"drought"
55 matches
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25 Jul 2011
National Treasury on Fourth Quarter Expenditure Report for the 2010/11 financial year
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... system. There was a delay in the start of the drought intervention programmein the Ndlambe district municipality ...
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21 Nov 2011
MAFISA, Ilima-Letsema & CASP agricultural programmes: 1st and 2nd quarter 2011 performance reports; Department of Water Affairs Blue and Green Drop reports
Committee Meeting | NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy | National Council of Provinces
... pose the risk of projects collapsing in times of drought. Mr Mokgoro asked if there were still agricultural ... Africa had already experienced increased floods, droughts and hail and most farmers did not have insurance ...
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22 Feb 2011
National Climate Change Response Green Paper: Implications for water & agriculture sectors, and public awareness: scientific responses and Department's briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... increased evaporation, dry soil, more frequent drought, heatstroke and burning, grain yield reduction ...
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09 Aug 2011
Developments in Somalia: briefing by Department of International Relations and Cooperation, UNISA & Gift of the Givers
Committee Meeting | International Relations | National Assembly
... about the drought affecting the horn of Africa. Ambassador Molekane responded that the drought in the Horn ... on addressing the famine, which arose from the drought affecting the Horn of Africa region. The AU had ...
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03 Mar 2011
ATC110303: Report 2011 Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals
Tabled Committee Report | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... from the contingency reserve to provide flood and drought relief to provinces. For the past two years ...
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16 Aug 2011
NA: Unrevised hansard
Hansard
... that the region has been hit by the most severe drought in more than half a century and many people are ... risk of starvation and that the impact of this drought on children has been described by the head of the ...
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16 Sep 2011
ATC110916: Report National Council of Provinces: Provincial Week: 12 – 16 September 2011
Tabled Committee Report | NCOP Women, Children and People with Disabilities | National Council of Provinces
... of sufficient rain and drought. About 200 cattle died as a result of the drought; iv). Failure ... Marselle clinics (currently in process); v). Drought relief projects in Makana and Ndlambe municipalities; ...
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04 May 2011
Presidency
Question & Reply
... hunger plagued the Horn of Africa, hit by the worst drought in 60 years. However, food security, poverty and ...
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03 Mar 2011
ATC110303: Report on 2011 Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals
Tabled Committee Report | Finance Standing Committee | National Assembly
... from the contingency reserve to provide flood and drought relief to provinces. For the past two years ...
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08 Jun 2011
NA: Unrevised hansard
Hansard
... noting the extreme weather conditions, flooding, drought and other natural disasters globally, which have ...
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03 Mar 2011
Climate Change Green Paper 2010: public hearings
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... it depended whether SA was hit by floods or by drought as to where there would be water, and if the temperature ...
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17 Oct 2011
Deputy Minister of Finance briefing: Land Bank and Development Bank of Southern Africa Financial and Fiscal Commission Annual Report Annual Reports 2010/11
Committee Meeting | Finance Standing Committee | National Assembly
... African agriculture faced huge challenges such as drought, floods and veld fires in some areas. On the other ...
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16 Nov 2011
NCOP: Debate on Water Management and Resources: Advancing national water resource management for sustainable water supply to our people
Hansard
... meant that the drought had been finally broken. I must hasten to say that the drought came at a cost ... as you may be aware after the long protracted drought in the Eastern Cape, the good rains finally came ...
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07 Apr 2011
Water and Sanitation
Question & Reply - Water and Sanitation
... sustain water service delivery during periods of drought. The programme that started with the Hlabisa Scheme ... trends, frequency and intensity of floods and drought in the specific catchment. (4) There is no need ...
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10 Oct 2011
Minister & Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries & entities: Annual Reports 2010/11
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... diseases, with the threat of high rainfall following drought scenarios in the country. Currently, there was ...
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25 Jan 2011
Department of Environmental Affairs: Summary of 2011 business plans
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... fog nets were used to catch dew to alleviate the drought in that area. Ms Yawitch said that the DEA did ...
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08 Mar 2011
National Climate Change Response Policy Green Paper 2010: Public Hearings Day 3
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... linked to climate conditions (variable rainfall, drought, veld fires). Agriculture could not compete with ... was needed on climate change and specifically drought-resistant crops. The Chairperson asked whether ...
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14 Nov 2011
White Paper on Climate Change: Public hearings
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... noted that there had been unprecented floods and droughts in that area, that baboons had come down from ...
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29 Aug 2011
Members' Statements
Hansard
... that there will be more frequent occurrences of drought, flooding, hurricanes, forest fires, rising sea ... earthquake that I have just mentioned in Japan, severe drought in Somalia, mudslides in China and heat waves in ...
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29 Mar 2011
Department of Water Affairs on 2011 Strategic Plan & Budget
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... Government (Water Services Operating Subsidy and Drought Relief Grant) and Adjustments to the baselines ... allocated to conditional grants. The R450 million in Drought Relief was targeted at the Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan ...