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09 Sep 2015
Water & sanitation infrastructure audit: Department of Water & Sanitation progress report, with Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... communally-owned areas, especially in terms of drought, where it was necessary to travel long distances ... The Deputy Minister talked about the problem of drought in KwaZulu-Natal and how there was a need for water ...
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23 Sep 2015
Climate Change: public hearings day 2
Committee Meeting | Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment | National Assembly
... developing countries, in the form of persistent drought and extreme weather conditions, rising sea levels ... unsubstantiated. He noted that in order to show that a drought or weather event was “persistent” or “extreme” ...
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31 Aug 2016
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act: Constitutional Court judgement; Ingonyama Trust Board on 4 Quarter 2015/16 performance, with both Deputy Ministers
Committee Meeting | Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... own food. Indigenous food had high levels of drought resistance and adaptation. The CEO replied that ... that the analogy that the foods were resistant to drought was something that the Trust was interested in ...
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30 Jan 2018
Debt Relief Committee Bill: public hearings Day 1
Committee Meeting | Trade, Industry and Competition | National Assembly
... insurance since agribusiness is susceptible to drought and other unforeseen circumstances which are unique ...
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15 Oct 2015
Economic Development Department on its 2014/15 Annual Report, with Minister present
Committee Meeting | Economic Development | National Assembly
... (EPWP). Agriculture was the biggest contributor, so drought was the biggest risk the country faced looking ...
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17 May 2016
Appropriation Bill [B3-2016]: DA proposed amendments; Committee Report consideration and adoption
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... Fisheries, by R2.73bn to provide for drought relief to drought stricken communities in 2016/17. Mr ... prices in 2016/17. The last proposed amendment is drought relief by increasing the appropriation to Vote ...
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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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17 Oct 2011
Deputy Minister of Finance briefing: Land Bank and Development Bank of Southern Africa Financial and Fiscal Commission Annual Report Annual Reports 2010/11
Committee Meeting | Finance Standing Committee | National Assembly
... African agriculture faced huge challenges such as drought, floods and veld fires in some areas. On the other ...
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20 Feb 2003
Zimbabwe Situation: briefing by Church Leaders
Committee Meeting | International Relations | National Assembly
... Zimbabwean government had blamed the food crisis on the drought, but he felt that was not so. The problem began ...
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10 Jun 2003
Role of the Private Sector in Agricultural Development: hearings
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... genetically-modified (GM) crops and foods. Africa is prone to drought, disease and pests. Scientists within Africa-Bio ...
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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 ...
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20 Mar 2015
Department of Environmental Affairs on their Strategic Plan for 2015-2019
Committee Meeting | Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment | National Assembly
... Second UN Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (UNDLDD), while the last indicator was to increase ...
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15 May 2018
Minister of Health's overview of Health & future plans
Committee Meeting | NCOP Social Services | National Council of Provinces
... said all the budget had been allocated to the drought crisis. In Gauteng also, not all the accredited ...
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08 Apr 2016
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Strategic & Annual Performance Plans: briefing by Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluations
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... lying fallow and DAFF’s excuse for this was drought. The drought that the country was experiencing had become ... the case of sudden natural disasters like the drought that has been decimating the sector since 2015 ...
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28 Feb 2017
Economic Development Department on its Third Quarter Performance, with Minister & Deputy in attendance
Committee Meeting | Economic Development | National Assembly
... sector to circumvent these challenges. The current drought had a serious impact on food prices, on the contribution ...
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13 Oct 2015
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2014/5 performance: Auditor-General; DPME and FFC briefing
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... of creating jobs when there is a high level of drought in the country; wanted to know if there would be ... wanted to find out if it has considered the looming drought that is experienced in the country, its impact ...
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21 Jul 2020
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: COGTA briefing
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... provinces on Minister Dlamini-Zuma’s announcement that drought relief would not be extended. Members proposed ... economic class. Members queried the non- extension of drought relief funding and felt that funds be made available ...
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16 Feb 2021
Update on state of Dr JS Moroka & Lekwa Local Municipalities
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... was a drought in the Municipality, and the national government provided R18 million as a drought relief ...
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17 Feb 2021
Provincial Departments of Agriculture on Quarter 1 & 2 performance on grants; with Minister
Committee Meeting | NCOP Appropriations | National Council of Provinces
... last year in the Division of Revenue Bill, where drought relief funds were paid to the provinces that were ... these grants. In effect, some farmers did not get drought relief because there was no spending. Someone had ...
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25 Oct 2016
ATC161025: Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation, dated 25 October 2016
Tabled Committee Report | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... delays; reallocation of funds from certain funds to drought interventions and labour unrests within certain ... contributory factors of below normal rainfall and severe drought conditions affected the attainment of targets. ...