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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Update on diseases of economic importance & new export protocols, time frames: department briefing with Minister
4 Feb 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development had recently been briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on the status of the outbreaks of animal and plant diseases and the impact of these diseases on the agricultural sector. The Foot and Mouth Disease ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance; ARC on Audit improvement plan & progress
19 Nov 2019
The former Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reflected on its performance during the first quarter of 2019/20.
The Department reported there were 42 targets planned for Quarter 1, and 36 targets were achieved. This, therefore, translated into 86% achievement during submission of the validated report to DPME by end ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
NARYSEC programme and mandate: Department briefing; KZN Oversight Visit Report
12 Nov 2019
The Committee was supposed to receive a briefing from the Ingonyama Trust. However, the Minister had written to the Chairperson requesting a postponement. The Committee re-organised its programme and instead received a briefing from the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform on the National Rural Youth Service Corps ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament’s 2018/19 performance: Briefing by Committee Support staff, with AGSA input
6 Nov 2019
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament met for a briefing on Parliament’s Annual Report for 2018/19 by the Auditor-General South Africa, the Committee Content Advisor and the Committee Researcher, in preparation for the meeting at which the Acting Secretary of Parliament would present the report.
The ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Secretary to Parliament on the institution’s performance in 2018/19
6 Nov 2019
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament met for a briefing by the Secretary to Parliament on the institution’s performance in 2018/19.
The Secretary informed the Committee that the institutional performance had increased from 45.87% to 78.6% over the term of the Fifth Parliament. 2018/19 had seen ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Drought update; Provinces’ state of readiness for 2019/20 planting season
5 Nov 2019
The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform together with AgriSA, AFASA and all provincial agriculture departments briefed the Portfolio Committee on their state of readiness for the 2019/20 planting season.
The Committee heard that widespread drought that has plagued the country since 2013 is not only affecting harvests, ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
DPWI on infrastructure-related matters in respect of the parliamentary precinct & parliamentary villages, with Deputy Minister
30 Oct 2019
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure briefed the Committee on all infrastructure-related matters in respect of the parliamentary precinct and parliamentary villages. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
The Department said that the last maintenance that was done at the Parliamentary Villages was between 2006 and 2009. A project was ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agri-Parks progress report
22 Oct 2019
The concept of Agri-Parks has not been abandoned, but the mistake was on deviating from the systematic approach that was adopted when the Agri-Parks policy was developed.
This became clear during the engagement between the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development Budgetary Review & Recommendations Report
16 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report for the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
Members were generally satisfied with the report. There was consensus that departments needed to stand on their own and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Transformation activities & AgriBEE Fund: Land Bank briefing
15 Oct 2019
The Committee received presentations from the Land Bank and the Department on their efforts to bring about transformation in the agricultural sector through development programmes and financial support.
The Land Bank described how it receives funds from the Department to distribute to deserving farmers, cooperatives and entrepreneurs. It conducts due ...