drought
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30 Sep 2020
Masilonyana Municipality service delivery petition: hearings
Committee Meeting | NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings | National Council of Provinces
... Between 2014-2016 the Free State experienced drought. SALGA had spoken to the Free State Chamber of ...
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17 Feb 2015
PC Agriculture: Committee Reports on KZN and Western Cape Oversight Reports
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... Steyn informed the Committee there was a massive drought in South Africa and this factor should be included ...
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19 Jun 2018
KwaZulu-Natal 2017/18 expenditure outcomes: Provincial Treasury
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... suffered from a succession of droughts and floods. There had been droughts and floods in KZN and Limpopo ... the same level of concern as there was about the drought in Cape Town. There was an attitude that it was ...
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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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20 Feb 2018
Annual Report late tabling; UNFCCC COP 23 conference; SADC Protocol on Environmental Management for Sustainable Development
Committee Meeting | Environment, Forestry and Fisheries | National Assembly
... variability in South Africa – for example, the drought in the Western Cape. South Africa had a high-carbon ... advice and knowledge sharing, such as meteorology, drought early warning systems and remote sensing. From ...
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26 Feb 2014
Dow Chemical's GM maize variety DAS-40278-9: input by African Centre for Biosafety; Biotechnology crop development analysis: input from stakeholders & experts
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... in the Northwest, farmers experienced extreme drought. She said the Western Cape had a strategy of giving ...
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07 Sep 2005
State of Western Cape Municipalities: MEC briefing
Committee Meeting | NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements | National Council of Provinces
... certain emergency incidents (which included floods, drought, fires and the outbreak of swine fever); - installing ...
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23 Mar 2006
Department of Agriculture 2004/05 Annual Report and 2006/07 Budget and Strategic Plan: briefing
Committee Meeting | NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy | National Council of Provinces
... what capacity the Drought Relief Fund had to assist farmers during periods of drought. Mr Msomi responded ... intergovernmental relations and provincial spending, drought relief and the status of an aquaculture policy ...
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28 Oct 2016
Colloquium on Climate Change: COP21 Paris Agreement: Implications for the Nation, with Minister
Committee Meeting | Environment, Forestry and Fisheries | National Assembly
... Higher frequency of natural disasters (flooding and drought), would have cross-sectoral effects on human settlements ... that over 40 000 cattle had died as a result of drought by the end of 2015 in Kwazulu-Natal alone Grain ...
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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 ...
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12 Oct 2017
SA Farmers Development Association challenges with sugar industry & Department response
Committee Meeting | Trade and Industry | National Assembly
... farmers and this was at its peak in 2015 due to drought. The emerging growers are facing both cost and ...
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29 Mar 2011
Department of Water Affairs on 2011 Strategic Plan & Budget
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... Government (Water Services Operating Subsidy and Drought Relief Grant) and Adjustments to the baselines ... allocated to conditional grants. The R450 million in Drought Relief was targeted at the Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan ...
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07 Apr 2016
Minister introduces Department of Water and Sanitation 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plans
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... important part of these goals is addressing the drought crisis that the country is facing. The long-term ... in South Africa has assisted in addressing the drought issue and that is commendable. There has been an ...
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24 May 2011
Water Boards' Strategic Plans & Pudgets 2011, & Tariff increases
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... expectations. Revenue had been affected by the drought and the restrictions placed on tariff increases ...
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17 Apr 2013
Deliberations on the Fertilizers and Feeds Bill [B41-2012] and consideration and adoption of outstanding minutes
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... who might only buy feed for their animals during droughts would be forced to comply with the Bill if it ...
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16 Nov 2018
SALGA political leadership; Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: negotiating mandates
Committee Meeting | NCOP Appropriations | National Council of Provinces
... infrastructure; in this Bill Treasury provided R3 billion in drought relief funding which was additional to the normal ... infrastructure. Treasury did not receive an application for drought relief funding from the Moretele municipality, ...
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30 Apr 2015
Water Catchment Management Agencies and Water Boards on their Strategic Plans & Budget
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... water levels of the region’s dams, and the current drought being experienced in certain locations. Dr Moorosi ... which his organisation was currently threatened by droughts. He then praised the APP’s alignment with the ...
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29 Nov 2017
Outstanding water debt by municipalities, with DWS Minister + Deputy & COGTA Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... involved in an emergency programmes during the drought period, despite struggling financially, yet CoGTA ... the debt collector should also be addressed. The drought intervention was CoGTA’s responsibility, and they ...
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29 Aug 2011
Transportation infrastructure for agricultural products: National Agricultural Marketing Council & Transnet briefings
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... seasonal by nature, and that natural forces like drought and floods influenced production. Fuel price and ...