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  • 09 Nov 2017

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... House – notes that a drought relief convoy of 31 trucks arrived in the drought stricken town of Beaufort ... portfolio to Knysna after the devastation of the drought this year. We went almost a week after the fire ...

  • 09 Mar 2017

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... depreciation has boosted competitiveness, severe drought conditions have eased, commodity prices have strengthened ... impact. Of course there is a natural factor also, drought. Draught has also eased. It has had also an impact ...

  • 22 Jun 2017

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... but are not limited to the impact of the recent drought, which adversely affected the agricultural sector ...

  • 25 May 2017

    Minister of Environmental Affairs Budget Speech

    Media briefing

    ... ensure that drought risk management issues are adequately addressed to enhance resilience to drought. The Department ... land degradation and to mitigate the effects of drought for South Africa and developed a new NAP for the ...

  • 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 ...

  • 31 Oct 2017

    Department of Water and Sanitation 2016/17 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister

    Committee Meeting | NCOP Social Services | National Council of Provinces

    ... funded, as well as other interventions during the drought period. It was agreed that there was an urgent ...

  • 02 May 2017

    Poultry Industry: public hearings; BBBEE Commission Annual Performance Plan

    Committee Meeting | Trade, Industry and Competition | National Assembly

    ... losses were incited by drought and dumping and comparative data to depict how drought versus dumping affects ...

  • 09 May 2017

    Poultry Industry: public hearings; National Empowerment Fund on its Annual Performance Plan

    Committee Meeting | Trade, Industry and Competition | National Assembly

    ... result of market reviews to remain competitive. Drought was causing pressure on prices. In reply to the ... those jobs. Sorghum was used because it was a drought-resistance product which also provided fuel security ...

  • 21 Nov 2017

    Minister of Energy on government’s plans in energy sector Day 1

    Committee Meeting | Electricity and Energy | National Assembly

    ... demand than envisaged due to the economic downturn, drought in parts of the Southern African Development Community ... the economic downturn into account, as well as drought and lower commodity prices. The presentation had ...

  • 17 May 2017

    Department of Defence on its Annual Performance Plan

    Committee Meeting | Defence and Military Veterans | National Assembly

    ... may result in increased regional flooding and/or drought. Government may in the foreseeable future require ... North West Provinces. The SANDF would continue drought relief support by the provision of water bunkers ...

  • 17 Oct 2017

    Planting Season state of readiness: National & Provincial Agriculture Departments

    Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly

    ... is of outsourced and private tractors; if the drought resistant maize seed has been planted or is being ...

  • 03 May 2017

    Division of Revenue Bill [B4-2017]: negotiating mandates

    Committee Meeting | NCOP Appropriations | National Council of Provinces

    ... of additional grants to ease the effects of the drought; and third, additional funding for infrastructure ... rate in wealthier municipalities. Concerning the drought, Treasury explained that it has been communicating ...

  • 20 Jun 2017

    Repeal of Space Affairs Act; Debt Relief Committee Bill framework

    Committee Meeting | Trade, Industry and Competition | National Assembly

    ... communication, navigation, agriculture, natural resources, drought and so on; To promote the development of space ...

  • 09 May 2017

    NCOP: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... part of the interventions having learnt from the drought and the need to do more with other sources of water ... Bushmans River Mouth during the 2009 to 2011 drought financial year. We are now re-commissioning those ...

  • 15 Nov 2017

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... not had funding to deal with the bird flu or the drought. We have already seen a drop of 84 000 jobs in ... failures: change of weather patterns leading to drought and vast tracts of agricultural land and farms ...

  • 18 Oct 2017

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... provided financial support towards agricultural drought relief, focusing on the provision of animal feed ... government interventions to mitigate the impact of the drought on economic development and job creation. Ms ...

  • 22 Aug 2017

    NA: Unrevised Hansard

    Hansard

    ... resource prices internationally, and even the recent drought that has affected food prices. However, in our ...

  • 10 May 2017

    Department of Trade and Industry on its Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister

    Committee Meeting | NCOP Economic Development & Trade | National Council of Provinces

    ... affected by the drop in commodity prices as well as drought that had affected certain areas. However it was ... industry had not too long ago been hard hit by drought. Members asked that if the United States could ...

  • 29 Nov 2017

    South African Tourism on its 2016/17 Annual Report

    Committee Meeting | NCOP Economic Development & Trade | National Council of Provinces

    ... What was SA Tourism doing to assist with the drought in the Western Cape? It was already expected that ... Western Cape over the festive season because of the drought. Given that domestic tourism was suffering because ...

  • 09 May 2017

    Onderstepoort Biological Products; ARC; NAMC; PPECB on their Annual Performance Plan, FFC input; with Minister

    Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly

    ... higher than the consumer price index (CPI). The drought of 2015/16 had also impacted negatively on the ...