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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
South African Weather Service Board performance and update on CEO suspension
5 Mar 2019
The Committee on Environmental Affairs met with the South African Weather Service (SAWS) Board and management to be briefed on the entity’s third quarter performance for the 2018/19 financial year. The briefing said the third quarter performance of SAWS was not good but management assured the Board it was taking ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Waste Bureau service provider appointments; operational effectiveness; with Minister and Deputy Minister
19 Feb 2019
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the supply chain management (SCM) of the waste tyre industry and the operationalisation of the Waste Bureau. The Waste Bureau was the body that would be responsible for planning and implementing all waste streams.
Service providers had ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Air Quality compliance & industry postponement applications; Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol on Substances depleting Ozone Layer, with Minister
12 Feb 2019
The Portfolio Committee met for a briefing by the Department of Environmental Affairs on the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances depleting the Ozone Layer. The intention of the Department was to motivate for Parliament to ratify the Kigali Agreement. The Department also briefed the Committee on air ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Kruger National Park & private reserves benefit sharing agreement: inquiry day 1
5 Feb 2019
Hunting in Greater Kruger National Park: SANParks & Mpumalanga Parks Board
The Committee met with SA National Parks (SANParks) and the Department of Environment Affairs (DEA) to initiate the Committee’s enquiry into signing of a benefit sharing agreement between SANParks and communities in the western boundary of the Kruger National ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Green Peace Report on Air Pollution in Mpumalanga: DEA, Eskom & Sasol responses
21 Nov 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs met with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), and stakeholders to discuss issues that pertained to Minimum Emission Standards (MES) on air quality management plans after Green Peace Africa’s report on Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) pollution hotspots in Mpumalanga. The debates were started because the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Industry Waste Plans; SANParks & SAWS Quarter 1 & 2 performance
6 Nov 2018
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) and South African National Parks (SANParks) briefed the Portfolio Committee on their performance during the first two quarters of the 2018/19 financial year. Generally, there had been a decrease in revenue for both entities. In the case of SAWS, this was due to a ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Department of Environmental Affairs, Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, SANBI Quarter 1 performance
30 Oct 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), the Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) on their first quarter performances.
The DEA first reported that eight people had so far been confirmed killed by the recent fires in the southern ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Rhino Horn demand management & CITES preparations: DEA briefing
24 Oct 2018
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the preparations for CITES COP 18, which would be held in Sir Lanka in June 2019, and on the key outcomes from CITES COP 17 which were important to South Africa. In preparation for the upcoming conference, the DEA ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Working for Fire legal arrangements; Working for Programmes; BRRR; Committee Report on Captive Lion Breeding Colloquium
23 Oct 2018
2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Working on Fire (WoF) programme reported that it had had a good financial year and had obtained an unqualified audit opinion. Those in full time positions in the organisation had exceeded their target by 107%. Its business model tackled three main ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Coal IPP Programme & Paris Agreement; UNFCCC COP 23 Bonn; UNFCCC Climate Change Katowice
16 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs met to discuss South Africa’s preparations for the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 24) that was scheduled to be held from 2 to 14 December 2018 in Katowice, Poland.
The Committee ...