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Agriculture
OBP briefing on the Good Manufacturing Practice Project, vaccine production and governance matters; DoA implementation of the PESI and update on the revitalisation of irrigation schemes
3 Dec 2024
The Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) board briefed the Committee on the status of its Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) project, the vaccine production process, and ongoing governance challenges. It emphasised the need to appoint a principal agent to finalise the GMP project and provide certainty on the facility's costs and ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Land Reform and Rural Development & Ingonyama Trust Board 2023/24 Annual Reports; with Minister
27 Nov 2024
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
The Ingonyama Trust Board briefed the Committee on its 2023/24 annual performance report,
which highlighted both the achievements and areas of concern. On the positive side, the Trust had surpassed its target for tenure rights approvals, granting 865 approvals against a target of 800. ...
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture, ARC, OBP & NAMC Q2 2024/25 Performance
26 Nov 2024
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture decided to call the board of Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) to appear before it because of conflicting reports on the budget required to complete the good manufacturing practice (GMP) project at its vaccine production facility.
OBP was also one of three entities of the Department ...
Agriculture
Committee minutes
21 Nov 2024
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture and the Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development met jointly to consider and adopt minutes of previous joint meetings. The minutes from 15, 22, and 23 October were considered and adopted.
Land Reform and Rural Development
Farm dwellers/labour tenants inclusion in the claimant verification lists; Violation of land and human rights on farms and lack of enforcement in Mpumalanga; with Deputy Minister
20 Nov 2024
SAPS presentation (awaited document)
The Portfolio Committee met with the Commission for the Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) and the South African Police (SAPS) to consider the plight of farm dwellers whose rights were being violated by landowners in Mpumalanga. This followed an oversight visit by the Committee, and its ...
Agriculture
Food poisoning update; Briefing by the Department on its Farmer support programmes; legislation update; Implementation of Budget Vote Recommendations; with Ministry
19 Nov 2024
The meeting commenced with an update from the Minister of Agriculture, Mr John Steenhuisen, on food poisoning incidents which had caused the death of children.
The Minister said agricultural pesticides had fallen into the wrong hands and were abused. The pesticide Terbufos was widely used by potato farmers. There were ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Department 2023/24 annual performance; Release of state land; Progress report on Gwatyu; Initiatives to improve access to land
13 Nov 2024
The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development briefed the Portfolio Committee on its 2023/24 performance. It received an update on progress in dealing with the Gwatyu community's land issues in the Eastern Cape. The South African Local Government Association also made a presentation on the steps being taken to ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Communal Property Associations Annual Report; Briefing on Transformation of Certain Rural Areas Act (TRANCREAA).
30 Oct 2024
The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development briefed the Portfolio Committee on the Communal Property Associations' (CPAs') annual report, and on the Transformation of Certain Rural Areas Act (TRANCREAA).
It reported that there were 1 742 registered CPAs across the country, of which 82% were non-compliant -- a 7% ...
Agriculture
DALRRD Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report
23 Oct 2024
Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR)
The meeting served as a continuation of previous discussions aimed at finalising the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report concerning agriculture and land reform. Members emphasised the importance of conciseness in the report, particularly when addressing recommendations to the Minister of Finance. ...
Agriculture
DALRRD Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2024
Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports BRRR
In a joint virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture and the Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development deliberated on and considered the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) on the 2023/24 financial year performance and expenditure of the Department of ...