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NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Plant Health (Phytosanitary) Bill: DALRRD briefing; with Deputy Minister
22 Mar 2024
The Select Committee convened a virtual meeting with the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) to be briefed on the Plant Health (Phytosanitary) Bill [B14-2021] (section 76).
The Department said the Bill was holistic in scope and aligned with the International Plant Protection Convention. The Bill ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Bill: DALRRD briefing; International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; with Deputy Minister
27 Feb 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) presented the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land (PDAL) Bill. The meeting got off to a rocky start as there was no executive authority present, which the Committee took great umbrage to. After a wait ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Climate Change Bill: DFFE briefing, with Deputy Minister
14 Feb 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy met with delegates from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) to receive a briefing on the Climate Change Bill [B9B-2022]. The purpose of the Bill is to enable the development of ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Alexkor update on the community’s leadership stability and the profitability of the entity’s business activities; with Deputy Minister
29 Nov 2023
The Committee received a briefing from the Alexkor diamond mine in a virtual meeting on the leadership stability at the Communal Property Association (CPA), the profitability of the West Coast entity’s business activities, and the status of the planned financial compensation to members of the Richtersveld Community in accordance ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill: DMRE briefing; with Minister
21 Nov 2023
In its final meeting for 2022, the Select Committee met on a virtual platform with the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy to discuss the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill.
In his opening remarks, the Minister briefly commented on the intention of the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development (UPRD) legislation ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) 2022/23 Annual Report; with Minister
15 Nov 2023
The Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication was briefed in a virtual meeting by the .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) on the entity's performance for the 2023/23 financial year.
ZADNA had managed to achieve 88% of its annual targets, and had obtained an unqualified audit outcome. It ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
How spectrum availability will reduce cost to communicate; with ICASA & Deputy Minister
27 Sep 2023
In the virtual meeting, the Deputy Minister said that ICASA ensured that all the spectrum that had been auctioned in March 2022 has been paid for and that the national fiscus benefited from the R14.4 billion proceeds. On lowering the cost to communicate by addressing competition in the sector, ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Agricultural Products Standards A/B & National Veld and Forest Fire A/B: Negotiating Mandates (with Deputy Minister)
26 Sep 2023
Select Committee on Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy met on a virtual platform to consider and adopt the provinces’ negotiating mandates on the Agricultural Products Standards Amendment Bill [B15B – 2021], as well as the National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill [B24B – 2021]
Most of ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
DPE update on the unbundling of Eskom; with Minister
20 Sep 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Minister of Public Enterprises on the progress made regarding the unbundling of Eskom. The legal separation of the Eskom transmission business into a subsidiary was at an advanced stage. The operationalisation of the subsidiary was expected to be ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material: DMRE briefing
5 Sep 2023
Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy briefed the Committee on the Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM), tabled in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution.
Members wanted to know if ...