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National Youth Development Agency appointments
Approval of advert
9 Nov 2016
The Ad-hoc Committee agreed on a number of issues relating to the advert, including the age criteria. However, there were some disagreements in terms of the criteria of academic qualification to be included in the advert.
A unanimous decision was taken to seek legal advice on other contentious issues relating ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Antarctica and Extended Continental Shelf; Working on Fire deployment in Canada
8 Nov 2016
The South African programme on Antarctica involves the Department of Environment, the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Public Works, the Department of Defence, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, tertiary Institutions, and the National Research Foundation. However, South Africa has no comprehensive National Antarctic Strategy and ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Donation of high value animals by North West department; Industry Waste & REDISA Plans; Department on its 2 Quarter 2016/17performance
1 Nov 2016
The Committee on Environmental Affairs met with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to be briefed on the update with the industry waste management plans and second quarter financial performance of the Department. The Committee was first meant to be briefed by the North West provincial department on its donation ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Colloquium on Climate Change: COP21 Paris Agreement: Implications for the Nation, with Minister
28 Oct 2016
The Colloquium on Climate Change engaged the Committee on the implications of the COP21 Paris Agreement as well as to create a national dialogue surrounding issues facing the environmental sector and the public.
COP21 Paris Agreement: Implications for the Nation
The Department explained that South Africa will have to increase ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Renewable Energy: Eskom and Minister of Environmental Affairs briefing
25 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee and Eskom expressed divergent views over South Africa’s future approach to power generation, with the utility arguing that renewable energy sources were too unreliable and costly to consider as an alternative to coal and nuclear, while the Department countered that issues such as pollution, the community’s health ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Paris COP21 Agreement: ratification
20 Oct 2016
A unanimous agreement was reached by the Committee to support the decision to ratify the Paris Agreement, which was a legal instrument that would guide the process for universal action on climate change and whose main objective was to keep the global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius. ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Working for Fire model, Oceans Economy Lab, Biodiversity Lab and Rhino Lab: Department briefing
18 Oct 2016
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) briefed the Committee on several of its initiatives. The Working on Fire (WoF) initiative was started to try to establish a coherent approach to wildfire management. The DEA decided to employ an implementing agent for the WoF Programme and the contract was awarded to ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
South African Weather Service & SANBI on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
13 Oct 2016
Documents:
SANBI Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements for 2015/16; South African Weather Service Annual Report for 2015/16 [awaited]
The Committee received briefings from the South African Weather Service (SAWS) and South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) on their Annual Reports and audited financial statements for 2015/16 financial ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs, SANParks, iSimangaliso Authority on their 2015/16 Annual Reports; with Auditor-General & FFC input
11 Oct 2016
Annual Reports:
SA National Parks [100 MB][email info@pmg.org.za]
Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority
Conservation had to benefit the communities that resided around South Africa’s national parks, such as the iSimangaliso Wetlank Park and the19 SANParks. This was once again the sentiment of the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs when meeting with ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Industry Waste Plans: Department on rationale for granting extension and implications
15 Sep 2016
The Chairperson told Members that there seemed to have been a misunderstanding on the presentations to be given today but that the originally-planned briefing on the rationale behind the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) granting extensions for the submission of industry waste plans by waste generating companies would be held ...