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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Plant Improvement Bill: deliberations
30 Aug 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) took the Portfolio Committee through the existing amendments and changes to clauses in the Plant Improvement Bill, in order to ensure the agreement of Members with the draft. The Parliamentary Legal Adviser assisted with the reading of the Bill, and each clause ...
Small Business Development
Committee Minutes: consideration in vernacular
24 Aug 2016
Members elected an opposition member as acting Chairperson and proceeded to discuss the minutes in their various mother tongues. The Acting Chairperson tried to stop the members from engaging in what he termed a "petty and immature political meme" but the majority of Members would not stop. The Committee secretary ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9B-2015]: President’s reservations; Plant Improvement / Plant Breeders’ Rights Bills: deliberations; Agricultural Research Council nominations, in presence of Minister
23 Aug 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), in the presence of the Minister, updated the Committee on three Bills. The Committee was firstly notified of the President’s reservations on the procedures followed by the NCOP in the passing of the Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill (PAPA) [B 9B-2015]. The ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Land Bank board: finalisation of nominations
26 May 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has nominated three candidates to serve on the Board of Land Bank. The Committee further nominated one candidate in case of a shortfall. The following persons were nominated:
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on its Quarter 4 performance
25 May 2016
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) briefed the Portfolio Committee on its fourth quarter Performance Report 2015/16.A summary of the entire year was shown on a bar graph, which showed that quarter 1 was better than subsequent years. The DG highlighted its 50% female representation achievement at senior management ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on its 3 & 4 Quarter 2015/16 performance
24 May 2016
There was fear that the Land Bank would not be able to cope with the drought due to claims of underfunding though the Industrial Development Corporation had made money available to the entity.
This came out during discussions when the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries presented its third and ...
Small Business Development
Committee Report on Small Business Development Budget
4 May 2016
The Chairperson took the Members to page 41 to revisit the Recommendations made by the Committee in relation to the Committee’s observations. Members recommended a report back on outstanding issues related to the Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo report; an adequate answer on the now discontinued process to appoint members for the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on candidates to serve on the Board of the National Agricultural Marketing Council
3 May 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries agreed to nominate five candidates to serve on the Board of the National Agricultural Marketing Council. Out of the six names forwarded to the Committee, only one did not make the grade. Five were nominated. The report was adopted.
Small Business Development
Committee Report on Small Business Development Budget
20 Apr 2016
Documents handed out:
Committee Report on Small Business Development Budget
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Members of the Committee raised questions of clarity regarding the consistency, grammar, and targets set by the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD), and made some ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budget
19 Apr 2016
The Portfolio Committee met to consider the adoption of its report on the strategic and annual performance plans and budget of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF).
Major concerns raised by Members related to the need for clarity on the involvement of various entities in Agriparks and the ...