Sport, Arts and Culture
Boxing SA, SAIDS & Sport and Recreation Department 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan with Minister
17 Apr 2018
The Committee was briefed by Boxing South Africa (BSA), the SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) and the Department of Sport and Recreation (SRSA) on their Annual Performance Plans (APP) for the 2018/19 financial year, in the presence of the Minister. The BSA presented its APP to the Committee where ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Forests Amendment Bill: Key issues to consider from extended public hearings
27 Mar 2018
The National Forest Amendment Bill does not amend most of the provisions in the principal Act except for minor amendments to Section 23 of the Act.
This is the view of the Parliamentary legal adviser who informed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries that the current provisions in ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
OBP, NAMC, PPECB & ARC 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
22 Mar 2018
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries met the management of Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), the National Agricultural Marking Council (NAMC) and the Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB) to hear presentations on their annual performance plans and budgets.
OBP listed the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF & Marine Living Resources Fund 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
20 Mar 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on its Annual Performance Plans for the 2018/19 financial year.
The Department indicated the sector objectives are on reducing vulnerability and risks associated with climate change; increasing biomass stock levels in the prioritised sectors; ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education Quarter 2 & 3 performance; with Minister and Deputy Minister
20 Mar 2018
The Committee received a briefing on the second and third quarterly performance reports of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) for 2017/18, with the Minister and Deputy Minister present.
Major highlights included conducting and evaluating the matriculation exams, where there had been a student pass rate of 75.1%. There had ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan: DPME & AGSA input; with Deputy Minister
13 Mar 2018
The Department of Monitoring and Evaluation briefed the Portfolio Committee on its assessment of the strategic plan and Annual Performance Plans of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for the 2018/19 financial year. The Department said the programmes of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries are not having ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation Quarter 3 performance; SASCOC & SAFA on Ministerial Committees of Inquiry; with Minister and Deputy Minister
13 Mar 2018
The South African Football Association briefed the Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation on the state of women’s football in South Africa and the continent. South Africa presently has 450 000 females playing football in all 52 regions, and a women’s league is in the process of being established in 2019. ...
Basic Education
School infrastructure: update on ASIDI, with Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) was initially supposed to brief the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on its 2nd and 3rd quarterly reports; and to provide an update on the Accelerated School’s Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI), especially in light of the negative reports. The update on ASIDI took longer ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SA National Boxing Organisation briefing
6 Mar 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the South African National Boxing Organisation on the ground work that the organisation had been involved with, ranging from all the projects and competitions to training. The President and Secretary General presented a very brief overview of the organisation, the constitution, the strategic plan ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
StatsSA on food insecurity & agriculture; Soygro research; Fetsa Tlala progress & planting plans: DAFF & Provinces; with Minister
6 Mar 2018
Eight Provincial Departments of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on progress for the planting season of 2018/19 financial year and Fetsa-Tlala targets set for the 2017/18 period.
The provincial departments took the Committee through their programmes on the commercialisation ...