drought
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03 Nov 2009
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Annual Report 2008/09
Committee Meeting | Science and Technology | National Assembly
... The CSIR was currently working on sorghum and drought resistant maize issues. Mr Sibisi said that it ...
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17 Sep 2013
Ncera Farms Forensic Investigation Report postponed, Meat Inspection services & labelling: Departments Health, Trade and Industry, Agriculture, Forestry Fishery presentations
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... management, animal health and the recent massive drought issue in the country – but were not included in ...
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12 Oct 2016
Department of Social Development & NDA on their 2015/16 Annual Reports with AGSA / FFC input & Minister present
Committee Meeting | Social Development | National Assembly
... place for that. This is mainly because of the drought that the country had this year. The other funds ...
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12 Oct 2016
Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Minister and Deputy Minister in attendance
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... that there should be a declaration of a national drought emergency, given the supporting evidence. However ...
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11 Sep 2018
Plant Improvement Bill & Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill: NCOP amendments; Fetsa Tlala & planting season readiness: DAFF, with Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... shrinkage of the agriculture sector, the recession, drought and land issue is going to affect food security ... Bank. On the effect of land expropriation and drought on food security, he advised that it is not right ...
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13 Sep 2018
Sugar Regulations; DTI 2017/18 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance with AGSA input
Committee Meeting | Trade and Industry | National Assembly
... GDP growth mainly due to the end of the severe drought experienced over the past few years in some parts ... the manufacturing decline from Tiger Brands, the drought in the Western Cape and sugar, given the South ...
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30 May 2007
Regional Economic Integration Summit: Department of Foreign Affairs briefing
Committee Meeting | NCOP Economic and Business Development | National Council of Provinces
... was stable politically. It had been a victim of drought and at the moment this was creating a huge problem ...
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31 Jan 2017
Department of Labour on its 2015/16 Annual Report
Committee Meeting | NCOP Economic and Business Development | National Council of Provinces
... resulted in job losses. In addition, the recent drought in SA, more so, affected vulnerable groups. He ... Agriculture was engaged to minimise the effect of drought. He stated that in the presentation the DoL had ...
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05 Feb 2004
Drought Relief Measures: briefing
Committee Meeting | NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy | National Council of Provinces
... to Access Drought Relief Funds (see Appendix) SUMMARY The Committee was briefed on drought relief measures ... DROUGHT RELIEF MEASURES: BRIEFING LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE 5 February 2004 ...
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30 Jan 2014
Department Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) interim audit in 2nd quarter: AGSA briefing; Disaster management update by Department, 1st term Committee programme adoption
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... management in the sector, with regard to veld fires, drought and floods. Disaster Risk Reduction plans included ... Particular effects were asked on the North-West drought and the knock-on effects of a food crisis, and ...
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17 Apr 2013
Fertilizers and Feeds Bill [B41-2012]: deliberations
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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09 Oct 2013
Progess Report on Ncera Farms; Minister, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries & Marine Living Resources Fund on their 2012/13 Annual Reports
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... strategy was in place to address the massive national drought particularly in the North West and Northern Cape; ...
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18 Oct 2019
WC Department of Economic Development and Tourism & entities 2018/19 Annual Report
Committee Meeting | Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism (WCPP) | Western Cape
... impacted the ecosystem. Special mention was given to drought communication especially for tourism and businesses ... focused on economic challenges, the main being the drought. He was pleased to table a report which reflected ...
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12 Oct 2016
Economic Development Department 2016/17 Annual Report: briefing by Auditor-General & Financial Fiscal Commission
Committee Meeting | Economic Development | National Assembly
... headwinds such as the Brexit decision and the local drought which was the worst on 30 years. On the departmental ...
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06 Oct 2004
Water Research Commission: briefing; Water Services Amendment Bill: hearings and voting
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... been established which addressed the issue of drought and its impact on water management. Dr Mitchell ... Dr Green (WRC) explained that the question of drought and its effect on water management were dealt with ...
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08 Nov 2017
Water Master Plan; Water and Sanitation Bill; Economic Regulator for Water: DWS progress report; with Minister
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... lose their ability to release water in times of drought; similarly, the ability to reduce flow in times ... had the Department put into place to deal with drought, and how was it educating the public on how to ...
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02 Feb 2016
Food Security and Food Safety joint workshop Day 1
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... stunting. Also discussed was the ongoing nationwide drought and its probable effect on the harvest of staple ... staple foods, especially white and yellow maize. Drought response plans of the relevant departments were ...
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16 Feb 2016
Department of Cooperative Governance on impact of SoNA on local government (focusing on progress report per province on Back to Basic programme)
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... of the cost of maintenance of two capitals - Drought - Water infrastructure - National minimum wage ... flooding into the towns. It is very clear that drought is going to have a negative impact because people ...
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26 Oct 2016
Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Department of Arts and Culture progress report; BRR Report on performance of Department of Science and Technology and entities
Committee Meeting | Science and Technology | National Assembly
... slow growth rate of the economy and the current drought in South Africa. The CSIR was funded through a ...
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08 Nov 2016
Drought situation in Free State: Water Affairs briefing; State of South African Cities 2016: South African Cities Network briefing
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... and Sanitation (DWS) presented on the issue of drought in the Free State, describing the issues that faced ... the DWS was taking to combat the impact of the drought. The delegation noted that there were a number ...