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  • 17 Oct 2019

    NA: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... Currently we are supporting those farmers. There is drought which caused the cattle to die and we immediately ...

  • 19 Feb 2020

    JS: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... the grip of severe water shortage and extreme drought in various parts of the country, especially in ... been putting in place immediate interventions of drought relief to those areas have been affected. We have ...

  • 07 Nov 2019

    NCOP: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... sector as a whole. Recently, we have experienced drought in provinces like the Free State, Northern Cape ... various other areas of South Africa have experienced drought now for more than five years. We do not need early ...

  • 10 Jun 2015

    NA: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... than R470 billion in the economy after a long drought of lack of investment during the apartheid years ... negatively affected in addition to this by severe drought conditions which adversely affected some of our ...

  • 22 Aug 2017

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... resource prices internationally, and even the recent drought that has affected food prices. However, in our ...

  • 04 Nov 2020

    NCOP: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... Free State province has been experiencing severe drought since 2015, thereby leaving water levels in all ... Local Municipality, to implement the emergency drought relief projects in order to ensure that there is ...

  • 10 Nov 2020

    NA: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... needed project to ensure water resilience for the drought-prone province.     Of the infrastructure-led mass ... that the fires come after a prolonged period of drought in the area, and that some of the farmers are also ...

  • 15 Nov 2017

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... not had funding to deal with the bird flu or the drought. We have already seen a drop of 84 000 jobs in ... failures: change of weather patterns leading to drought and vast tracts of agricultural land and farms ...

  • 05 Sep 2007

    NA: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... for the country, with dramatic swings between drought and floods. Over the past few years, and this past ... We have this in mind and rising temperatures, drought-destroying crops, animal populations declining ...

  • 25 May 2021

    NA: Mini-plenary 5

    Hansard

    ... an exceptional intervention in dealing with the drought that Northern Cape Province has experienced. The ... even more evident as we grapple with frequent drought. The situation that we have in Gauteng right now ...

  • 04 Nov 2009

    Debate on global warming and climate change: The planet's emerging crisis and the need for global agreement / Statement by the Minister of Basic Education on Curriculum Review Process / Members' Statements

    Hansard

    ... as a consequence of droughts, floods and shorter growing seasons. Increased drought frequency and flooding ... have been dry spell, seasonal drought, intense rainfall and floods. Droughts and floods have increased frequency ...

  • 12 Feb 2009

    Second Reading Debate: Division of Revenue Bill / Ministers' Responses / Members' Statements / Parliamentary Language, and Offensive Remark

    Hansard

    ... the Minister and everybody who deals with funds. Droughts and floods plague agriculture. Our farmers are ...

  • 07 Sep 2010

    Replies by President Jacob Zuma to Questions for Oral Reply : National Assembly

    Hansard

    ... water management, soil and nature conservation, drought prediction and management and to the development ...

  • 17 Sep 2012

    Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) for Shale Gas debate with Mineral Resources Minister

    Hansard

    ... by the fracking industry create an artificial drought for the agricultural industry. Now, with regard ...

  • 16 Jun 2009

    Appropriation Bill : Debate on Vote No 23 - Agriculture

    Hansard

    ... and you also referred to this, Minister - and droughts on production and food security should be recognised ... South Africa is periodically affected by severe droughts. We will have to focus on strategies to mitigate ...

  • 18 Feb 2015

    JS: Rescheduling of Time of Debate on State of the Nation Address on 17 February 2015

    Hansard

    ... to share their knowledge and resources, such as drought resistant maize cultivars.   We further aim to ...

  • 24 Feb 2015

    NA: Plenary

    Hansard

    ... That the House debates the impact of the current drought on food security and the knock-on effect on the ...

  • 21 Jun 2018

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... Joint Drought Co-ordinating Committee last month had indicated that the acute phase of the drought in the ... and the resultant disasters like the devastating drought that we have been struggling with in the Western ...

  • 12 Oct 2009

    Minister's Responses / Member's Statements

    Hansard

    ... predictions on the reduction in rainfall and increase in droughts on the western side of the country. The government ...

  • 03 Jun 2015

    NA: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... particularly in our rural areas who, because of current drought conditions, currently find themselves unable to ...