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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Maritime Spatial Planning Bill workshop; Committee Report on North West Game Donation
21 Jun 2017
The Department of Environmental Affairs is looking at the viability of the Oceans Act.
This emerged during the discussion session at the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs workshop on the Marine Spatial Planning Framework and Marine Spatial Planning Bill with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA).
The Director-General said South ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Oceans Economy Colloquium
20 Jun 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs recently held a colloquium on growing the South African ocean economy. It looked at the current status, constraints and opportunities. Experts from various universities and organisations around the country, including the Department of Environmental Affairs, made presentations to the Committee.
The Department presented the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Nationally Determined Contribution & Air Quality, with Minister
13 Jun 2017
The Department of Environment Affairs (DEA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs on South Africa’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and air quality. The Minister had communicated that the report on Minimum Emission Standards (MES) for Vaal Priority Areas was outstanding and the presentation will be postponed.
Ms Edna Molewa, ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
SA Weather Service: Tariff Regulation; Former CEO contract termination
7 Jun 2017
The Portfolio Committee held a meeting with the South African Weather Service (SAWS) to obtain feedback on why the members of its board should not be held responsible for eight months’ salary paid to the entity’s former Chief Executive Officer, and to receive a briefing from the Regulating Committee for ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Junior & Emergent Miners support programme: Department of Mineral Resources briefing
24 May 2017
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) provided an overview of its programme currently in progress to assist junior and emerging miners and to fast-track their entry and stabilise their operations in the local economy. Locally, junior miners were operating in the mid tier sector of the industry, sandwiched between large ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Rhino Integrated Management Systems; Rhino Horn Trade Constitutional Court Judgment
23 May 2017
The outcome of the lengthy meeting between the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and the Portfolio Committee of the Constitutional Court judgment on the lifting of the moratorium on the trade in rhino horn, and the appeal that the DEA had lost -- at a cost to taxpayers of R1.5 ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Committee Report on Environmental Affairs Budget
18 May 2017
The Committee met briefly to consider and adopt the Report approving the Department of Environmental Affairs Budget Vote. Members made minor changes and suggested that the report should include a timeframe that was given by the Committee to the Board of South African Weather Service on the payment for the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Thabametsi power station authorisation without climate change impact assessment; SAWS Quarter 3 performance, with Minister
16 May 2017
The Committee held a tense meeting with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the matter of perceived authorisation of the proposed Thabametsi coal-fired power station without a climate change impact assessment which resulted in a court case between Earthlife Africa Johannesburg (ELA), an organisation founded in 1988 to mobilise ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Committee Report on Mineral Resources Budget
10 May 2017
The meeting was a consideration of the draft report on the Committee’s report on the budget of the Department of Mineral Resources. There were a few amendment proposals to the content of the report which was agreed to by all parties present. The report was considered and adopted with no ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mintek, Council for Geoscience, SA Diamonds & Precious Metals Regulator, State Diamond Trader Annual Performance Plan
4 May 2017
The following state owned entities (SOEs) under the jurisdiction of the Department of Mineral Resources - Mintek, Council for Geoscience (CGS), South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator (SADPMR) and the State Diamond Trader (SDT) presented their Annual Performance Plans as aligned to the DMR budget.
The Chairperson reported that, ...