Committee Reports: Taking Parliament to People; Nomination of candidates to serve on National Agricultural Marketing Council; Nomination of possible candidates to Land Bank Board

Meeting Summary

Documents handed out:
Committee Report of the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources on the invitation by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to nominate candidates to serve on the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), dated 26 February 2015
Committee Report of the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources on the invitation by the Minister of Finance to nominate candidates to be considered for appointment to the Land Bank Boards, dated 16 February 2016
Draft Report of the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources on nominations of possible candidates for the National Agricultural Council
Draft Report of the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources on nominations of possible candidates for the Land Bank Board
Report of the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources on the oversight visit to the Kruger National Park
Report of the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources on the Taking Parliament to the People – Eden
Draft Committee minutes dated 13, 20 and 27 October 2015, 3 November 2015 and 16 February 2016

[All Reports are available under Tabled Committee Reports once published in the ATC]

 

The Committee’s meeting was disrupted by the non-attendance of Members, with only four provinces represented, and with five needed to form a quorum. This led to a delay in the adoption of minutes, which took place only after the late arrival of a Member.

The Committee considered the report on the invitation by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to nominate candidates to serve on National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC). A Member proposed a two-week duration for the nomination process and advised the Committee to clearly discuss the selection criteria. Concern was also raised over the nomination and selection process, it being asserted that people went through the process of applying but never received a response from the Department about the receipt of their application, or which candidate had been nominated.

The Committee adopted reports dealing with the nomination of possible candidates to the Land Bank Board, the oversight visit to the Kruger National Park and Taking Parliament to the People – Eden.

It also adopted the minutes of four Committee meetings held at the end of 2015, without amendments.

 

Meeting report

Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

The Chairperson welcomed everyone and stressed the importance of the adoption of the minutes in the current meeting, but due to the poor attendance he asked if the Members would like to wait for five to ten minutes before proceeding with meeting. He then extended compliments of the season to the Members, and encouraged them to come with higher energy levels for the oversight visits.

The Chairperson then asked the secretary to let the Committee know which Members had sent apologies. They were Mr M Rayi (ANC, Eastern Cape), Mr C Smit (DA, Limpopo), Ms N Mokgosi (EFF, Northern Cape), Ms C Labuschagne (DA, Western Cape) and Mr L Gaehler (UDM, Eastern Cape). The secretary advised that only four provinces were represented, and five were needed to form a quorum. He then suggested that the Committee first deal with the item that did not require a quorum, which was the request by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to nominate candidates to serve on the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC).

The Chairperson confirmed the unanimous decision to continue with meeting, starting with items other than the adoption of the minutes and reports.

Mr J Julius (DA, Gauteng) asked for clarity on receiving two sets of agendas, with one that did not include the briefing by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on the Performing Animal Protection Amendment Bill.

The secretary replied that an email had been sent alerting the Members that in a case where a bill is not referred to the Committee, the briefing on the bill would be removed from the agenda. The Committee had not received a bill referral and the matter could not be dealt with, hence it was removed and an amended agenda was sent.

Committee Report: Invitation by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to nominate candidates to serve on National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC)

The secretary went through the report with the Committee.

The Chairperson commented that the Committee needed to nominate people who would add value to the National Agricultural Marketing Council.

Mr Julius proposed a two-week duration for the nomination process and advised the Committee to clearly discuss the selection criteria.

Mr A Singh (ANC, KwaZulu-Natal) raised a concern over the nomination and selection process, saying that people went through the process of applying but they never received a response from the Department about the receipt of their application, or which candidate had been nominated.

Mr E Mlambo (ANC, Gauteng) agreed with Mr Singh, and also supported a two-week duration of the nomination process.

The Chairperson asked the secretary to explicitly read out the selection criteria while waiting on another Member who might come in order to form a quorum for the adoption of minutes and reports.

The secretary reminded the Committee that postponing the adoption of the minutes would lead to their next meeting being interrupted and long. He therefore suggested that the Committee sit for another meeting before the end of the week in order to keep the programme intact.

Mr Singh and Mr Mlambo opposed to that suggestion, owing to the other commitments that they had.

The Chairperson welcomed and updated Mr J Parkies (ANC, Free State) on what had been discussed so far. He said that the Committee could move on to the adoption of minutes and reports since the quorum had been formed, with five provinces represented.

Mr Parkies suggested that the Committee to be given information in reasonable time to allow it to make decisions.

The report was adopted without amendments, as proposed by Ms E Prins (ANC, Western Cape) and seconded by Mr Parkies.

Adoption of minutes

The minutes of 13 October 2015 were adopted without amendments, as moved by Mr Mlambo and seconded by Mr Parkies.

The minutes of 20 October 2015 were adopted without amendments, as moved by Mr Singh and seconded by Mr Julius and Ms Prins.

The minutes of 27 October 2015 were adopted without amendments, as moved by Ms Prins and seconded by Mr Parkies.

The minutes of 3 November 2015 were adopted without amendments, as moved by Mr Mlambo and seconded by Mr Parkies.

The minutes of 16 February 2016 could not be adopted, because there was no Committee Member who would second the adoption of the minutes, as moved by Ms Prins.

The Chairperson thanked Members and assured the Committee that it is not a challenge that the draft minutes dated 16 February 2016 could not be adopted. They would be adopted at the next meeting, together with the minutes of the current meeting. He then asked the Members to read the reports for the adoption.

Draft Committee Report: nomination of possible candidates to the Land Bank Board

The committee went through the report page by page.

The report was adopted with no amendments, as proposed by Mr Parkies and seconded by Ms Prins.

Committee Report on the oversight visit to the Kruger National Park

The committee went through the report page by page.

The oversight report was adopted without amendments, as proposed by Mr Mlambo and seconded by Ms Prins.

Committee Report on Taking Parliament to the People - Eden

The committee went through the report page by page.

The report was adopted with no amendment, as moved by Mr Singh and seconded by Mr Mlambo.

The Content advisor said that he had planned on giving a presentation to the Committee about a forthcoming strategic planning meeting, but due to the poor attendance he could not do so.

The Chairperson concluded that the information about the strategic planning meeting should be sent to all Committee Members and be presented when all Members were present.

The meeting was adjourned.

 

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