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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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20 May 2022
Minister in the Presidency (DPME) Budget Speech, responses by DA, ACDP, IFP
Media briefing
... country such as the July 2021 unrest, floods and drought in the KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape and North West ...
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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 ...
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06 May 2016
Minister of Communications Budget speech & responses by ANC, DA and IFP
Media briefing
... understanding in full the ripple effect of the severe drought we are experiencing; 8.3 million people are jobless- ...
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25 May 2021
Minister of Water and Sanitation Budget Speech, response by DA
Media briefing
... for an exceptional intervention to deal with the drought in the Northern Cape Province. The final departmental ... more evident as we grapple with more frequent drought situations in this economic hub of our country ...
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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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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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31 May 2023
President & Deputy President (Presidency) Budget Speech, responses by ACDP, IFP, GOOD, DA, FF+ & Al Jama-Ah
Media briefing
... effects of climate change, including illness, droughts, floods and other disasters. We also need to protect ...
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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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13 May 2022
Minister of Water and Sanitation Budget Speech, responses by DA, IFP
Media briefing
... though limited to some localities, while drought and drought-related disasters regularly affect communities ... resource systems facing water shortages due to drought or excessive abstraction have appropriate restriction ...
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10 Feb 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
Media briefing
... affected by climate change. We frequently experience droughts, floods and other extreme weather events associated ...
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14 May 2021
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Speech, response by EFF
Media briefing
... environment without destroying it. Already drought, tropical cyclones, floods, and wildfires are contributing ... desertification, land degradation and the severe drought in our country. Given the strategic importance ...
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09 Feb 2023
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2023 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
Media briefing
... society. Extreme weather events in the form of drought, floods and wild fires increasingly pose a risk ...
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26 Oct 2009
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement Speech by Minister of Finance
Media briefing
... cholera outbreaks, and to assist farmers affected by drought in the Eastern Cape, flooding in the Western Cape ...
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03 Dec 2008
Cabinet Meeting of 3 December 2008
Media briefing
... 30th driest country and is subject to sporadic droughts, there is currently sufficient water in our rivers ...