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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Planting season readiness 2018/19: Provincial Departments of Agriculture; with Minister
28 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries welcomed officials from the Department of Rural, Environment and Agriculture Development (READ), the Department on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), all of which briefed the Committee on the state of readiness ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Quarter 4 performance, with Minister
21 Aug 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) briefed the Portfolio Committee on its fourth quarter performance report for 2017/18. It covered the achievements and non-achievements of the six programmes, highlighting transformation in the sector, the implementation of the Agricultural Research Council’s (ARC’s) plan, and progress in dealing with the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Small-Scale Fisheries Policy; DAFF Quarter 3 performance; Land Bank Board candidates: with Deputy Minister
5 Jun 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries admitted it has misused R60m for what it was not intended for.
The R60m in question was money given to the Department from National Treasury for the monitoring and evaluation of Comprehensible Agricultural Support Programme projects. The Department revealed, recently, to the Portfolio ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Forests Amendment Bill: deliberations; DAFF response to BRRR recommendations; with Minister
22 May 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Portfolio Committee discussed the National Forest Amendment Bill [B11-2016]. The Committee agreed to all clauses that were presented. However, it frowned at the failure of the Department to present an appropriate Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) in response to ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Forestry worker abuse: DAFF & Forest Sector Charter Council response; National Forests Amendment Bill: deliberations
15 May 2018
The Committee heard briefings from both the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Forestry Sector Charter Council (FSCC) on serious concerns raised by communities, resident and working, in forest areas during public hearings on the proposed amendment of the National Forest Amendment Bill. Concerns raised included allegations ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Land Bank support to developing farmers; SA Veterinary Council Annual Report & APP; Fetsa Tlala: DAFF & Mpumalanga progress report; with Deputy Minister
24 Apr 2018
The Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs continues to decrease poverty rates especially in the most prioritised rural municipalities.
It reported this when it appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on progress in the implementation of Fetsa Tlala targets and budget expenditure ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Listeriosis outbreak and recall of certain products by retailers; with Ministers of Trade and Industry & Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry informed the Committees that the Department was the custodian of the Consumer Protection Act, 2008. In November 2017 the Minister of Health had announced that South Africa was experiencing a Listeriosis outbreak caused by bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes. A multi-departmental Task Team was formed ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Bill Subcommittee: regulation of Collecting Societies
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) briefed the Sub-committee of Trade and Industry on matters of copyright in the regulation of collecting societies. The basis for the regulation of collecting societies was well established in the recommendations made in the Copyright Review Commission (CRC) report of 2011, which ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Forests Amendment Bill: Key issues to consider from extended public hearings
27 Mar 2018
The National Forest Amendment Bill does not amend most of the provisions in the principal Act except for minor amendments to Section 23 of the Act.
This is the view of the Parliamentary legal adviser who informed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries that the current provisions in ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
OBP, NAMC, PPECB & ARC 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
22 Mar 2018
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries met the management of Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), the National Agricultural Marking Council (NAMC) and the Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB) to hear presentations on their annual performance plans and budgets.
OBP listed the ...