Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and sanitation on 1st Quarter Performance, with Deputy Minister
17 Sep 2014
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), with the attendance of the Deputy Minister, briefed the Committee on its first quarter review. The comprehensive presentation was divided between looking at a summary of the Departments performance, main account performance per programme and performance per programme for the Water Trading Entity ...
Water and Sanitation
Audit Reports as oversight tools: Office of the Auditor-General briefing
10 Sep 2014
The Committee’s initial programme was to receive a briefing on the first quarterly review of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) by the Auditor General (AGSA). The Management Committee (MANCO) had then been informed that the AGSA had not even started on the review, and had just concluded the ...
Water and Sanitation
Water pricing strategy and proposed water tariff increases: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing
27 Aug 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on their water pricing strategy and proposed tariff increases. Before the presentation was delivered, there were a number of outstanding issues which the Department addressed from the Committee’s previous meeting. These issues related to fines against polluters and ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation briefing on Presidential Proclamation No. 43 of 2014; Committee Programme
30 Jul 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on Presidential Proclamation Number 43 which outlined the transfer of the function of sanitation from the Department of Human Settlements to DWS. The briefing covered terms of references and public service regulations, governance structures and functions of the ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water Affairs on its 2014 Strategic Plan
2 Jul 2014
The Committee content advisor and researcher gave an analysis of the department’s plans and budget, highlighting several points which needed attention and enquiry from Committee members. Among these were previous poor audit results, capacity challenges, the support of local government in service delivery and water use licensing. The previous budget ...
Water and Sanitation
Election of Chairperson
25 Jun 2014
The Committee elected Mr M Johnson (ANC) as the Chairperson. The Draft Strategic Plan was also adopted without amendments.
The Committee also discussed the Draft Programme of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. Members were reminded that the Department of Water and Sanitation was a new department and the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Legacy Report; Oversight Reports: adoption
10 Mar 2014
Opening Remarks
The Chairperson and Members commented that the severe flooding that had recently taken place in North West required some intervention from the Disaster Management teams, and said that the Committee, despite the fact that this was the last week of Parliament, needed to get some information from the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Dow Chemical's GM maize variety DAS-40278-9: input by African Centre for Biosafety; Biotechnology crop development analysis: input from stakeholders & experts
25 Feb 2014
The African Centre for Biosafety briefed the Committee on the recommendations made in the petition submitted to the Committee on Agent Orange Maize and reasons for the petition which included GMO ban around the world, health implication of 2,4-D,GMO safety and labeling.
Recommendations made to the Committee included the overturn ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Food labelling in South Africa: feedback by Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Department of Health & Department of Trade and Industry
18 Feb 2014
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Portfolio Committee on progress made on strengthening of food control services and labeling in South Africa. The presentation complemented work done by the three Departments (Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Health; Trade and Industry) since March 2013. The Committee was presented with ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
AgriBEE fund disbursements: Department Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries briefing; Poultry tariffs: ITAC briefing
11 Feb 2014
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) briefed the Portfolio Committee on disbursement of funds from the AgriBEE funds, the balance in the AgriBEE funds, funded projects, criteria for proposal approval and challenges of the Charter. It was noted that this fund was supported through an annual allocation of ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
2012 & 2013 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports: Departmental Response; Second Quarter Performance Report 2013/14 & update on fishing rights allocations: Departmental briefing
10 Feb 2014
The Committee received two briefings by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The first was the responses to the question the Committee had posed to the Department during the 2012 and 2013 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports. The Committee was pleased that the Department was implementing some of the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) interim audit in 2nd quarter: AGSA briefing; Disaster management update by Department, 1st term Committee programme adoption
29 Jan 2014
The Office of the Auditor-General (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the results shown for the 2nd Quarter 2013 for the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), as highlighted in an interim audit. The briefing gave results in respect of predetermined objectives and key focus areas of the Department and six ...