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Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention
Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) update on North West intervention, with Ministers
16 Aug 2018
Ministers Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma, Senzeni Zokwana, Thulas Nxesi and Michael Masutha were present as the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) to report on progress. At the conclusion of the analysis into the North West by the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT), five departments were put under section 100(1a) and five were put under ...
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
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 ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan: DPME & AGSA input; with Deputy Minister
13 Mar 2018
The Department of Monitoring and Evaluation briefed the Portfolio Committee on its assessment of the strategic plan and Annual Performance Plans of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for the 2018/19 financial year. The Department said the programmes of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries are not having ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
StatsSA on food insecurity & agriculture; Soygro research; Fetsa Tlala progress & planting plans: DAFF & Provinces; with Minister
6 Mar 2018
Eight Provincial Departments of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on progress for the planting season of 2018/19 financial year and Fetsa-Tlala targets set for the 2017/18 period.
The provincial departments took the Committee through their programmes on the commercialisation ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Poultry Industry challenges; Fall Armyworm, Listeriosis and Fruit fly outbreaks update; with Minister
27 Feb 2018
The Interdepartmental Task Team consisting of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) - established to respond to the poultry industry crisis - briefed the Committee on progress in tackling the poultry industry challenges in the presence of the Minister ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Poultry Industry: South African Poultry Association briefing; DAFF 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
13 Feb 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) allegedly misled former President Zuma by making him pronounce during the SONA 2017 that 450 black farmers would be commercialised during that year. The Minister of the Department told the Portfolio Committee this had resulted in the former President promising people something ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF Quarter 2 performance & ARC Implementation Plan Progress on Audit Outcomes for 2016/17; with Minister and Deputy Minister
30 Jan 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has spent 24,0% of its budget during the second quarter of the 2017/18 financial year.
This is what the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries heard when the Department tabled its second quarter preliminary organisational performance report, recently. It briefed the Committee, ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Food & Nutrition Security Policy Implementation Plan; Operation Phakisa for Agriculture, Rural Development & Land Reform: progress report
14 Nov 2017
In the last 15 years, South Africa has been battling to find Black African rugby lock-forwards because, it is argued, African children are stunted and the situation is getting worse. This came out during discussion when the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation made an inter-departmental presentation to the Portfolio ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Smallscale Fisheries Policy implementation; Fishing Rights Allocation Process 2020: DAFF progress report
7 Nov 2017
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Portfolio Committee on the Small-Scale Fisheries policy, preparations for the allocation of the 2020 commercial fishing rights, and progress in resolving the grievances of the fishing communities.
The Department indicated the primary aim of the Small-Scale Fisheries Policy is to provide ...