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Small Business Development
Small Enterprise Development Agency on its 2015/16 Annual Report, in presence of Deputy Minister
13 Oct 2016
Small Enterprise Development Agency Annual Report
The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) presented its 2015/16 Annual Report to the Committee, in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Small Business Development. Seda looked primarily at inclusive growth, prioritising women, black, youth and people with disabilities. Its mission statement noted that ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development & SEFA on their 2015/16 Annual Reports, in presence of Deputy Minister
12 Oct 2016
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) , in the presence of the Deputy Minister, presented its Annual Report for 2015/16, followed by the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa) which similarly presented its report. The Deputy Minister gave a very brief introduction. The Department noted that it ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Plant Improvement & Plant Breeders’ Rights Bills: finalisation; Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries 2015/16 Annual Report: DPME briefing
11 Oct 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) should partly shoulder the responsibility for the slow growth and job losses in the agriculture sector, because it had not been successfully paying attention to investment constraints in the sector. The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) reported this when it ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Fetsa Tlala Food Production initiative & conditional grants: Provincial Departments reporting Day 2
22 Sep 2016
Note: PMG was unable to record the early part of the meeting
The provincial Departments of Agriculture in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape , Northern Cape and KwaZulu Natal (KZN) reported to the Committee on their conditional grants and equitable share plans and progress. The Committee had specifically asked that ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Fetsa Tlala Food Production initiative & conditional grants: Provincial Departments reporting Day 1
21 Sep 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) told the Committee that funds were allocated to provinces in four tranches. The monitoring of projects and programmes was conducted on a quarterly basis by both the DAFF and the provincial departments of agriculture (PDA). Funds were 100% aligned to the Agricultural ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Drought response plan: GrainSA, ARC, South African Weather Service & Land Bank: Plant Improvement & Plant Breeders’ Rights Bills: voting
20 Sep 2016
The Committee was told that the objective of the meeting was to evaluate the drought response plan’s readiness to assist all stakeholders. The Minister of Finance had said that R1 billion funding would be released to alleviate the drought, but she did not think that amount would be enough to ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Grain Imports; GrainSA and SA Poultry Association tariff application outcomes: ITAC briefing
16 Sep 2016
The International Trade Administration Commission briefed the Portfolio Committee on import tariffs of wheat, maize, sugar and poultry. The tariff regime for grains was called the Variable Tariff Formulae. On 24 May 2016, wheat incurred an upward trigger and would now cost 159.14c/kg from 122.43c/kg. The tariff on sugar, however, ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance, with Minister in attendance
13 Sep 2016
The current drought was the worst since 1904 and had had a devastating effect on the sector and agricultural value chain. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) reported this when briefing the Portfolio Committee on its first quarter performance. About Forestry and Natural Resources Management (FNRM), TProvinces had ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Plant Improvement and Plant Breeders’ Rights Bills [B8 & 11 – 2015]: further deliberations
6 Sep 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) took the Portfolio Committee through the rest of the Plant Improvement Bill’s clauses -- Clause 60 onwards -- in order to complete the deliberation and amending processes. The Parliamentary Legal Adviser (PLA) assisted with the reading of the bill, and each revised ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Plant Improvement and Plant Breeders’ Rights Bills: deliberations
2 Sep 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) took the Portfolio Committee through the rest of the Plant Improvement Bill’s clauses in order to complete the deliberation and amending processes. The Parliamentary Legal Adviser assisted with the reading of the Plant Improvement Bill, and each revised clause was agreed individually ...