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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Committee Report on Donation of Wild Life Game animals by North West DRDLR
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Donation of Wild Life Game animals by North West DRDLR [All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee of Environmental Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries were not able to adopt the report, mainly because the Chairperson of Agriculture, ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Knysna oversight visit
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Knysna oversight visit [All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
In a brief meeting the draft oversight report on the visit to Knysna was adopted with amendments. Amongst others, the recommendations included:
-DAFF, including other relevant departments such as the Department on ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit [All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Joint Oversight Report was adopted with amendments that included comments made by the members of the Portfolio Committee of Women in the Presidency, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF on Quarter 1 performance, with Minister; Liquor Products Amendment Bill: adoption
5 Sep 2017
Committee members stated the Fisheries Management Division behaving like a delinquent juvenile and is a repeated offender after it became clear Fisheries has spent 53% of its budget yet it achieved only 29% of its targets. They foresaw overspending in this division. The absence of the Deputy Director-General of the ...
Health
KZN State of Health Services: SAHRC briefing
23 Aug 2017
The SA Human Rights Commission presented its “KZN Oncology” Report to the Committee following a complaint from Dr Imraan Keeka, Democratic Alliance Member of the KZN Provincial Legislature. The complaint was based on lack of health care services to oncology patients in the KZN province. Following investigation, the Commission established ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Liquor Products Amendment Bill: deliberations
22 Aug 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries adopted amendments raised by Members in previous meetings on the Liquor Products Amendment Bill. The amendments agreed to would now go to the A or B version of the Bill.
After a lengthy deliberation on the difference between a liquor product and ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Mpumalanga response to Committee concerns; Avian Influenza; DAFF Quarter 4 performance
1 Aug 2017
The Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Administration (DARDLA) had discarded the tractors it had bought from China because they were meant for soft soil, not the hard soil of Mpumalanga. This was what the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries heard during the discussion when ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Avian Influenza outbreak; South African Veterinary Council on its Strategic Plan
27 Jun 2017
Avian flu presentation [not released; see updated version of 1 August 2017: Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza H5N8: DAFF presentation]
The South African Veterinary Council (SAVC) presented its 2017-2019 strategic plan stating its three major goals for the next two years. One is to drive veterinary professions to address the ...
Health
Minister of Health on Woman who gave Birth at Park Station; Mentally Ill Patients care services; KZN Department of Health
14 Jun 2017
The Minister of Health, Mr Aaron Motsoaledi, briefed the Committee on the woman who gave birth at Park Station, Johannesburg; and the Department of Health KwaZulu-Natal presented on care for mentally ill patients in KwaZulu-Natal.
The Minister reiterated the story that was published in the newspaper about the woman in ...
Science and Technology
Nine Point Plan: Department of Science and Technology briefing
14 Jun 2017
The Department of Science and Technology briefed the Committee on its contribution to the Nine Point Plan. The Plan is a strategy to ignite growth through Science Technology and Innovation, which in turn catalyses in subsequent rounds of growth in the future. Key points within the programme are to combat ...