"drought"
in Media Briefings
63 matches
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10 May 2016
Minister of Transport Budget Vote speech
Media briefing
... the Ports Regulator South Africa. In support of drought relief and its impact on food prices, maize cargo ...
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16 May 2018
Minister of Environmental Affairs Budget Speech
Media briefing
... flooding in some parts of the country to devastating drought in other parts, tells us that climate change has ...
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20 Apr 2016
Minister of Trade and Industry Budget speech & responses by ANC, DA and IFP
Media briefing
... challenges related to electricity and the ongoing drought. We are also aware that South Africa is not alone ...
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23 May 2017
Minister of Trade and Industry Budget Speech
Media briefing
... of that we had in 2016 the impact of the severe drought, the slow recovery in the Mining sector with spillover ... with the Agricultural sector recovering from the drought and commodity prices increasing somewhat. However ...
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22 Apr 2010
Social Development: Minister's Budget Speech
Media briefing
... insecurity is the condition of the poor. Flood, drought or disease affecting people or livestock can destroy ...
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13 Feb 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2020 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
Media briefing
... we have developed drought mitigation strategies that focus on developing drought resistant seeds, planting ... land can be allocated to them. Because of the drought in many parts of the country, farmers lost crops ...
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16 Jul 2019
Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Budget Speech (Water and Sanitation)
Media briefing
... second day. We have just emerged from a four year drought that has caused a great deal of distress in Cape ...
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22 May 2018
Minister of Finance Budget Speech
Media briefing
... The February Budget set aside R6 billion for drought relief and public infrastructure – some of which ...
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13 May 2015
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries Budget Speech & responses by ANC, DA and IFP
Media briefing
... which will boost production and trade, is the Drought Tolerant Maize cultivar which was launched by the ... December 2014. This maize cultivar is 20% more drought tolerant than any cultivar available on the market ...
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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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12 Apr 2010
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries Media Briefing before Budget Speech
Media briefing
... very severe instances of drought. As part of Disaster Management and Drought Relief we are intensifying ... Cape and Eastern Cape now, which have been hit by drought. Journalist: (speaking off the mic) Minister ...
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14 Apr 2010
Water Affairs: Minister's Budget Speech
Media briefing
... because of the unavailability of river water due to drought. The desalination initiative attracted greater ... proximity to the sea. But with the prevailing drought, now worse than any in the past one hundred and ...
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21 Jul 2020
Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Budget Speech, responses by ANC, EFF, IFP, FF+, ACDP & DA
Media briefing
... challenges that we were already facing in respect of drought, animal and plant disease outbreaks. In the previous ...
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11 Jul 2019
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Budget Speech & reponse by ACDP & DA
Media briefing
... Countries that have benefited included Namibia for drought relief, emergency food assistance to the Kingdom ...
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11 Jul 2019
Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Budget Speech (Environmental Affairs) & response by IFP & DA
Media briefing
... poverty and vulnerability will be hardest hit by drought, floods and extreme temperatures. These people ... phenomena has been intensified by a prolonged drought. A critical programme aimed at improving our water ...
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25 May 2017
Minister of Environmental Affairs Budget Speech
Media briefing
... ensure that drought risk management issues are adequately addressed to enhance resilience to drought. The Department ... land degradation and to mitigate the effects of drought for South Africa and developed a new NAP for the ...
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16 Feb 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2018 State of the Nation Address
Media briefing
... social services and agricultural production. The drought situation in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and ... remains gripped by one of the most devastating droughts in a century, which has severely impacted our ...
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16 Feb 2016
Community and Human Development Cluster briefing
Media briefing
... our best to respond to the encroachment of the drought that is affecting both humans and livestock in ...
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21 Apr 2016
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budget speech & responses by ANC, DA & IFP
Media briefing
... implemented to help drought affected farmers. Government’s support to agriculture during this drought period is ... Fetsa Tlala production season due to drought. The impact of drought has adversely affected the basic food ...
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20 Apr 2016
Minister of Public Works Budget speech & reponses by ANC and DA
Media briefing
... current water crises as a result of the on-going drought. In 2014 the Minister of Public of Public Works ...