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Constitutional Review Committee
Public Hearings on Review of Section 25 of Constitution (26 July - 4 August 2018)
17 Jul 2018
In February 2018, the National Assembly adopted a motion proposed by the EFF, with amendments by the ANC, that Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee investigate mechanisms through which land can be expropriated without compensation. The Joint Constitutional Review Committee was mandated by the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Ingonyama Trust Board, Commission on Restitution of Land Rights, DRDLR Quarter 3 & 4 performance; with Minister & Deputy Minister
30 May 2018
The Ingonyama Trust Board has once again done zero during the fourth quarter of 2017/18 financial year under review. It had the gall to tell the Committee not to expect anything from the presentation because the report was not much different from what was presented for the third quarter and ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Mpumalanga CPA Amendment Bill concerns; Acting Director General replacement, with Deputy Minister
16 May 2018
The Mpumalanga Department of Rural Development and Land Reform reported on its interventions to remedy the concerns raised at the Mpumalanga public hearings about the Communal Property Associations (CPAs) in that province. Mpumalanga DRDLR said weaknesses were a result of the lack of capacity. Budget cuts have impacted badly on ...
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 ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
DRDLR & Land Claims Commission & Valuer General Office plans with Deputy Minister; CPA Amendment Bill: adoption; North West CPA concerns
19 Apr 2018
The absence of the Minister from the Annual Performance Plan briefings was again noted.
North West Department of Rural Development and Land Reform presentation had been rejected the previous day as it lacked a problem statement and it presented a corrected version about the concerns raised during the public hearings ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Electronic Deeds Registration Bill; Ingonyama Permission-to-Occupy change to Long-Term Leases & Annual Performance Plan; CPA Bill; Nqancule CPA; DRDLR APP: AGSA review
18 Apr 2018
The Committee received briefings from Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), Parliamentary Legal Services, the Eastern Cape and North West Province, Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) and the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) in a comprehensive meeting which lasted 11 hours.
Highlights of the meeting was the briefing of ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution Bill, Rama CPA, Riemvasmaak Trust, commonage programmes; with Minister and Deputy Ministers
20 Mar 2018
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform gave a presentation on developments at the Rama Communal Property Association (CPA), the Riemvasmaak Community Trust and the commonage programmes supported by the Department. A progress report on the processing of the Restitution Bill was also presented to the Committee.
The Department ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
High Level Panel on land reform and rural development: Dr Aninka Claassens briefing
14 Mar 2018
Report of the High Level Panel
The Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform received a briefing from Dr Aninka Claassens, a member of the high level panel that had been led by former president Kgalema Motlanthe, regarding the findings and recommendations of the panel.
Dr Claassens said there ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Ingonyama Trust Board on land conversion to leases
7 Mar 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), accompanied by the Minister and Deputy Minister, and the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB), to be briefed on the land conversion to leases. The ITB briefed the Committee on the background to the conversion of Permission To Occupy ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
28 Feb 2018
This was the first meeting since Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was appointed as the new Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform. The Committee welcomed the new Minister although she was absent from the meeting.
They completed the clause by clause deliberations on the Bill starting from Clause 13. The reworked ...