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24 May 2017
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budget Speech
Media briefing
... distributed drought tolerant maize seed among smallholder farmers and provided technical advice on drought feeding ... periodic droughts; which in turn, results in very low production yields. During this drought period, our ...
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26 Apr 2016
Minister of State Security Budget Speech & response by DA
Media briefing
... The current drought is a serious threat in terms of food, security. As a result of the drought in the SADC ... terrorism as well as the impact of the current drought on the SADC region as a whole. If we look at our ...
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11 Feb 2016
President Jacob Zuma: State of the Nation Address 2016
Media briefing
... five provinces have been seriously affected by drought, namely North-West, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, ...
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19 Apr 2016
Minister of Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Budget speech & response by DA
Media briefing
... programmes; and we have experienced the most severe droughts in over 100 years; food prices have sky-rocketed; ...
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20 May 2008
Environmental Affairs and Tourism : Minister's Budget Speech
Media briefing
... have to bear the impacts of climate change – the droughts, the floods, the sea-l evel rise, the dramatic ...
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15 Aug 2018
Department & African Renaissance Fund Quarter 4 performances; Namibia oversight report
Committee Meeting | International Relations | National Assembly
... Liberia. Humanitarian assistance to Namibia for drought relief had continued and nearly 40 boreholes had ...
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11 Oct 2018
Provincial Treasury & Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board 2017/18 Annual Report
Committee Meeting | Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism (WCPP) | Western Cape
... reform procurement process and gave R75 million for drought relieve during the year under review. Mr Isaac ...
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21 Feb 2017
South Africa’s future electricity mix: CSIR briefing
Committee Meeting | Energy | National Assembly
... was a highly relevant factor given the current drought in the country. Was the conclusion then that nuclear ...
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23 Feb 2017
2017 Budget: Minister of Finance briefing
Committee Meeting | Finance Standing Committee | National Assembly
... contracted by 7% in the year to September 2016, due to drought conditions. However, the gross tax revenue for ...
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03 Mar 2017
Minister on Media Reports on DWS bankruptcy / Kgetleng
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... related to the drought. Water tanks were provided to Kgetleng to mitigate against the drought affecting it ... budget to attend to the drought crisis which was affecting the country. Several drought interventions were ...
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07 Mar 2017
Infrastructure and Rationalisation; Provincial Education Departments Reporting System review
Committee Meeting | Basic Education | National Assembly
... in the whole village having electricity. The drought does play a role in the shortage of water. The ...
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23 May 2017
Committee Report on Department of Social Development Annual Performance Plan
Committee Meeting | Social Development | National Assembly
... long-term impact of drought, particularly in provinces that had been adversely affected by drought. The Minister ...
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24 May 2017
Eastern Cape & North West 2016/17 expenditure: Provincial Treasury reports
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... on that. It was cushioning itself against the drought. Its own resources had to be sufficient when exposed ...
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13 Feb 2018
Poultry Industry: South African Poultry Association briefing; DAFF 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... plans in place to manage the “three devils” -- drought, army worm and avian flu. ...
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06 Mar 2018
GCIS on social grants & water crisis public awareness; 30 per cent ad spend; SABC / MDDA Board appointment procedure; with Minister & Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Communications | National Assembly
... messaging by Government. The intentions on the drought and the South African Social Services Agency (SASSA) ... information had been disseminated in respect of the drought in the Western Cape and the SASSA issue. The committee ...
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16 Nov 2016
Halfway Houses & NGO challenges with rehabilitation programmes; DCS Mid-Year Performance; Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill: adoption
Committee Meeting | Justice and Correctional Services | National Assembly
... Parliament on the impact of budget cuts, adding that drought and escalation of food prices are serious concerns ...
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01 Dec 2016
Adjustments Appropriation Bill; Finance Bill: briefing by National Treasury
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... of budget adjustment was to meet the need for drought mitigation, with a further R553.3 million allocated ... had been passed, such as with the issue of the drought, roll-overs allowed the Minister of Finance to ...
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10 May 2017
Eskom contracts with Tegeta for the supply of coal: Office of Chief Procurement Officer briefing
Committee Meeting | Public Accounts (SCOPA) | National Assembly
... Was this not a problem considering the current drought conditions in South Africa? Ms Chiloane requested ...
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25 Oct 2017
Western Cape drought crisis: DWS; City of Cape Town; COGTA; National Disaster Management Centre & DAFF, with DWS + COGTA Ministers
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... meeting was about the drought in the Western Cape, the country had been experiencing drought for three years ... Traditional Affairs were briefed on the Western Cape drought crisis by the Departments of Water and Sanitation; ...
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22 Nov 2017
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: National Treasury briefing
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... unforeseen and unavoidable expenditure, such as the drought in the Western Cape. Major items included the transfer ...