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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Marine Spatial Planning Bill; DEA Annual Report late tabling; DEA, Isimangaliso, SANParks on Quarter 1 & 2 performance
21 Nov 2017
The Committee had held extensive discussions on the Marine Spatial Planning Bill at its previous meeting, and was following up on the concerns that had been raised. These were related to the Bill’s consistency with other legislation, and the editorial improvements in some of the clauses in the Bill. Of ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
DMR mine evaluation and licensing challenges; Council for Geosciences mineral resource mapping challenges
15 Nov 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Council on Geological Sciences (CGS) on the effect of reduced funding in limiting its capacity to produce high resolution geophysical and geochemical data in its geological mapping on the country, and from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on progress made in meeting the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Minimum Emission Standards compliance postponement - industry applications: day 2
8 Nov 2017
The Committee continued with its hearings into the applications by industry for postponements to comply with the minimum emission standards (MES), with submissions being received from Eskom, whose power stations contribute to air pollution levels in South Africa, and Groundwork, a non-profit environmental justice service and developmental organisation working primarily ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Committee report on Gauteng oversight
8 Nov 2017
The main agenda items for the meeting contained two issues - the Committee report on its oversight visit to Gauteng and the response from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) regarding the Minister’s availability to respond to the Committee on the Allegations of State Capture.
The Gauteng oversight visit was ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
IEC on gender quotas; Gender responsive budgets; Sanitary products: Treasury & Minister of Science and Technology input
2 Nov 2017
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus met with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), which provided a breakdown of the various political parties’ viewpoints regarding the introduction of regulation to enforce a 50/50 quota for gender representation.
Members expressed differing views on the desirability of regulation. It was said that even though members ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Allegations against Minister of Mineral Resources: Legal Advisor on way forward
1 Nov 2017
Documents Handed Out: Parliamentary Legal Advisor opinion on "leaked emails" issue to Public Enterprises. (Handed out only to Committee Members)
The main agenda item for the meeting was the further Committee deliberations on media allegations on “state capture” that involved the Minister of Mineral Resources, Mr Mosebenzi Zwane, who was supposed to ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Marine Spatial Planning Bill: deliberations, with Minister
31 Oct 2017
The Committee met to be briefed by the Office of the State Law Adviser regarding issues raised during the public hearings of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Bill, followed by a clause by clause deliberation of the Bill’s contents.
The Committee had requested ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Northwest Report on Wildlife game to private individuals
26 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee met to consider and adopt the Northwest Report on the donations of high-value Wildlife species to private individuals by the North West provincial government Department of Rural, Environmental and Agricultural Development. The Report was compiled as a result of public concerns regarding allegations that the donations of ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mine Closure and Rehabilitation: Centre for Environmental Rights briefing
25 Oct 2017
The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) on mine closures and rehabilitation and what could be done to address some of the associated problems. The main thrust of the briefing was the failure of mine closure and rehabilitation in SA. The process was poorly managed and resulted in severe problems for ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Chemicals and Waste Phakisa; Environmental Affairs BRRR; SAWS & Game Donation Committee Reports
17 Oct 2017
Draft Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report [available once published on ATC]
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) presented details of the Chemicals and Waste Operation Phakisa to the Committee where much ground was covered, namely, methodology, work streams, initiatives, awareness campaigns and the way forward. ...