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02 Nov 2016
Water use allocation impact on farmers: Departments of Water; Rural Development and Land Reform; Agriculture
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... legislation should make provision for disasters like drought. If the dams went down, what did SA have in place ...
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03 May 2017
Department of Correctional Services & JICS on their Annual Performance Plan, in presence of Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Justice and Correctional Services | National Assembly
... is primarily on skills development. Despite the drought, these prison farms were performing well, compared ...
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21 Jun 2017
Construction Unit: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing, with Minister
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... the most difficult time in SA when there was a drought and yet there had been no outbreak of a water borne ...
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11 Oct 2017
ARC, OBP, NAMC, PPECB 2016/17 Annual Report
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... blushed pears suitable for warmer climates), new drought tolerant and insect protected maize hybrids (e ... maturing of some fruit varieties to escape heat and drought, and breeding for higher temperature optimisation ...
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23 May 2018
Committee Reports
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... Stakeholder session on the Western and Eastern Cape drought crisis held at Parliament on 7 February 2018 Draft ...
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07 Aug 2008
Agricultural Debt Management Repeal Bill; Liquor Products Amendment Bill: briefing and adoption
Committee Meeting | NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy | National Council of Provinces
... The new villa blanc variety was resistant to drought, frost and cheap to cultivate. It would make entry ...
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15 Sep 2016
National Treasury Jan-Jun 2016 performance: hearing
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... on weather but SA was experiencing an extended drought so what weather was being referred to? Ms Louw ... the inclement weather, yes there were areas in drought and others areas where there was rain but last ...
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12 Mar 2003
Food Security in South Africa: hearings
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... absolving the state from exposure to risk in case of drought or other emergencies/disasters. Discussion Mr ... developing new processes and packaging, and developing drought-resistant crops. CSIR Job creation measures such ...
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28 Nov 2012
SA SME Federation; Association of Meat Importers & Exporters' ITAC complaint; AfricaBio on GM labeling; Department of Agriculture on Orion case
Committee Meeting | Trade and Industry | National Assembly
... South Africa was a water scarce country and needed drought resistant foods; however it also wanted consumers ...
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02 May 2007
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Economists' Responses
Committee Meeting | Finance Standing Committee | National Assembly
... His personal view was that in Southern Africa drought and food security were huge issues. He was concerned ... which had risen internationally, because of the drought in Australia. South Africa, being an importer, ...
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16 Mar 2006
South African Local Government Association Annual Report: briefing
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... areas with limited resources, such as regular drought or lack of electricity infrastructure. Alternative ...
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19 Sep 2006
1st Quarter Conditional Grant and Capital Expenditure for Provincial Departments of Agriculture: hearings
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... equitable share. They had spent 100% of their drought relief allocation and capital expenditure stood ...
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19 Sep 2001
Workshop on Electricity Restructuring
Committee Meeting | Mineral Resources and Energy | 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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06 May 2008
Fourth Quarter Expenditure Hearings: Provincial Treasuries
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... for the years when there would, for example, be drought. Mr E Sogoni (ANC, Gauteng) stated that there ...
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06 May 2008
Water Boards' Annual Reports 2006/07
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... any scientific evidence to that effect. Also, drought continued to impact on production in MLM and BLM ... those served, with water tanks as part of their drought relief schemes. He added that the mining industries ...
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27 Feb 2013
Current political situations in Mali and Swaziland: briefing by Department
Committee Meeting | International Relations | National Assembly
... failure of a peace agreement was worsened by the drought in Mali. Many of the young Tuareg had migrated ...
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22 Oct 2008
National Water Act Implementation Review : public hearings
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... fact that South Africa was often subjected to droughts and erratic rainfall, and that water was a scarce ... for their needs and that in times of floods and droughts their positions were vulnerable. The provision ...
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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, Land Reform and Rural Development | 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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26 Feb 2002
Genetically Modified Food: Briefing by Departments of Health, Environmental Affairs & Tourism, & Agriculture
Committee Meeting | Health | National Assembly
... to increase the yield of food, as floods and drought have a negative impact on yields. Dr Rabinowitz ...