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Finance Standing Committee
Carbon Tax Bill: Treasury response to submissions
7 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs and the Standing Committee on Finance received a briefing from the National Treasury on its responses to the various comments from various stakeholders on the draft Carbon Tax Bill 2017. In addition, a number of the stakeholders, including a university professor, a non-governmental organisation ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Environmental Programmes & Socio-Economic Benefits: Colloquium
6 Jun 2018
The Colloquium was another instalment in a series of dialogues that the Committee has initiated to provide a national platform for engagements on key issues in the environmental space. This Colloquium spotlighted one of the biggest programmes in the DEA, responsible for job creation and poverty alleviation, which is the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill: deliberations
5 Jun 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the proposed amendments to the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill.
The purpose of the Bill was to amend certain provisions under the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), taking into account related legislation dealing with protected ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Environmental Affairs Quarter 3 & 4 performance; Waste tyres diversion from landfill sites
22 May 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on its third and fourth quarter performance and expenditure report for the 2017/2018 financial year, as well as a briefing on the targets for the diversion of waste tyres from landfill sites, from the inception of the Recycling ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill: Department response to public submissions
15 May 2018
The meeting to consider the written responses by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to proposals submitted by stakeholders affected by the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill, was divided into two parts.
In part one, the Portfolio Committee and the DEA were briefed by state law advisors as ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill: Department response to submissions; Environmental Affairs budget: Committee Report
9 May 2018
The National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill had been subject to public hearings which had seen input from various entities and organisations which had made suggestions to the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) for amendments to be made to the Bill. This input had been primarily from the aquaculture ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
SA Weather Services Board performance & interface with senior management
8 May 2018
The Committee met with the Board of the South African Weather Service (SAWS) to deal with a number of matters which have been raised over the past which and has been of concern to the Committee regarding operations of the Board. This was mainly in relation to allegations levelled against ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill [B14-2017]: public hearings
25 Apr 2018
Public Hearings of the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill saw input by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs. This input was followed by submissions by the Consortium on Wildlife; the Aquaculture Sector; the Association of Cementitious Material Producers (ACMP); the Centre for ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral & Petroleum Resources Amendment Bill [B15D-2013]: negotiating mandates
24 Apr 2018
The meeting to consider the negotiating mandates of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng on the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment (MPRDA) Bill attracted only five of the nine provinces to participate in the voting procedure.
The KZN mandate supported the Bill, but with substantial amendments. Its proposals suggested updated definitions, conveyed ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
North West donation of high value game to private individuals: Committee recommendations
24 Apr 2018
The meeting discussed the donation of high value species to private individuals by the North West Provincial Department of Rural, Environmental and Agricultural Development, Committee members. In the meeting, the Chairperson restated the recommendations of the Committee. At the crux of what the Committee is recommending to be adopted by ...