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Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: deliberations; with Minister
14 Feb 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) to discuss the amendments to the Communal Property Associations (CPA) Amendment Bill. It asked for clarity regarding the use of the words “community”, “labour tenants” and “property”, and phrases such as “public interest” and “disadvantaged communities”. Members ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations (CPA) Amendment Bill: Clause by Clause deliberation
1 Feb 2018
The Members of the Portfolio Committee met for the third day to continue their deliberations on the issues raised during public hearings on the Communal Property Association (CPA) Amendment Bill. The agenda of the day was to read the Amendment Bill clause by clause to see where and how the ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: stakeholder engagement: day 2
31 Jan 2018
Deliberations on the issues raised during the public hearings on the Communal Property Associations (CPA) Amendment Bill continued for the second day. Although the agenda of the day was to receive presentations from the content adviser, the researcher, a Parliamentary legal adviser and a state legal adviser on the submissions ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions; with Deputy Ministers
22 Nov 2017
The Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) recommended that the Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill be withdrawn and redrafted and that a public debate be held on whether black South Africans should receive land with full ownership rights when they are beneficiaries of land reform processes, including land ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: deliberations on concerns raised by stakeholders, with Minister + Deputy Minister
8 Nov 2017
The Committee was briefed on the concerns raised by members of communal property associations (CPAs) in the Western Cape during recent public hearings on the CPA Amendment Bill. The report by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) listed a host of issues, ranging from feelings of abandonment ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: concerns raised by stakeholders; with Deputy Minister
1 Nov 2017
Documents handed out: Minutes dated 25 October 2017
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the concerns which had been raised by stakeholders during public hearings over the Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill. The Committee had given the Eastern Cape an opportunity to ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Rural Development and Land Reform Budget Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform considered and deliberated on the Draft Report Budget Review and Recommendation Report. Members made amendments to its recommendations. Concerns were raised about which Department was responsible for the Recapitalisation and Development Programme. The response of the Minister indicates that it rests ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Operation Phakisa Plan: DRDLR and Commission on Restitution of Land Rights briefing
10 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform was briefed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) on the progress in terms on Operation Phakisa.
Highlights of the brief by DRDLR included a ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Private Member Bill: briefing, with Minister
5 Oct 2017
The Acting Chairperson presented the memorandum of the private bill that he initiated, the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill. The draft bill proposes certain amendments to the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act No. 22 of 1994) (‘‘the Act’’), to extend the date for lodging a claim for ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
DRDLR & Commission on Land Restitution 2016/17 Annual Report, with FFC input, and Minister and Deputies present
4 Oct 2017
The Financial and Fiscal Committee (FFC) said the rural economy was no longer just a farm economy, and the role of agriculture as an engine of growth within rural provinces was plummeting. Rural development had evolved over time to focus on space-based interventions and diversified economic ...