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Rural Development and Land Reform
Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill: adoption
24 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee made a few amendments to the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill and adopted it.
Concerns from the members were on how the registration of the deeds was going to affect the Permission To Occupy (PTO) certificates; the protection of communal rights; and how the process of ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill: public hearings; Communal Property Associations Annual Report; Rural Development BRRR; with Minister and Deputy Minister
17 Oct 2018
The Committee received submissions from various stakeholders on the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems (EDRS) Bill, the objective of which was to reduce the deeds registration time through changing from a manual to an electronic system.
The Law Society of South Africa (LASA) supported the Bill with a ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
DRDLR, Land Claims Commission, Valuer General Office, Ingonyama Trust Board 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Minister and Deputy Ministers
10 Oct 2018
The first briefing was from the office of the Auditor-General which is a Chapter 9 institution tasked with the oversight and monitoring of the financial performance of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and the financial outcomes of all three entities under the Department. The ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform 2017/18 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister: meeting postponed
9 Oct 2018
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform was supposed to brief the Committee on its 2017/18 Annual Report. The Office of the Auditor-General was also invited to present on the Department and its entities audit outcomes.
Due to the absence of the Minister and the Director-General, the Committee decided ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill: deliberations
5 Sep 2018
The Committee continued its deliberations on the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill [B 19 – 2017] and started the clause-by-clause reading of the Bill. Members were reminded of the three-day rule before the second reading of the Bill which was scheduled for Tuesday of the following week.
On clause ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill: deliberations (postponed)
29 Aug 2018
The Committee was supposed to do a clause-by-clause deliberation on the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill [B 19 – 2017]. However, the meeting was postponed due to the lack of a quorum and the unavailability of the parliamentary legal advisor.
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Amendments Bill: Content Advisor briefing & Motion of desirability
22 Aug 2018
The Committee received a briefing on the highlights of the public participation processes the Committee embarked on recently in relation to the Restitution of Land Rights Amendments Bill.
The Content Advisor informed the Committee there was both support and objections to the reopening of lodgements. The latter group felt the ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Bill: stakeholder consultation day 2
15 Aug 2018
Report of the High Level Panel on the assessment of key legislation
The status of the Mothlanthe High Level Panel (HLP) report again became the focus of strong commentary during the second day of the Committee’s stakeholder consultative meeting. Allegations that the majority opinion on the Committee was hostile to ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Bill: stakeholder consultation day 1
14 Aug 2018
Report of the High Level Panel on the assessment of key legislation
The Committee heard written submissions and hosted deliberations on the Restitution of Land Rights Bill from a cross section of stakeholder organisations as part of the public hearings process. The two-day discussion got off to a rocky start ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
MalaMala land claim settlement; Communal Property Associations without Title Deeds; Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill
13 Jun 2018
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) presented the steps that will be taken to assist CPAs to acquire their land and/or title deeds in each of the provinces. It has made interventions in most of the CPAs but some interventions will be finalised by the end of ...