drought
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27 Oct 2015
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... since some provinces were already suffering from drought. Department’s response to matters raised by AG ... the year under review was the development of a drought-tolerant maize cultivator named DroughtTEGO. ...
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11 Nov 2015
Drought status in South Africa: briefing by Department of Water and Sanitation
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... Committee received a briefing on the status of drought in the country from the Department of Water and ... and North West Province) having been declared drought-stricken areas, and two (Mpumalanga and Western ...
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20 Nov 2015
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-15]: adoption; NAMC nomination process queried
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... and the Department to brief the Committee on the drought. The Committee approved this. Meeting adjourned ...
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13 Mar 2015
South African Poultry Association; Association of Meat Importers and Exporters on industry challenges; National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) on Agricultural Industry Trusts
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... happen, when one considered the unexpected maize drought throughout the country. Mr Lovell said that what ...
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11 Aug 2015
SA National Parks (SANParks) & iSimangaliso Wetland Park on their performance and plans, with Minister present
Committee Meeting | Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment | National Assembly
... World Heritage Values. iSimangaliso inherited drought, drying up of lakes, plantations and other incompatible ... also issues of water provision in the area and drought. Discussion Mr Mabilo questioned the punitive ...
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13 May 2015
Sugar Association regarding alternative energy sources briefing; Committee Reports on Transfer Pricing & Trade and Industry Budget
Committee Meeting | Trade, Industry and Competition | National Assembly
... cane on the ground such as this year when a major drought was experienced, at least half of those mills were ...
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22 May 2015
Appropriation Bill [B6-2015]: Department of Water briefing, with Minister present
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... huge budget. Kwazulu-Natal had been declared a drought area. Rivers had no water. The budget was high ...
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22 Sep 2015
Disaster Management Amendment Bill [B10B-2015]: consideration & adoption; Committee Report on Makana Local Municipality
Committee Meeting | NCOP Cooperative Governance & Public Administration | National Council of Provinces
... disaster management more cumbersome. Using the KZN drought as an example, he said that funds were often received ...
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15 Oct 2015
DAFF, ARC, OBP, SAVC on their 2014/15 Annual Report ; Marine Living Resources Fund (MLRF) and progress report by DAFF on deregistration of Ncera Farms Pty (Ltd)
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... Department, the deregistration of Ncera farms, and drought management. The Department also briefed the Committee ... How was it planning to mitigate the problem of drought? How many agricultural colleges had been revitalised ...
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21 Oct 2015
Extension of Security Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]: briefing by Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
Committee Meeting | Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... workers become unemployed. Due to the current drought crisis, many farmers would opt to reduce their ... responsibility? Mr Shabane addressed the issue of drought by noting the separate process followed by the ...
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15 Oct 2015
Water Research Commission; Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority; Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency & Inkomti-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency on their 2014/15 Annual Report
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... Schreiner said drought was not something new. South Africa had been dealing with major droughts for all of ... which served to help it get through drought. The country’s droughts were around seven to nine years, and ...
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22 Oct 2015
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) 2015: Minister of Finance briefing
Committee Meeting | Finance Standing Committee | National Assembly
... Department have to invigorate SA’s export sector? Drought in rural areas had caused serious issues related ...
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04 Nov 2015
Tzaneen, Cradock & Middelburg water supply petitions: DWS, COGTA, Inxuba Yethemba, Chris Hani & Mopani Municipalities interventions
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... Limpopo, she said this had been identified as a drought area. Water was supplied from Thabina Dam which ... Limpopo, thus characterising it as a disaster drought area. The challenges in Tzaneen municipality ...
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11 Nov 2015
DTI; National Gambling Board; National Empowerment Fund on their 2nd quarter 2015/16 performance
Committee Meeting | Trade, Industry and Competition | National Assembly
... industry in SA and for its view on the current drought. Members asked the NGB why 9.9% of gamblers are ...
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16 Oct 2015
National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) and Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB) on their 2014/15 Annual Report
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... that Mr Ramabulana should discuss the effect of drought in so many parts of Africa. Mr Filtane also added ... said that several places were impacted upon by drought, and in North West and Free State some of the farmers ...
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28 Oct 2015
Department of Trade and Industry on its 2014/15 Annual Report
Committee Meeting | NCOP Economic Development & Trade | National Council of Provinces
... challenges - Global steel glut/oversupply - Drought conditions in KZN and North-West - Spillover effects ...
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21 Apr 2015
Disaster Management Amendment Bill: briefing by stakeholders
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... contingency plans for cases of disasters such as drought. This would alleviate the problem of help not being ...
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24 Mar 2015
AGSA & FCC on Strategic Plans, 2015/16 APPs and Budgets of DAFF; DAFF on Agricultural Policy Action Plan; Progress report by DAFF on deregistration of Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... of multi-purpose crop production, small grains, drought and water stress tolerant crop varieties and improved ...
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28 Oct 2015
2015 Revised Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals (MTBPS): public hearings
Committee Meeting | Finance Standing Committee | National Assembly
... policies. The contingency reserve was there for droughts, floods and other emergencies. COSATU felt that ...
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05 Jun 2015
National and Provincial Treasury briefings on provincial fiscal patterns: Limpopo and Western Cape
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... The agriculture sector was struggling because of drought, and so was the mining industry. Another large ...