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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries 2nd Quarter performance: Committee Researcher and AGSA briefings
16 Feb 2016
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the 2015/16 second quarter performance report of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF). It was highlighted that AGSA was not looking into causes of achievement or the quantification of targets but was reporting whether the information was verifiable ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Food Security and Food Safety joint workshop Day 2
3 Feb 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries hosted a two-day joint workshop on Food Security and Safety with the Portfolio Committees of Health and Social Development and the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources. The second day of the workshop focussed on food safety. It began with an ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Food Security and Food Safety joint workshop Day 1
2 Feb 2016
The Portfolio Committee On Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries hosted a two-day joint workshop on Food Security and Safety with the Portfolio Committees of Health and Social Development and the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources. The first day of the workshop focussed on food security. After a presentation by ...
Water and Sanitation
Amatola, Mhlatuze, Magalies, and Lepelle Water Boards on their 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
18 Nov 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) gave a brief introduction, and also assisted in answering questions related to the briefings which were given by the Amatola, Mhlatuze, Magalies and Lepelle Water Boards on their first quarter 2015/16 performance. It was noted that the Boards' financial year commenced in July, ...
Tourism
State of tourism in KwaZulu-Natal Province: MEC Mabuyakhulu briefing
13 Nov 2015
The Report of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism on the provincial oversight visit to the Eastern Cape Province was adopted as amended.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs briefed the Committee on the state of tourism in the Province.
The Committee was thanked for visiting the ...
Water and Sanitation
Drought status in South Africa: briefing by Department of Water and Sanitation
11 Nov 2015
The Committee received a briefing on the status of drought in the country from the Department of Water and Sanitation that gave a broad overview of the current water supply situation in the country. Six provinces were now under observation with four (Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo, Free State and North West Province) ...
Water and Sanitation
Tzaneen, Cradock & Middelburg water supply petitions: DWS, COGTA, Inxuba Yethemba, Chris Hani & Mopani Municipalities interventions
4 Nov 2015
In response to petitions for improved water supply by Tzaneen, Cradock and Middelburg communities, the Committee called in the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and their provinicial counterparts as well as the Inxuba ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Eastern Cape oversight visit report: response by MEC, Rural Development & Agrarian Reform Provincial Department & DAFF
3 Nov 2015
The Eastern Cape Provincial Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform presented responses to the issues and concerns the Portfolio Committee had raised during its oversight visit to the province recently. The Committee also agreed on the set guidelines for the nomination of people to serve on the National Agricultural ...
Tourism
iSiMangaliso Wetland Park briefing
30 Oct 2015
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority briefed the Committee on its background and activities.
In 1999 the Park was inscribed into the World Heritage List. It was considered a huge achievement and as a World Heritage Site needed to have outstanding universal value. Even the Kruger National Park was not declared ...
Water and Sanitation
Progress report on meeting December 2015 deadline in respect of bucket eradication: Department of Water and Sanitation, with the Minister
28 Oct 2015
Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) briefed the Committee on their Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP) progress report. The Programme was focused on bucket toilets in formal areas which had been established before 1994. The verified bucket eradication target as at 20 October 2015 was 57 329, of which 15 544 bucket toilets ...