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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 ...
Health
Violence, peace, injury and HIV prevention: research by SA Medical Research Council
8 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health hosted delegates of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) for a briefing on violence, peace, injury and effort made on combating the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic.
The MRC explained that HIV remained the highest cause of death in South Africa but there was ...
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 ...
Health
Committee Reports on SAHRC Report + State of Health Care services in country
1 Nov 2017
Documents handed: Report of the Portfolio Committee on Health on the state of health care services in South Africa. [The Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Members of the Portfolio Committee on Health met to adopt its report on the state of health care services in South ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
GrainSA & ARC on Grain industry challenges; DAFF Fisheries progress report, with the Minister
24 Oct 2017
Grain SA briefed the Committee on the state of readiness for the planting season and the impact of Fall Armyworm, while the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) provided an update on the fishing rights allocation process (FRAP) and the oceans economy programme of Operation Phakisa.
Grain SA raised ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
19 Oct 2017
2017 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee considered and adopted the Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR).
A few Members suggested that the word “commended” in paragraph 5.1.3 in was problematic as the Committee did not receive any briefing from the Department around ...
Health
Health Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
18 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health met to adopt its Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) which covered the Department of Health and its entities. Members raised a number of grammatical amendments and changes to be effected to editing of the Report. There was discussion on sources of information in ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Planting Season state of readiness: National & Provincial Agriculture Departments
17 Oct 2017
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries together with eight provincial agriculture departments briefed the Portfolio Committee on their state of readiness for the 2017/18 planting season.
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) informed the Committee there has been a decline in the number of people with inadequate ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
ARC, OBP, NAMC, PPECB 2016/17 Annual Report
11 Oct 2017
Entities reporting to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) presented their annual reports to the Committee. The entities were the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Onderstepoort Biologocal Products (OBP), the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) and the Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB).
Despite the ARC ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill (Cannabis guidelines): briefing; National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill: NEHAWU briefing
13 Sep 2017
The Director General of the Department of Health introduced the Medical Innovation Bill on Cannabis Guidelines. South Africa was a signatory to the 1961 Convention on the Control of Narcotic Substance and cannabis was highly controlled, but the Convention allowed for any country to utilise narcotics should there be a ...