drought
in Committee Meetings
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23 Sep 2015
Climate Change: public hearings day 2
Committee Meeting | Environment, Forestry and Fisheries | National Assembly
... developing countries, in the form of persistent drought and extreme weather conditions, rising sea levels ... unsubstantiated. He noted that in order to show that a drought or weather event was “persistent” or “extreme” ...
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20 Mar 2015
Department of Environmental Affairs on their Strategic Plan for 2015-2019
Committee Meeting | Environment, Forestry and Fisheries | National Assembly
... Second UN Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (UNDLDD), while the last indicator was to increase ...
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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 ...
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13 Oct 2015
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2014/5 performance: Auditor-General; DPME and FFC briefing
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... of creating jobs when there is a high level of drought in the country; wanted to know if there would be ... wanted to find out if it has considered the looming drought that is experienced in the country, its impact ...
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15 Oct 2015
Economic Development Department on its 2014/15 Annual Report, with Minister present
Committee Meeting | Economic Development | National Assembly
... (EPWP). Agriculture was the biggest contributor, so drought was the biggest risk the country faced looking ...
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03 Mar 2015
2nd and 3rd Quarter Performance Report for 2014/15: Department & AGSA briefing; Progress report on deregistration of Ncera Farms, with Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... regulations in place for importing maize because of the drought? They criticised the Department for not doing its ...
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15 Apr 2015
National Research Foundation, Technology Innovation Agency, South African National Space Agency & Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Committee Meeting | Science and Technology | National Assembly
... because they could provide a better grasp of drought predictions that affected agricultural planning ...
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11 Aug 2015
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on gender equality (cont)
Committee Meeting | Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities | National Assembly
... have systems to assist people when there is a drought. The Deputy Director General responded by stating ...
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18 Feb 2015
Implications of State of the Nation Address for the water and sanitation sector: Departmental briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... had been declared disaster areas because of the drought -- but what would the provincial approach to this ... by water shortages, including areas affected by droughts (such as KwaZulu Natal), the 24 priority districts ...
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27 Oct 2015
School Nutrition petition; School Readiness for 2016; National Education Evaluation & Development Unit (NEEDU)
Committee Meeting | Basic Education | National Assembly
... provide produce for Lesotho while the country had a drought, to now provide that same fresh produce to the ...
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24 Nov 2015
Drought impact on agricultural productivity, sector employment and food costs; Department assistance to farmers in drought areas, with Minister & Deputy present
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... reported to the Committee on the current issue of drought facing the country. In terms of food security ...
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07 Aug 2015
South African National Biodiversity Institute & South African Weather Service on their functions
Committee Meeting | Environment, Forestry and Fisheries | National Assembly
... be at risk for when heavy rains follow a long drought. The Department is now trying to employ people ...
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17 Jun 2015
Northern Cape, North West, Mpumalanga spending challenges
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... they had delays in funds being transferred for droughts and because service delivery protests prevented ...
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18 Mar 2015
African Renaissance Fund; 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance; Lesotho, Madagascar, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia election outcomes: briefing by Department of International Relations & Cooperation; National Coalition on Palestine petition; Israel elections: with Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | International Relations | National Assembly
... humanitarian assistance to South Sudan (R15m), drought relief in Namibia (R100m) and humanitarian assistance ...
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24 Jun 2015
One District-One Agri-Park implementation in context of Rural Economic Transformation Model
Committee Meeting | Rural Development and Land Reform | National Assembly
... market dominance, climate change in the form of droughts, floods, and fires, and the degradation of soil ...
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08 Sep 2015
Land Bank 2014/15 Annual Report
Committee Meeting | Finance Standing Committee | National Assembly
... conditions like the slow economy and the impact of drought. The agri sector nevertheless remained fairly resilient ... of challenges. When black farmers experienced drought and could show no profits, debt to the Land Bank ...
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17 Feb 2015
PC Agriculture: Committee Reports on KZN and Western Cape Oversight Reports
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... Steyn informed the Committee there was a massive drought in South Africa and this factor should be included ...
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30 Apr 2015
Water Catchment Management Agencies and Water Boards on their Strategic Plans & Budget
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... water levels of the region’s dams, and the current drought being experienced in certain locations. Dr Moorosi ... which his organisation was currently threatened by droughts. He then praised the APP’s alignment with the ...
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15 May 2015
Plant Breeders’ Rights [B11-2015] & Plant Improvement Bills [B8-2015]: public hearings
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... USA was surely not producing seeds tolerant to drought that would be needed in Africa, and asked if this ... had been evidence from Kenya in relation to the drought resistant seeds imported from the USA, and such ...
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05 Aug 2015
Progress Report on water licences & their implications for economic development in South Africa: Department of Water & Sanitation briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... needed it? The whole drought was questionable, but they had said there was a drought and were supposed to ... dedication and commitment. On the impact of the drought on other parts of the country, he would respond ...