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Small Business Development
Retail Industry on Access to Market & Value Chain for SMMEs & Cooperatives (Massmart and Tiger Brand); Integrated approach on implementation of National School Nutrition Programme as a set-aside for SMMEs & Cooperatives
10 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development invited the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform, the Portfolio Committee on Social Development and the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education to a briefing by the retail industry on access to the market and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Small-scale Fisheries Policy draft regulations: briefing by Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
9 Jun 2015
Window-dressing was huge in the fishing industry, and those who were practising it knew the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) was not going to do anything about it. That was why fishermen in the primary co-operatives were going to be registered as 100% owners, and they would have ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: deliberations
5 Jun 2015
The Committee continued its deliberations from Tuesday 5 June on the Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill. It was told that in terms of the National Assembly rule 249, the Committee could go back to the National Assembly (NA) to request permission to look into the other provisions of the Principal ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill: deliberations and proposed amendments
2 Jun 2015
The Office of the Chief State Law Adviser tabled the Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill before the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for consideration.
The Committee heard that the purpose of the Bill was to amend the Performing Animals Protection Act (PAPA), to insert certain definitions, provide for ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefing, Departmental response to public consultation inputs, in presence of Deputy Minister
26 May 2015
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefed the Committee on the amendments being proposed by way of the Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill, amending the principal Act (PAPA), since sections 2 and 3 had been declared unconstitutional and Parliament had been required to pass amending legislation. The Legal Parliamentary Legal Advisors suggested ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Plant Breeders’ Rights [B11-2015] & Plant Improvement Bills [B8-2015]: public hearings
15 May 2015
Public hearings were conducted on the on the Plant Breeder’s Rights and Plant Improvement Bills. The African Centre for Biosafety noted, speaking firstly to the Plant Breeders Rights Bill, that the South African seed sector was worth R5.5 billion (maize contributing R3.4 billion) in the market. South African commercial seeds ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: public hearings
12 May 2015
Various stakeholders submitted their contributions to the Bill Amendment. Key issues that were raised were that the Bill was old and no longer fully served its purpose which was to protect the welfare and wellbeing of animals. There were issues on its lack of clarity in defining certain parameters and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
International Tuna Fishing Agreements: briefing; Committee Report on Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries Budget 2015
8 May 2015
One Southern Bluefin Tuna from the South African waters was sold for R20 million in Japan. Unfortunately, South Africa did not make money from the transaction.The Fisheries Management Division of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) tabled this revelation before the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill, Plant Improvement Bill & Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill: discussion; Departmental briefing on poultry issues
28 Apr 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) said all the issues which had been raised by the Committee regarding the Performing Animals Protection Amendment (PAPA) Bill had been considered by the Department’s technical team.
Concerns had been raised that the “Objects of the Bill” were inconsistent with the original ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Biological Products. SA Veterinary Council: Strategic & Annual Performance Plan 2015/16
26 Mar 2015
Three entities of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) recently appeared before the Portfolio Committee to present their annual performance plans and budget for the 2015/16 period. Whilst the full budget plans were presented, there was little discussion on that aspect, other than noting that the budget of ...