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NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Climate Change Bill: Negotiating Mandates; Deeds Registries A/B: submissions & adoption
16 Apr 2024
The Select Committee was presented with eight negotiating mandates on the Climate Change Bill as the Eastern Cape had not yet submitted its mandate. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) provided responses to each proposed amendment made by Gauteng, KZN and the Western Cape in their negotiating ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill: Final Mandates (with Minister)
28 Mar 2024
The Select Committee convened virtually to finalise the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development (UPRD) Bill [B13B–2021].
Eight out of nine provinces voted in support of the bill. The Western Cape voted against the bill.
The Bill was adopted without amendments.
The accompanying meeting report was also approved.
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 Public Enterprises and Communication
Measures taken to deal with harmful online content pertaining to children, women and other vulnerable groups
6 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication was briefed by the Film and Publication Board (FPB) on the challenges and/or measures it had taken to deal with harmful online content pertaining to children, women and other vulnerable groups.
Members were taken through the newly assigned legislative mandate of ...
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
Agricultural Products Standards Bill; National Veld and Forest Amendment Bill: final mandates
14 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received approval for the Agricultural Products Standards Amendment Bill from eight of the nine provinces and the Committee Report on the Bill was adopted. The North West provincial legislature abstained from voting on the Bill.
For the National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill, ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
KZN Report-back on Taking People to Parliament 2022 Report; with Deputy Minister
10 Oct 2023
The Committee met virtually to hear an update from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) on the executive undertakings arising from the public hearings and site tour held in the Ugu District in KZN during the 14–18 November 2022 National Council of Provinces' Taking Parliament To ...
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
Update on Denel’s performance, financial sustainability and challenges; with Deputy Minister
15 Jun 2023
The Select Committee met with the state-owned entity, Denel, and the Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises to discuss the turnaround plan the entity would implement over the next three years.
Denel's presentation was centred on the current state of its affairs, now that its financial liquidity was no longer ...