases (GHGs). One was the top-down Kyoto-style agreement driven by science -- multilateral, internationally legal, and with the level of ambition informed by science. The other approach ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
2 Sep 2015
The Committee Researcher briefed the Committee, prior to the presentation by the Department of Mineral Resources (the Department) on the 1st quarterly performance and expenditure report 2015, for the Department. The Department had generally done well on expenditure, but was showing 6% ‘lag’ in spending. The reason was largely due to ...