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18 Nov 2008
Provision of Land & Assistance Amendment Bill [B40-2008]: adoption of NCOP Amendments: Minister & Department's briefing & adoption; Department's Annual Report 2007/08 briefing
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... animal and plant disease and ensure food safety. Drought-coping Strategies were completed and were translated ...
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07 May 2008
Members ’s Statements /Response by Minister of Finance on Food Price Crisis; Violence in Schools; Scorpions Boss move to World Bank / Response by Minister of Public Works on Development Assistance in Informal Settlement
Hansard
... not always possible for various reasons, such as droughts, rocks that have to be drilled through, etc. With ...
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03 Dec 2008
Economic & Investment Cluster Progress Report
Media briefing
... in the income of small scale farmers due to its drought tolerant characteristics, not being prone to theft ...
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12 Aug 2008
Botshelo Water & Mhlathuze Water Annual Reports 2006/7; Water quality & contamination, free basic water, water issues: Submissions by Jubilee SA, Federation for Sustainable Environment, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Mvula Trust
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... disaster management, such as how to address floods or droughts, and recognizing the importance of how things ...
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27 May 2008
Member’s Statements
Hansard
... hide behind the legacy of apartheid and periodic drought. In actual fact, the department lacks foresight ...
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17 Jun 2008
Second reading debate: Appropriation Bill; Vote No 1 – The Presidency - put.; Declarations of votes on behalf of ANC, ACDP, APC, FFP & PAC ; Votes agreed to (DA, FFP, ANC & ACDP dissenting); Vote No 2 - Parliament - put
Hansard
... times of disasters beyond their control, such as droughts and fires, which is absolutely necessary, is also ...
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20 May 2008
Environmental Affairs and Tourism : Minister's Budget Speech
Media briefing
... have to bear the impacts of climate change – the droughts, the floods, the sea-l evel rise, the dramatic ...
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17 Jun 2008
Financial and Fiscal Commission Recommendations on 2009/2010 Division of Revenue: Housing, Transport and Provincial and Local Government
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... revenues from agricultural activities because of drought. She suggested that the demarcation of municipal ...
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07 Aug 2008
Agricultural Debt Management Repeal Bill; Liquor Products Amendment Bill: briefing and adoption
Committee Meeting | NCOP Agriculture, Land Reform and Mineral Resources | National Council of Provinces
... The new villa blanc variety was resistant to drought, frost and cheap to cultivate. It would make entry ...
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11 Feb 2008
Agriculture Provincial Conditional Grants 3rd Quarter 2007/8 spending
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... farms as well as flood repairs and recovery work. Drought, flood and hail relief money was received in December ... amounted to 41% of the budget. 80% of the budget for drought relief was spent. Overall, this resulted in 75% ...
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19 Feb 2008
Land Bank Briefing on its Turnaround Strategy
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... have lacked the skills to do business. Very often drought led to the loss of the business, as the farmer ...
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22 Oct 2008
National Water Act Implementation Review : public hearings
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... fact that South Africa was often subjected to droughts and erratic rainfall, and that water was a scarce ... for their needs and that in times of floods and droughts their positions were vulnerable. The provision ...
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06 May 2008
Fourth Quarter Expenditure Hearings: Provincial Treasuries
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... for the years when there would, for example, be drought. Mr E Sogoni (ANC, Gauteng) stated that there ...
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06 May 2008
Water Boards' Annual Reports 2006/07
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... any scientific evidence to that effect. Also, drought continued to impact on production in MLM and BLM ... those served, with water tanks as part of their drought relief schemes. He added that the mining industries ...
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28 Feb 2008
Second Reading Debate: National Environmental Laws Amendment Bill / Ministers 's Responses / Members 's Statements
Hansard
... to drought. Wetlands of international importance and wild life are also under threat from drought in ... to the drier conditions; we need to grow more drought-tolerant crops and vegetables; we need to learn ...
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26 Jun 2008
Second Reading Debates:Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill; Mineral & Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill; Liquor Products Amendment Bill / Legislative Proposal to amend the Broadcasting Act, Act No 4 of 1999
Hansard
... change and food security in a continent plagued by droughts, floods and the resultant hunger and poverty that ...
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21 May 2008
Agriculture and Land Affairs: Minister's Budget Speech
Media briefing
... to stem rust virus infection and resistant to drought. This is a step in the right direction towards ...
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11 Nov 2008
Local Government Budget & Expenditure Review 2003 -2010: Departments of Water Affairs & Forestry & of Provincial & Local Government
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... problems really lay with the uncertainty around droughts and a lack of infrastructure for water delivery ...
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20 Feb 2008
Comprehensive Agriculture Support & Mafisa Funding Programmes: Agriculture Department briefings
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... Treasury was not familiar with the climate of droughts, other extreme weather conditions and the lean ...
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05 May 2008
Gert Sibande District Municipality, Bushbuckridge Local Municipality: budget & performance
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... thought that the Department could look toward the Drought Relief Fund for funding, as it was earmarked to ...