"drought"
in Committee Meetings
32 matches
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02 Aug 2011
Crisis in Somalia; Committee Oversight Visit: informal discussion
Committee Meeting | International Relations | National Assembly
... Somali people who were currently in the grips of drought and famine. He felt that the Committee should do ...
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28 Jun 2011
Human Settlements Performance Plans 2011/12: Department & accredited municipalities
Committee Meeting | Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... The focal point at the present moment was the drought relief, for which NMBM would receive national assistance ...
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18 Oct 2011
International Relations and Cooperation Budget Review and Recommendations Report; Committee's Operational Plan
Committee Meeting | International Relations | National Assembly
... prominent activity was the campaign for Somali drought and famine relief, where the Department partnered ...
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28 Feb 2011
Flooding Disaster Management: December 2010/ January 2011: Update by Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... level of water storage and this coincided with drought areas. Dam levels shown gave actual percentages ... situated adjacent to the rivers. There was a drought alert in the Eastern Cape as dam levels were very ...
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07 Mar 2011
Bulk Infrastructure: Department of Cooperative Governance update; Consideration of Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill [B22-2010] in presence of Deputy Minister
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... address important issues such as water availability, drought and degradation of infrastructure. Water was an ...
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30 May 2011
SANBI, SAN Parks, iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, SA Weather Service 2011 Strategic Plans
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... already be occurring, such as due to rainfall (drought and floods) and temperature extremes ▪ Cholera ... the beach. It was a very emotional issue. The drought was a challenge. Normally there was 8-10 years ...
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15 Nov 2011
White Paper on Climate Change: public hearings: SAFCEI, BUSA, Off the Ground, Fractual, and Agro-Organics
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... strategy. It was possible to have growth despite drought as was the case with a West Coast farmer who had ... managed to increase the growth of its crops despite drought through rationing water and introducing efficient ...
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12 Apr 2011
Department of Environmental Affairs 2011 Strategic Plan continued
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... coordination of Desertification, Land degradation and Drought (DLDD) research. 2: Biological resources sustainably ...
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13 Sep 2011
Workshop on Climate Change and COP 17 Conference (day 2)
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... water availability. In SA there would be ever more drought and rain would come at different times of the year ...
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14 Nov 2011
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on 1st Quarter 2011 Performance
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... June 2011 and other meetings for the National Drought Task Team and National Agro-Meteorological Committee ...
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25 Jul 2011
National Treasury on Fourth Quarter Expenditure Report for the 2010/11 financial year
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... system. There was a delay in the start of the drought intervention programmein the Ndlambe district municipality ...
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21 Nov 2011
MAFISA, Ilima-Letsema & CASP agricultural programmes: 1st and 2nd quarter 2011 performance reports; Department of Water Affairs Blue and Green Drop reports
Committee Meeting | NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy | National Council of Provinces
... pose the risk of projects collapsing in times of drought. Mr Mokgoro asked if there were still agricultural ... Africa had already experienced increased floods, droughts and hail and most farmers did not have insurance ...
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22 Feb 2011
National Climate Change Response Green Paper: Implications for water & agriculture sectors, and public awareness: scientific responses and Department's briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... increased evaporation, dry soil, more frequent drought, heatstroke and burning, grain yield reduction ...
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09 Aug 2011
Developments in Somalia: briefing by Department of International Relations and Cooperation, UNISA & Gift of the Givers
Committee Meeting | International Relations | National Assembly
... about the drought affecting the horn of Africa. Ambassador Molekane responded that the drought in the Horn ... on addressing the famine, which arose from the drought affecting the Horn of Africa region. The AU had ...
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03 Mar 2011
Climate Change Green Paper 2010: public hearings
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... it depended whether SA was hit by floods or by drought as to where there would be water, and if the temperature ...
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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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10 Oct 2011
Minister & Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries & entities: Annual Reports 2010/11
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... diseases, with the threat of high rainfall following drought scenarios in the country. Currently, there was ...
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25 Jan 2011
Department of Environmental Affairs: Summary of 2011 business plans
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... fog nets were used to catch dew to alleviate the drought in that area. Ms Yawitch said that the DEA did ...
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08 Mar 2011
National Climate Change Response Policy Green Paper 2010: Public Hearings Day 3
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... linked to climate conditions (variable rainfall, drought, veld fires). Agriculture could not compete with ... was needed on climate change and specifically drought-resistant crops. The Chairperson asked whether ...
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14 Nov 2011
White Paper on Climate Change: Public hearings
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... noted that there had been unprecented floods and droughts in that area, that baboons had come down from ...