drought
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05 Nov 2013
Transformation in the agricultural sector: input by Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries & AgriBEE Charter Council
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... there were parts of the country going through a drought. The study also showed that only 215 respondents ...
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28 Feb 2017
Economic Development Department on its Third Quarter Performance, with Minister & Deputy in attendance
Committee Meeting | Economic Development | National Assembly
... sector to circumvent these challenges. The current drought had a serious impact on food prices, on the contribution ...
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09 Sep 2015
Water & sanitation infrastructure audit: Department of Water & Sanitation progress report, with Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... communally-owned areas, especially in terms of drought, where it was necessary to travel long distances ... The Deputy Minister talked about the problem of drought in KwaZulu-Natal and how there was a need for water ...
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23 Sep 2015
Climate Change: public hearings day 2
Committee Meeting | Environment, Forestry and Fisheries | National Assembly
... developing countries, in the form of persistent drought and extreme weather conditions, rising sea levels ... unsubstantiated. He noted that in order to show that a drought or weather event was “persistent” or “extreme” ...
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15 May 2018
Minister of Health's overview of Health & future plans
Committee Meeting | NCOP Health and Social Services | National Council of Provinces
... said all the budget had been allocated to the drought crisis. In Gauteng also, not all the accredited ...
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25 Oct 2016
New Growth Path: Minister of Economic Development progress report; Economic Development BRRR
Committee Meeting | Economic Development | National Assembly
... land reform farms and support 1 357 poor farmers. Drought relief was provided by government to 53 607 smallholders ...
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28 Oct 2016
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report; Committee Reports on oversight visits to Limpopo and Eastern Cape
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... change through droughts, veld fires and floods and has not yet recovered from the recent drought. Therefore ... additional funding for the Department in respect of drought relief of the sector and infrastructure development ...
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08 Nov 2016
Economic Development Department on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister; Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill: finalisation
Committee Meeting | NCOP Economic and Business Development | National Council of Provinces
... whether there was not another reason besides the drought in the Western Cape that had caused jobs to have ...
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08 Mar 2017
Umgeni Water & Mhlatuze Water 2015/16 Annual Report; suspended CEO
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... entities as a result of efforts geared towards drought intervention. Comments were raised about monitoring ...
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24 May 2017
Services SETA, Energy and Water SETA, Local Government SETA on their Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister present
Committee Meeting | Higher Education, Science and Technology | National Assembly
... were doing to combat contemporary challenges like drought in the Western Cape, and commended for being the ...
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31 Jan 2017
Taxation of Sugar Sweetened Beverages: public hearings
Committee Meeting | Finance Standing Committee | National Assembly
... especially the small scale farmers, had been ravaged by drought. The industry as a whole had a 25% reduced crop ...
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20 Mar 2015
Department of Environmental Affairs on their Strategic Plan for 2015-2019
Committee Meeting | Environment, Forestry and Fisheries | National Assembly
... Second UN Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (UNDLDD), while the last indicator was to increase ...
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05 Jun 2015
National and Provincial Treasury briefings on provincial fiscal patterns: Limpopo and Western Cape
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... The agriculture sector was struggling because of drought, and so was the mining industry. Another large ...
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20 Mar 2018
2018 Division of Revenue Bill: National Treasury briefing, Financial Fiscal Commission & SALGA submission
Committee Meeting | NCOP Appropriations | National Council of Provinces
... raise some of their own revenues). The severe drought in various parts of South Africa (Western Cape ... meant that around R6bn was allocated to augment drought relief measures, in provinces and municipalities ...
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13 Oct 2015
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2014/5 performance: Auditor-General; DPME and FFC briefing
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... of creating jobs when there is a high level of drought in the country; wanted to know if there would be ... wanted to find out if it has considered the looming drought that is experienced in the country, its impact ...
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15 Oct 2015
Economic Development Department on its 2014/15 Annual Report, with Minister present
Committee Meeting | Economic Development | National Assembly
... (EPWP). Agriculture was the biggest contributor, so drought was the biggest risk the country faced looking ...
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17 May 2016
Appropriation Bill [B3-2016]: DA proposed amendments; Committee Report consideration and adoption
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... Fisheries, by R2.73bn to provide for drought relief to drought stricken communities in 2016/17. Mr ... prices in 2016/17. The last proposed amendment is drought relief by increasing the appropriation to Vote ...
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31 Aug 2016
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act: Constitutional Court judgement; Ingonyama Trust Board on 4 Quarter 2015/16 performance, with both Deputy Ministers
Committee Meeting | Rural Development and Land Reform | National Assembly
... own food. Indigenous food had high levels of drought resistance and adaptation. The CEO replied that ... that the analogy that the foods were resistant to drought was something that the Trust was interested in ...
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30 Jan 2018
Debt Relief Committee Bill: public hearings Day 1
Committee Meeting | Trade and Industry | National Assembly
... insurance since agribusiness is susceptible to drought and other unforeseen circumstances which are unique ...
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15 Mar 2016
National Credit Regulator 3rd quarter performance & 2016 Annual Performance Plan; Remote Gambling Bill process
Committee Meeting | Trade and Industry | National Assembly
... electricity and increased food prices due to the drought. There are therefore many consumers struggling ...