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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Kruger National Park & private reserves benefit sharing agreement: inquiry day 1
5 Feb 2019
Hunting in Greater Kruger National Park: SANParks & Mpumalanga Parks Board
The Committee met with SA National Parks (SANParks) and the Department of Environment Affairs (DEA) to initiate the Committee’s enquiry into signing of a benefit sharing agreement between SANParks and communities in the western boundary of the Kruger National ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Clifton Fourth Beach closure to public: inquiry
4 Feb 2019
City outlines actions around events at Clifton 4th Beach
City responds to Clifton Beach incident
The Portfolio Committee met to investigate the alleged lock-down of Clifton Fourth Beach at 8 pm on 23 December 2018 by members of a private security company. The Chairperson clarified that an incident had taken ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Minimum Emission Standards update; Air Quality in South Africa (meeting postponed)
5 Dec 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs had been scheduled to receive a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs on the Panel Experts Report looking into the issue of compliance with the minimum emission standards; the status of application for postponement by industry with minimum emission standards (MES); and the ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Communal Property Association Amendment Bill [B12B-2017]: final mandate; Committee Report on Free State oversight; Committee Legacy Report
27 Nov 2018
The Committee met to consider the Legacy Report of the Select Committee of Land and Mineral Resources during the 5th Parliament; final mandates to vote in favour of the Communal Property Association Amendment Bill [B12B-2017]; the oversight visit to the Free State Province and the minutes of the 20th November ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Resources Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report: Department response, with Minister
21 Nov 2018
PMG did not attend this meeting. Below is a record of the proceedings as submitted to PMG.
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
One Environmental System colloquium
20 Nov 2018
The Department of Environmental Affairs(DEA), the Department of Mineral Resource (DMR), the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), the Minerals Council South Africa and a professor of law from Witwatersrand University, briefed the Committee on the One Environmental System (OES).
The Chairperson said that the aim of the colloquium was first ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Maledu Constitutional Court judgment & other litigation: lessons learned; with Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2018
The Deputy Minister gave a political overview of the Maledu case. Section 54 of the MRPDA states that a mining right holder should negotiate with the owner or lawful land occupier about compensation where loss will be suffered through mining. Section 55 deals with expropriation when no resolution is reached ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill remitted: adoption; Committee Report on Captive Lion Breeding Colloquium
8 Nov 2018
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) briefed the Committee on the amendment to provide for an administrative appeal process in the NEMLA Bill, specifically to do with the revocation of air quality licences.
After discussion of the new provision, the Committee adopted the NEMLA Bill with amendments.
The Committee adopted ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
High Level Panel recommendations for Mineral Resources: Dr Claassens briefing
7 Nov 2018
Dr Aninka Claassens, the High Level Panel chairperson of the working group on land, spoke about the Panel’s recommendations that affected mining. The legacy of apartheid had left its mark by creating spatial inequality and it was in that context that the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) was ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill remitted: briefing; DEA audit action plan
6 Nov 2018
The Department of Environmental affairs briefed the Portfolio committee on the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill, the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) turnaround strategy, and the Environmental Protection and Infrastructure Programme (EPIP) audit plan.
Concerns were raised on the effectiveness of the EPWP in creating employment for local ...