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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF & Marine Living Resources Fund 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
20 Mar 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on its Annual Performance Plans for the 2018/19 financial year.
The Department indicated the sector objectives are on reducing vulnerability and risks associated with climate change; increasing biomass stock levels in the prioritised sectors; ...
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 ...
Health
Listeriosis outbreak: Minister of Health briefing; Day Zero readiness: Western Cape Department of Health
21 Feb 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Minister of Health on the Department of Health’s strategies in addressing the listeriosis outbreak, whilst the Western Cape Provincial Department of Health briefed the Committee on its readiness for Day Zero.
The Minister said South Africa has been dealing with listeriosis for the past ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
National Forests Amendment Bill: Department responses to submissions
20 Feb 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries gave a presentation on the responses to the issues raised during the extended public hearings on the National Forests Amendment Bill. Six main issues were dealt with, covering the management of plantations, the long-term leases, land reform issues, delays with water licensing, and ...
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, ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill: rejection; Department of Health Quarter 2 performance
22 Nov 2017
The Medical Innovation Bill, initially tabled by the late Dr Mario Oriani-Ambrosini as a Private Member’s Bill to legalise the use of cannabis for medical purposes and for beneficial commercial and industrial uses, was considered and rejected by the Committee. This was because the introduction of the Medical Innovation Bill ...
Health
Cannabis Guidelines: Medicines Control Council briefing; Medical Innovation Bill: adoption
15 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health met to hear a briefing by the Medicines Control Council (MCC) on the cannabis guidelines, as well as to consider and vote on the Medical Innovation Bill.
The MCC’s report compared the provisions of the Medicines and Related Substances Act with the proposals included in ...
Science and Technology
Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Indicators: NACI briefing
15 Nov 2017
The Committee was briefed by the National Advisory Council on Innovation on the South African Science Technology Indicators. This was an annual publication produced by the Council to assess progress in development of the effective and efficient national system of innovation. This report provided a platform for discussing the state ...