"drought"
in Committee Meetings
1071 matches
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18 Oct 2016
DAFF, OBP, NAMC, SAVC and MLRF on their 2015/16 Annual Reports, with Minister
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... the annual target of 120 000.This was due to the drought as well as budget cuts. DAFF aimed to adopt integrated ...
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13 Sep 2017
Department of Water and Sanitation on Quarter 1 performance, with Minister and Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... unnecessary expenses during the past three years of drought. Treasury could not compensate for this because ...
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10 Oct 2011
Minister & Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries & entities: Annual Reports 2010/11
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... diseases, with the threat of high rainfall following drought scenarios in the country. Currently, there was ...
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26 Oct 2010
Department of Water and Environmental Affairs response to 2009/10 audit findings
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... artisans, technicians & engineers). There were drought situations in the Southern Cape. The Algoa System ... further challenges faced in areas experiencing drought. She replied that the Department was doing the ...
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25 Jan 2011
Department of Environmental Affairs: Summary of 2011 business plans
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... fog nets were used to catch dew to alleviate the drought in that area. Ms Yawitch said that the DEA did ...
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08 Mar 2011
National Climate Change Response Policy Green Paper 2010: Public Hearings Day 3
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... linked to climate conditions (variable rainfall, drought, veld fires). Agriculture could not compete with ... was needed on climate change and specifically drought-resistant crops. The Chairperson asked whether ...
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20 Nov 2012
Camdeboo Municipality on water-related challenges in their municipality; Department of Water Affairs on Bulk Infrastructure Programme in Mopani District Municipality & Cacadu District
Committee Meeting | NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy | National Council of Provinces
... rainfall, and was prone to occasional floods and droughts. The Groot Letaba Water Augmentation Project had ...
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17 Jun 2008
Financial and Fiscal Commission Recommendations on 2009/2010 Division of Revenue: Housing, Transport and Provincial and Local Government
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... revenues from agricultural activities because of drought. She suggested that the demarcation of municipal ...
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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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20 Mar 2018
DAFF & Marine Living Resources Fund 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... to know the number of hectares planted with the drought tolerant maize seed. Fourth, she enquired if there ... indicated the number of hectares planted with the drought-tolerant maize seed when they presented to the ...
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29 Jul 2014
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on 3rd & 4th quarter 2014 performance
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... implemented due to poor leadership in the Branch. The drought had affected their ability to provide support to ...
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12 Jun 2018
Steel & Sugar Tariffs: DTI, ITAC, SARS; Sugar Industry; Space activities
Committee Meeting | Trade and Industry | National Assembly
... price of sugar from Swaziland? What about the drought? What was the issue about imports which could kill ...
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29 Jun 2009
Department of Water & Environmental Affairs & Water Boards: Water Pricing &Tariffs 2009/10
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... poorly treated piped water. There was a severe drought in the Xorha Mouth district, forcing people to ...
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05 Apr 2005
Genetically Modified Organisms: briefing
Committee Meeting | Science and Technology | National Assembly
... from indigenous resurrection plants, to develop drought-tolerant maize Bio-safety remained a vital factor ... Heever (ANC) asked whether the development of drought-tolerant maize would lead to similar developments ...
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11 Feb 2004
Implementation of the National Water Act (1998): briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... Government has allocated an additional R500m for drought relief purposes. The Chairperson mentioned that ... Discussion Mr E Sigwela (ANC) asked how the R109m for drought relief was being applied; whether the baptism practices ...
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14 Nov 2011
White Paper on Climate Change: Public hearings
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... noted that there had been unprecented floods and droughts in that area, that baboons had come down from ...
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08 Feb 1999
Presentation of Programme and Outstanding Reports & Presentation by Department on Biodiversity
Committee Meeting | Tourism | National Assembly
... Desertification in those countries Experiencing serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa ... most seriously affected by desertification and drought;22. To academic institutions, the scientific community ...
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04 Nov 2010
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: Negotiating Mandates
Committee Meeting | NCOP Appropriations | National Council of Provinces
... the speeding up spending of these grants; the drought relief grant given to the Mossel Bay local municipality; ...
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12 Oct 1999
Restructuring of Forestry: briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... in the ground, they were vulnerable to pests, drought and fires. Therefore government had to start investing ...
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21 Sep 2016
Fetsa Tlala Food Production initiative & conditional grants: Provincial Departments reporting Day 1
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... employment. Th Regarding drought recovery work, T TTe province had declared drought disaster areas. It had ... mitigate impacts of drought on smallholder farmers. The ARC had registered ten drought-tolerant, Water Efficient ...