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28 Oct 2015
2015 Revised Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals (MTBPS): public hearings
Committee Meeting | Finance Standing Committee | National Assembly
... policies. The contingency reserve was there for droughts, floods and other emergencies. COSATU felt that ...
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27 Jan 2016
Farm worker conditions in South Africa: ILO research; Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill hearings programme
Committee Meeting | Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... exercise in futility." The Committee asked why the drought was not included in the study as it is crucial ...
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16 Feb 2016
Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries 2nd Quarter performance: Committee Researcher and AGSA briefings
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... Members also asked how the shifting of funding for drought was being done. Members commented that it was a ...
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18 May 2016
Department of Science and Technology on its 2016 Annual Performance Plan
Committee Meeting | NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication | National Council of Provinces
... asked what the Department was doing about the drought that facing South Africa; the coffee and tea programme ... significant constraint to crop production and increasing drought tolerance of crops was one of the steps to gaining ...
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06 Feb 2018
Provincial Education Departments Performance Indicators: roundtable discussion
Committee Meeting | Basic Education | National Assembly
... it is important to bring up the impact that the drought will have on WCED targets The Chairperson welcomed ...
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07 Apr 2016
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on 2016/17 Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan
Committee Meeting | Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... Department's plan on how it was going to deal with drought in rural communities. Ms Archery replied that the ... together with the Department of Agriculture since the drought had been announced, and reported weekly to the ...
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17 May 2006
Review of Portfolio Committee’s Oversight & Recommendations to Relevant Departments in 2005 & adoption of Hearings on Water Boar
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... the areas visited there was a problem with the drought and funds have been made available to municipalities ... up that municipalities failed to spend on the drought fund and also that municipalities need training ...
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01 Mar 2000
International Conventions on Environment: briefing
Committee Meeting | Tourism | National Assembly
... and mitigate the effects of drought in countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly ... prioritizing the combating of desertification and drought, as well as the underlying socio-economic causes ...
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15 Nov 2005
Forestry Laws Amendment Bill: Final Mandates; Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Annual Report
Committee Meeting | NCOP Agriculture, Land Reform and Mineral Resources | National Council of Provinces
... whether the Department had plans to address the drought in the Limpopo Province; whether the Work for Water ... the Limpopo Province was experiencing a severe drought. Plans needed to be put in place to ensure that ...
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21 Aug 2012
Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Amendment Bill [B25-2012]: Deliberations
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... people affected. He also noted that, owing to the drought in the USA, South Africans had had to find alternative ...
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03 Mar 2011
Climate Change Green Paper 2010: public hearings
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... it depended whether SA was hit by floods or by drought as to where there would be water, and if the temperature ...
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26 Oct 2009
Deputy Minister on Department of Co-operative Governance & Traditional Affairs 2008/09 Annual Report
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... R177m was mobilised for bulk water/sanitation and drought/flood relief. Skills audits were conducted in fifteen ...
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25 May 2010
Current Expenditure Trends and their Impact on Implementation: briefing by Department of Water Affairs
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... particularly in the Eastern Cape where a serious drought was experienced. Ms Ngele said that the rain ...
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14 Jun 2013
Department of Agriculture progress reports: National Emergent Red Meat Producer concerns, Disaster Management strategy, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... Management Centre and National Drought Mitigation Centre regarding drought declaration and classification ... who had initiated the provincial declaration on droughts, how many disasters had been declared since 2009 ...
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31 Oct 2012
National Water Resources Strategy 2: public hearings Day 4
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... She highlighted the example of the southern Cape drought, where capping water consumption for everyone had ... desalination plants built during the southern Cape drought of 2009/10 were now mothballed. With water trading ...
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01 Nov 2016
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill: public hearings programme
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... National Disaster Management next week regarding the drought issue. The Chairperson noted the request. The meeting ...
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19 Sep 2001
Workshop on Electricity Restructuring
Committee Meeting | Mineral and Petroleum Resources | National Assembly
... crisis resulted from a combination of bad luck with drought, nuclear outage and gas pipeline problems; strict ...
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24 Oct 2012
National Water Resource Strategy 2: Public Hearings Day 2, National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill: further deliberations
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... particularly as a form of protection against drought or low rainfall. The Chairperson asked that ...
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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 | National Assembly
... there were parts of the country going through a drought. The study also showed that only 215 respondents ...
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29 Aug 2011
New Growth Path & Job Creation Target of 5 Million: briefing by Minister for Economic Development
Committee Meeting | Economic Development | National Assembly
... unusual twelve-month period with significant floods, droughts and animal diseases. This could explain short-term ...