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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Analysis of Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries & Entities 2016 Strategic and Annual Performance Plans: Committee Support Staff briefing
5 Apr 2016
A budget analysis of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for 2015/16 financial year was carried out by Committee Researchers. Only the first and second quarter of the 2015/16 financial year were included in the analysis. The total budget decreased by R65.8 million between 2015/16 and 2016/17. The private ...
Public Service and Administration
Department of Planning, Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics South Africa & National Youth Development Agency on their 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
9 Mar 2016
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) presented its third quarter performance report to the Committee. While the total budget for 2015/16 was R431 million, R46 million had been allocated to economic participation, R42 million to education and skills development, and R189 million for employee costs.
The Agency provided details of ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Impact and response to the current drought: Agricultural Research Council, Land Bank, Industrial Development Corporation & South African Weather Input
8 Mar 2016
There is no indication of relief of the current drought conditions. This is what the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries heard recently when four state entities briefed it on the drought impact and what they were doing about it.
The Land Bank informed the Committee it had budgeted ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on 2015/16 2nd & 3rd Quarter performance & impact of SONA on Department, with Minister present
23 Feb 2016
1 million hectares of land is lying idle in the rural communal areas. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) made this revelation when it was briefing the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on its Second Quarter Performance and Expenditure Report.
Briefing the Committee on its six ...
Science and Technology
Committee Business: Adoption of Committee minutes
17 Feb 2016
Documents handed out
Report minutes on Norwegian visit dated 28 January 2016
Budgetary review report (BRR) minutes dated 21 October 2015
Annual report brief minutes dated 15 October 2015
Annual report brief minutes dated 09 August 2015
South African Council for Natural scientific professions (SACNASP) briefing minutes dated 09 September ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Fishing Rights Allocation Process; Small Scale Fisheries Policy implementation: DAFF update
9 Feb 2016
The Deputy Director-General of Fisheries is the delegated authority in the refusal and granting of fishing rights allocations. She noted that she has excused herself and her officials from invites, dinners, telephone calls and meetings involving fishing rights allocations.
This came to the attention of the Committee when the Department ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-15]: adoption; NAMC nomination process queried
20 Nov 2015
The Committee with the help of the parliamentary legal team and the state law advisors, read through each clause of the Performing Animals Protection Bill before adopting them.
Members raised the following queries/comments: qualifications necessary for a National Licensing Officer; ‘Reasonable opportunity’ was not specified in the Bill which may ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
27 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Portfolio Committee’s Content Advisor provided a summary of the key financial and performance recommendations contained in the 2013/14 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report, and described those that had been brought to the attention of the Minister of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF, ARC, OBP, SAVC on their 2014/15 Annual Report ; Marine Living Resources Fund (MLRF) and progress report by DAFF on deregistration of Ncera Farms Pty (Ltd)
15 Oct 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and its entities presented their annual expenditure and performance reports for the 2014/15 financial year.
The DAFF briefed the Committee about actions it would take regarding matters raised by the Auditor General (AG) in its audit report. Its presentation centred on quarterly ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science & Technology; National Advisory Council on Innovation; National Research Foundation on their 2014/15 Annual Reports; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
13 Oct 2015
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the Annual Reports of the science sector, reporting that none of the entities had material findings in their financial statements. There was a decrease in the reliability and usefulness of some of the performance reports. Supply chain management concerns were the ...