"drought"
310 matches
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06 May 2016
Minister of Communications Budget speech & responses by ANC, DA and IFP
Media briefing
... understanding in full the ripple effect of the severe drought we are experiencing; 8.3 million people are jobless- ...
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10 May 2016
NCOP: Unrevised Hansard
Hansard
... the province is experiencing drought, the storm did not improve the drought conditions as the water levels ... I am talking about. We are in the midst of a drought and an economic downturn. This has resulted in ...
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18 May 2016
NCOP: Unrevised Hansard
Hansard
... retrenchment just the next morning of the first day of a drought declaration. Therefore it is on that basis that ... that‘s begs to be asked, in this question of drought. I am very much concerned about it and have raised ...
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09 Mar 2016
NCOP: Unrevised Hansard
Hansard
... for acknowledging the drought with seven provinces that have been declared drought disaster areas. In ... under the current drought conditions, have a measure of alleviation from the drought that we have. We ...
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15 Mar 2016
NCOP: Unrevised Hansard
Hansard
... address this year, the President mentioned that drought had affected five provinces and that government ... to some of the municipalities affected by the drought in KwaZulu-Natal, in particular uMkhanyakude was ...
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18 Nov 2016
NCOP: Unrevised Hansard
Hansard
... critical priority, not only now during the crippling drought but also generally, as an essential service for ...
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02 Mar 2016
Department of Science and Technology on its 2nd Quarter 2015/16 performance
Committee Meeting | Science and Technology | National Assembly
... underway to employ crop improvement systems for drought resistant crops, particularly, wheat and soybean ...
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02 Mar 2016
2016 Division of Revenue Bill: South African Local Government Association comments & input from National Treasury
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... pressure on the budget, in particular due to the drought, the zero-increase in higher education fees, and ...
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08 Mar 2016
South African Local Government Association (SALGA) on its Annual Performance Plan 2016
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... giving municipalities struggling with the impact of drought. What was SALGA’s plans for the continuous learning ... make its own suggestions on how to tackle the drought. Members said municipal managers needed to improve ...
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09 Mar 2016
Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill: adoption; Department of Labour 2nd & 3rd quarter performance: FFC comments
Committee Meeting | Employment and Labour | National Assembly
... creation last year was agriculture, in spite of the drought, and construction, in spite of the reports of absence ...
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11 Mar 2016
Umgeni, Overberg & Magalies Water Boards on their 2014/15 Annual Reports
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... with after hour requisitions? How had the current drought affected UW and how instrumental had it been in ...
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15 Mar 2016
Department of Small Business Development on its 2016 Strategic and Annual Performance Plan
Committee Meeting | Small Business Development | National Assembly
... small businesses that might fail because of the drought, how many municipalities were being targeted, and ...
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05 Apr 2016
Analysis of Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries & Entities 2016 Strategic and Annual Performance Plans: Committee Support Staff briefing
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... of the agriculture sector contracted due to the drought, this led to certain targets being revised down ...
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02 Nov 2016
2016 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS): SALGA input
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... town like Gariep it was a huge amount. There was drought in the Free State, and reduction in the water and ... million addition was granted to the Free State for drought relief. There was a reduction in the total bucket ...
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23 Feb 2016
Mayor of Mkhanyakude District Municipality on s 139 (1)(b): input; Committee report on Mkhanyakude District Municipality
Committee Meeting | NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements | National Council of Provinces
... of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on the drought situation. The Member of Executive Committee (MEC) ...
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05 Apr 2016
Economic Development Department on its 2016/17 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy
Committee Meeting | Economic Development | National Assembly
... Sanitation to address challenges of caused by the drought. They questioned the kind of interaction the Department ...
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13 Sep 2016
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance, with Minister in attendance
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... The current drought was the worst since 1904 and had had a devastating effect on the sector and agricultural ... livestock units, had also been affected by the drought. To mitigate the impact, just under R1.0 billion ...
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20 Sep 2016
Drought response plan: GrainSA, ARC, South African Weather Service & Land Bank: Plant Improvement & Plant Breeders’ Rights Bills: voting
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... the objective of the meeting was to evaluate the drought response plan’s readiness to assist all stakeholders ... billion funding would be released to alleviate the drought, but she did not think that amount would be enough ...
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11 Oct 2016
Department of Environmental Affairs, SANParks, iSimangaliso Authority on their 2015/16 Annual Reports; with Auditor-General & FFC input
Committee Meeting | Environment, Forestry and Fisheries | National Assembly
... finished. A big challenge iSimangaliso faced was the drought, although it had only moderate cost implications ...
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09 Nov 2016
Department of Water and Sanitation on 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... water tanks that had been centrally procured for drought purposes. There were delays in receiving and processing ...