drought
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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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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 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 ...
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24 May 2011
Water Boards' Strategic Plans & Pudgets 2011, & Tariff increases
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... expectations. Revenue had been affected by the drought and the restrictions placed on tariff increases ...
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29 Aug 2011
Transportation infrastructure for agricultural products: National Agricultural Marketing Council & Transnet briefings
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... seasonal by nature, and that natural forces like drought and floods influenced production. Fuel price and ...
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30 May 2011
Department of Water Affairs 2011 Strategic Plan
Committee Meeting | NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy | National Council of Provinces
... conservation targets would be essential during periods of drought. Therefore sectors such as mining, farming irrigation ... of services, asset management and disaster and drought management, among others. Wastewater Risk Abatement ...
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27 Jun 2011
Transformation in the Fishing Sector: public hearings
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... communities were able to sustain themselves during droughts and other harsh environmental degradation. ... change the intensity and frequency of floods, droughts, wild fires and rain storms. The Department had ...
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21 Feb 2011
National Climate Change Response Green Paper 2010: Department of Environmental Affairs briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... might already be occurring, such as extremes of drought, flood and temperature. Cholera outbreaks had ... weather-related events such as flooding, fire, storms and drought had conservatively been estimated at R1 billion ...
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14 Mar 2011
Minister on Department of Tourism & South African Tourism strategic plans and budget briefings
Committee Meeting | Tourism | National Assembly
... rising temperatures affected flora and fauna and drought affected water supply. Plans had to be in place ...
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12 Sep 2011
Failure to implement Animal Diseases & Meat Safety Acts: urgent appeal by Red Meat Industry Forum, National Emergent Red Meat Producers' Organisation, African Farmers Association
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... permits Years ago when Lesotho was experiencing drought, South Africa provided affected farmers with grazing ... even though Lesotho was no longer suffering from drought conditions. He said a number of problems had arisen ...
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29 Aug 2011
Bilateral Technical Cooperative Agreements with African Countries: briefing by Department of Water Affairs
Committee Meeting | NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy | National Council of Provinces
... problems resulting from water shortages during drought and floods and for peaceful regional integration ...
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25 Jan 2011
Flood Disaster Management; Local Government Municipal Systems Amendment Bill: Departmental briefing
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... extremes in Western and Southern Cape included drought, veld fires and lightning. Official reports indicated ...
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24 Jan 2011
Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries restructuring; Presentation on Floods with Minister; Maritime Coastal Management investigation
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... situation. Eight provinces with the exception of the drought stricken Western Cape experienced severe flooding ...
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26 Jan 2011
Water infrastructure, flooding impact and management: Department of Water Affairs briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... and Western Cape, were currently experiencing drought. Flood warnings could provide the opportunity for ...
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20 Jun 2011
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 4th quarter 2010/11 performance report
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... disease, and avian flu outbreaks, broken fences, drought and flood reports, none of which were mentioned ...