Rural Development and Land Reform
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on 2016/17 Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan
7 Apr 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) on its Annual Performance Plan for 2016 – 2017, with the Deputy Minister in attendance.
One of the important medium term strategic framework priorities was the growth of sustainable rural enterprises and industries, characterised by strong ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Ingonyama Trust Board & CRLR on their 2016 Strategic Plans; Analysis of Department’s performance: briefing by DPME & AGSA, with Deputy Speaker & Deputy Minister
6 Apr 2016
The Minister and one of the Deputy Minister's ( Mr Mcebisi Skwatsha) apologised for their absence. The Deputy Speaker, Mr Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli, and the other Deputy Minister in the Department (Ms Candith Mashego-Dlamini) were welcomed to the meeting.
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation briefed the Committee on ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform expenditure: HSRC & Treasury inputs
5 Apr 2016
The Committee, with the Deputy Minister in attendance, heard from National Treasury that the Department had been very successful in spending its allocation. Under the Restitution Programme, a total of 130 000 new claims had been lodged since 2014, and the number was expected to increase to 397 000 claims ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Agri Parks status report; RAMA Communal Property Association update; Adoption of Committee report on Department's Strategic Plan 2016, in presence of Deputy Minister
16 Mar 2016
Other documents: Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform: Draft Strategic Plan 2016 – 2019; Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform: Draft Minutes 02 March 2016; Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform: Draft Minutes 09 March 2016
The Committee, in the presence of the Deputy Minister, was ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Land Rights Management Facility on its 2015 Performance, with Deputy Ministers
2 Mar 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Land Rights Facility Management Facility (LRMF) on its 2015 performance. The LRMF provides specialised legal and mediation services to indigent individuals and communities who faced the violation of their land rights. Since 1 January 2013, 1 830 matters were dealt with by the project. ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Commission on Restitution of Land Rights 2nd & 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance, with Deputy Minister
24 Feb 2016
The Committee welcomed the Quarterly Reports as they showed the progress that had been made in dealing with claims. However discomfort was expressed at the pace of restitution. The Committee was very interested in the research aspect of the Commission's brief. They asked whether, after involving research institutions, the 1 ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, Ingonyama Trust Board on their 2nd & 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
17 Feb 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) on its 2nd and 3rd Quarter Performance Reports in 2015/16; and the 2nd and 3rd Quarter Financial Performance Report for 2015/2016 in the presence of the Minister, Deputy Minister and the Director-General. The Committee identified as ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Land Restitution progress report and Land Reform Strategic Planning Session
3 Feb 2016
The process of settling land claims is going to take 144 years to complete.
This came out of the discussion the Portfolio Committee had with the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR).
The Commission briefed the Committee about policy priorities from 2009/10 to 2014/15, stating that it has reviewed ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
2016 Strategic Planning: Department Rural Development, Ingonyama Trust, DPME on Rural Development; PLAAS & LARC on land tenure & restitution; Auditor-General on audit
2 Feb 2016
The Portfolio Committee held a strategic planning session with a number of briefings on different aspects of rural development, land and tenure reform covered. The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform presented its strategic plan and outlined some of the main achievements in land claims settled and support to ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Farm worker conditions in South Africa: ILO research; Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill hearings programme
27 Jan 2016
The International Labour Organisation noted its mandate is the pursuit of decent work which carries the objectives of productivity. The commissioned research stems from the 2013 farm worker unrest in De Doorns in 2013, which spread to parts of the Boland. The research methodology included labour intensive farm industries where ...