"drought"
in Committee Meetings
105 matches
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31 May 2017
Northern Cape & Limpopo 2016/17 expenditure: Provincial Treasury reports; Limpopo post intervention: National Treasury input
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... under-spent despite there being a drought. This raised concern on how the drought was being dealt with. The Chairperson ... Mining and drought had had an impact on the agricultural sector. Mookgophong still had a drought, and this ...
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07 Jun 2017
Free State 2016/17 expenditure: Provincial Treasury report
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... management had to be considered. Measures for drought relief had to be considered, as distinct from natural ... anti-corruption task team; the expenditure ceiling, and drought relief distribution issues. ...
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14 Mar 2017
Climate Change impact in region; Climate-Smart Agriculture: UN Food and Agriculture Organisation briefing, with Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... project on the response to the El Niño-induced drought for small-scale farmers. The project aims to restore ... small-scale households affected by El Niño-induced drought in seven provinces. The project is currently undergoing ...
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15 Mar 2017
Water Tariffs: Department of Water and Sanitation & Water Boards briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... related to the drought. They requested a forensic audit on the funding going towards drought relief, specifically ... massive amounts of money that had gone into the KZN drought relief and they could not see any fruits from this ...
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06 Sep 2017
Department of Water and Sanitation Quarter 4: Performance Hearing; with Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... eight provinces as disaster stricken due to the drought and in 2017 had declared the Western Cape disaster ... Traditional Affairs earmarked R75 million for drought relief in the Western Cape. Because the Department ...
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09 May 2017
Department of Water and Sanitation on its Annual Performance Plan with Minister & Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... from the Committee to provide an overview of the drought situation in the Western Cape. She said steps were ...
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24 Jan 2017
Insurance Bill [B1-2016]: briefing; Committee programme
Committee Meeting | Finance Standing Committee | National Assembly
... agriculture market, as they did not want to play in the drought space. There had to be partnership between government ...
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22 Feb 2017
Compensation Fund, Unemployment Insurance Fund, Supported Employment Enterprises: Quarter 1 and 2 financial and performance briefings
Committee Meeting | Employment and Labour | National Assembly
... business opportunities to help with alleviating drought Supported Employment Enterprises (SEE) 2016/17 ...
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31 Oct 2017
DTI, National Consumer Commission & NRCS Quarter 2 Performance
Committee Meeting | Trade and Industry | National Assembly
... provinces should increase. Having noticed the drought that affected the farmers in 2016, when could the ... delivery. The Chairperson asked if the Western Cape drought was likely to affect the growth in agriculture ...
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01 Feb 2017
Internal planning session, review of Annual Report, Annual Performance Plan
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... mining operations in Game protected areas and drought stricken communities that had rivers; lack of access ... on climate change since water supply impacts on drought; considering the impact of health on water and ...
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22 Feb 2017
Water Board 2015/16 Annual Reports: Rand Water, Amatola Water plus interventions of Amatola in local municipalities
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... fact that this had been a difficult year with drought. Matters of non-compliance, irregular expenditure ...
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02 May 2017
Department of Communications and GCIS Annual Performance Plans, with Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Communications | National Assembly
... around pertinent issues in the country, such as the drought spell, were not coherent. Communications were left ...
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03 May 2017
Department of Basic Education on its Annual Performance Plan, Deputy Minister present
Committee Meeting | Basic Education | National Assembly
... of the increase in food prices, the impact of drought being one of the factors. However, schools were ...
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10 May 2017
Water and Sanitation Draft Policy: Department briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... 2015 a regulation went out to say that during the drought one could not extract more than 40 000 litres of ... this was due to mine licences and not because of drought, as the Department had said. The Chairperson ...
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14 Nov 2017
Economic Development Department on Quarter 2 performance, with Minister and Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Economic Development | National Assembly
... agricultural sector, and its responses to the drought; how it would increase the percentage of people ...
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15 Nov 2017
National Disaster Management Centre Annual Report 2016/17
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... ago Parliament had been called to declare the drought a national disaster. Why was it not declared? Why ... were not functioning well. It was known that a drought was coming. Members asked which provinces were ...
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22 Nov 2017
Committee Report on Free State oversight
Committee Meeting | Small Business Development | National Assembly
... located in Kopanong Township. In light of ongoing drought and water crisis, this is one project with massive ...
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18 Oct 2017
Water Infrastructure Development, Internal Audit, Debt Collection, War on Leaks and Drop a Block: Department briefing, with Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... dealing with drought. The declaration of drought was pronounced by Cabinet. There was drought in more than ... funds to address drought showed that the country experienced unprecedented drought levels in the 2016/2017 ...
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24 Oct 2017
GrainSA & ARC on Grain industry challenges; DAFF Fisheries progress report, with the Minister
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... ensure that all had a common understanding of the drought-resistant maize seed, because it could help smallholder ... maize production. Dr Visser, referring to the drought-resistant seed, indicated they had heard from GM ...
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16 May 2017
Debt Relief proposed policy; WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement & Trade Negotiations; BBBEE Commissioner appointment
Committee Meeting | Trade and Industry | National Assembly
... was facing such as the high unemployment rate, drought and low economic growth margins. He said DTI recommends ...