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  • 18 Feb 2020

    JS: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... have experienced the most prolonged periods of drought in recorded history. KwaZulu- Natal and the wild ... infrastructure.     Heat waves and multi year droughts are impacting on agricultural production, the ...

  • 30 Oct 2018

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... impact of disaster, affecting these farmers. The drought and fire disaster relief for the 2018-19 is R543 ... 000 jobs will be lost in the province due to the drought and that about 22% of them are rural jobs in the ...

  • 19 Jun 2014

    JS: Resumption of Debate on the President's State-of-the-Nation-Address

    Hansard

    ... official, Mr Lerato Modise, at the government's drought relief programme, who wore an SACP jacket while ...

  • 17 Feb 2016

    NA + NCOP - Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... facing the worst drought ever recorded in the history of South Africa. This drought is threatening the ... options to alleviate the impact of the drought.   Apart from drought, the current global economic climate ...

  • 03 Nov 2015

    NA: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... situation. Add to this financial crisis is the drought. In most provinces it is extremely dry for the ... Minister. [Applause.]   GOVERNMENT’S STANCE ON DROUGHT   (Minister’s Response)   The MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ...

  • 22 Aug 2013

    NCOP: Plenary; Debate on disaster management: building a viable and innovative disaster response and management system; Debate on Intergovernmental relations: Finding a viable solution for the settlement of intergovernmental debt

    Hansard

    ... Africa faces a wide range of hazards including drought, fires, cyclones and severe storms that can trigger ... suffered terribly under natural disasters such as drought and flooding. The impact of these disasters could ...

  • 21 Sep 2016

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... the waters of the Pierian Spring. For shallow droughts intoxicate the mind but drinking deep sobers ...

  • 03 May 2016

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... state of South Africa‘s education system, the drought and the rampant inequality. The motion is not ... strategy to support companies in distress due to the drought and these new market conditions. So this is ...

  • 19 Feb 2018

    JS: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... Town a drought is coming when they have not done anything. [Applause.]     On the issue of drought, one ... [Interjections.] Let me     start with the ongoing drought in the Western Cape. South Africa ranks 128th out ...

  • 10 Sep 2019

    NCOP: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... Foundation issue. Notwithstanding the persistent drought in Adelaide that led to taps running dry, to what ... assessments that we have we are on the edge of a drought in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and particularly ...

  • 11 Sep 2019

    NA: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... know that we have just come out of a very severe drought, especially in KwaZulu-Natal. He wants to know ... sensitivity to which you refer which has to do with the drought from which we have just emerged.     We have augmented ...

  • 13 Feb 2019

    NA + NCOP - Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... 2017 by 20%. Last year, in the height of a drought with junk status we still grew at 10%. [Applause ...

  • 07 Jun 2018

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... some mining houses with municipalities to develop drought detection capabilities as well as water preservation ...

  • 24 May 2017

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... we have ... [Interjections.] ... it‘s not the drought! That is an excuse; that is an excuse! You knew ...

  • 29 Nov 2016

    NA: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... recent rains that have brought relief to many drought-stricken parts of the country, the House debates ...

  • 09 Mar 2000

    NCOP: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... is vital.]   The devastating floods, fires and drought that have struck South Africa and other countries ... Mpumalanga and the Northern Province when the drought was killing them, but instead of just water, they ...

  • 23 Nov 2017

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... require additional water bulk infrastructures. Drought has affected the entire country. We also have water ... problem of acid mine water, I’m sorry. Because of drought, the department had to rechannel funds to local ...

  • 30 Aug 2018

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... the economy. During 2015 and 2016, the severe drought across the country had a serious impact on our ... were of course hit the hardest. Since then, the drought has eased in many parts of the country and production ...

  • 25 May 2021

    NCOP: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... life.     To secure our food, avoid flood and drought damage and the health of present and future generations ...

  • 13 Mar 2019

    NA: Unrevised hansard

    Hansard

    ... ensure that even if we have got situations of drought we are able to produce and make sure that our farmers ... of food security when we were dealing with the drought in Lesotho and Swaziland. They supply to prove ...