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Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
Land Dialogue workshop
6 Nov 2019
Parliament: Section 25 process
The mandate of the Committee was to discuss how to make explicit what was implicit with regards to expropriation of land without compensation in the interest of land reform. Parliament’s legal advisory team presented two options for the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution. A ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Drought update; Provinces’ state of readiness for 2019/20 planting season
5 Nov 2019
The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform together with AgriSA, AFASA and all provincial agriculture departments briefed the Portfolio Committee on their state of readiness for the 2019/20 planting season.
The Committee heard that widespread drought that has plagued the country since 2013 is not only affecting harvests, ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agri-Parks progress report
22 Oct 2019
The concept of Agri-Parks has not been abandoned, but the mistake was on deviating from the systematic approach that was adopted when the Agri-Parks policy was developed.
This became clear during the engagement between the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development Budgetary Review & Recommendations Report
16 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report for the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
Members were generally satisfied with the report. There was consensus that departments needed to stand on their own and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Transformation activities & AgriBEE Fund: Land Bank briefing
15 Oct 2019
The Committee received presentations from the Land Bank and the Department on their efforts to bring about transformation in the agricultural sector through development programmes and financial support.
The Land Bank described how it receives funds from the Department to distribute to deserving farmers, cooperatives and entrepreneurs. It conducts due ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
CRLR: response to outstanding questions; ARC, OBP, NAMC, PPECB, ITB & CPA 2018/19 Annual Reports
9 Oct 2019
The Committee met to receive the 2018/19 annual reports of six of the entities in the portfolio of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development. They were the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB), the Communal Property Association (CPA), Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), the National Agricultural Marketing ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
AGSA, DPME & FFC briefings; DAFF, DRDLR, CRLR & OVG 2018/19 Annual Reports & 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance; with Minister
8 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) and its entities for the 2018/19 financial year. The Financial and Fiscal Commission placed the Department’s performance in context with ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
KZN oversight visit: follow-up on matters raised; Blended Finance Model progress report
17 Sep 2019
The Portfolio Committee conducted an oversight visit to KZN in August. Members had raised a number of issues during the visit. The provincial department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reforms was asked to give a report back on how it was addressing these matters.
The provincial department, amongst other ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Reconfiguration of the Departments: meeting postponed
13 Sep 2019
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development was expected to provide responses to questions furnished by the Committee. These questions dealt with the merger of the two departments and further concerns about budgetary requirements.
The Department could not provide answers to the questions as they were inadequately prepared. ...
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
Committee discussion on process and programme
11 Sep 2019
Documents handed out: Draft programme (only distributed to committee members)
The Ad Hoc Committee met to discuss the programme for future meetings which included the upcoming Workshop of Experts to address the question of land and to amend the Constitution accordingly.
The Chairperson had proposed a list ...