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  • 06 Sep 2006

    NCOP: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... conducive to safe driving.   Another issue is drought in the rural areas. It is absolutely dry and there ...

  • 17 Jul 2014

    EPC: Debate on Vote No 30 – Environmental Affairs

    Hansard

    ... The devastating effects of climate change, like drought, food shortages and floods, are well documented ...

  • 10 May 2016

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... the province is experiencing drought, the storm did not improve the drought conditions as the water levels ... I am talking about. We are in the midst of a drought and an economic downturn. This has resulted in ...

  • 18 May 2016

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... retrenchment just the next morning of the first day of a drought declaration. Therefore it is on that basis that ... that‘s begs to be asked, in this question of drought. I am very much concerned about it and have raised ...

  • 01 Jun 2022

    NCOP: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... R221 million, in this past financial year, for drought relief efforts in the Eastern   UNREVISED HANSARD ... These types of weather patterns of floods and droughts will be with us into the distant future. The ...

  • 05 Jun 2012

    Decision on Appropriation Bill by NCOP

    Hansard

    ... changing environment. We need new cultivars that are drought and disease resistant. We need new farming techniques ...

  • 14 Apr 2010

    Appropriation Bill: Vote No 37 – Water Affairs:

    Hansard

    ... country continue to be threatened by drought and we know that drought is the dreaded partner of poverty ... experience of drought over the last few months has challenged our department to look at drought management ...

  • 09 Mar 2016

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... for acknowledging the drought with seven provinces that have been declared drought disaster areas. In ... under the current drought conditions, have a measure of alleviation from the drought that we have. We ...

  • 15 Mar 2016

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... address this year, the President mentioned that drought had affected five provinces and that government ... to some of the municipalities affected by the drought in KwaZulu-Natal, in particular uMkhanyakude was ...

  • 19 Jun 2018

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... delivery. When the climate changes, when there is drought, when there is poor sanitation, or when there are ...

  • 23 Jun 2009

    Appropriation Bill : Debate on Budget Vote No 34 – Water Affairs and Forestry

    Hansard

    ... our country is mostly semi-arid. It is prone to droughts - a situation which is likely to worsen with climate ...

  • 09 Mar 2017

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... depreciation has boosted competitiveness, severe drought conditions have eased, commodity prices have strengthened ... impact. Of course there is a natural factor also, drought. Draught has also eased. It has had also an impact ...

  • 22 Apr 2010

    Appropriation Bill: Vote No 18 – Social Development

    Hansard

    ... insecurity is the condition of the poor. Floods, droughts and disease, affecting people or livestock, can ...

  • 14 Feb 2012

    Resumption of Debate on President's State Of The Nation Address

    Hansard

    ... only had 10 000 tons. It was not as a result of drought. During the same time, Zambia grew to where it ...

  • 18 Nov 2016

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... critical priority, not only now during the crippling drought but also generally, as an essential service for ...

  • 27 Nov 2019

    NCOP: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... allocated drought funding should urgently develop a clear strategy to ensure that drought relief funds ... The committee noted the issue of the prolonged drought raised by various provinces and the National Treasury’s ...

  • 30 Jul 2019

    NCOP: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... Mr C F B SMIT: Hon Deputy Chair, the current drought disaster in the Northern Cape deserves serious ... most consequences. We have felt the effects of drought on our farmers, wild fires in forests, contamination ...

  • 22 Feb 2017

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... inflation and business and consumer confidence; drought conditions have abated in most of the country; ...

  • 02 Nov 2017

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... happened to our own country, for example, the droughts and the floods that have come? Of course, it ...

  • 09 Nov 2017

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... House – notes that a drought relief convoy of 31 trucks arrived in the drought stricken town of Beaufort ... portfolio to Knysna after the devastation of the drought this year. We went almost a week after the fire ...