drought
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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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06 Apr 2005
Department Budget hearings
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... variability in temperature, more rainfall and more droughts. In South Africa, predictions were particularly ...
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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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15 Sep 2009
South African Climate Change response strategy & negotiations: Department of Water & Environmental Affairs briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... could include the polar ice caps melting, floods, droughts, storms and a rising sea level. The two most ...
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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 ...
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18 Apr 2018
National Research Foundation & NACI & HSRC 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
Committee Meeting | Science and Technology | National Assembly
... wanted to establish if the NRF had projects for drought-stricken provinces. Dr Qhobela indicated they ...
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05 Jun 2018
Western Cape 2017/18 expenditure outcomes: Provincial Treasury
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... increasing population size; infrastructure gaps; the drought and water crisis, and youth unemployment. Provincial ... municipalities. R100 million was set aside for immediate drought requirements. Debt prevention and collection by ...
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06 Nov 2007
First & Second Quarter Conditional Grant, Capital Expenditure & Spending by Treasuries: hearings
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... under-spending relates to funds for floods and for drought claimed by farmers which were allocated during ...
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18 Oct 2010
Consolidated Report on the Performance of the Northern Cape Municipalities 2007/08; Progress Report on Interventions in Alfred Nzo, Koukamma and Sunday's River Valley Municipalities
Committee Meeting | NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements | National Council of Provinces
... water resources in the area due to a long term drought and Government intervention was required. The ...
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02 Mar 2000
Inflation Targeting: hearings
Committee Meeting | Finance Standing Committee | National Assembly
... external economic shock occurs, such as a serious drought or a large change in the terms of trade of a country ...
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09 Oct 2007
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research: Annual Report briefing
Committee Meeting | Science and Technology | National Assembly
... enquired if the satellite imagery could inform of any droughts or environmental problems. Dr Sibisi said that ...
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25 Aug 2009
Support provided to local government by Department of Water & Environmental Affairs
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... infrastructure and emergency work to address hotspots and drought stricken towns, as well as lack of proper planning ... of ground water through inappropriate services. Drought relief funds were directed only to tinkering, which ...
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17 Oct 2017
Department of Arts and Culture 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister and Deputy
Committee Meeting | Arts and Culture | National Assembly
... responsibility. Another factor in the situation was the drought in that region. The people there should have access ...