"drought"
in Committee Meetings
16 matches
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07 Nov 2012
Global Political Agreement in Zimbabwe: progress and impediments towards implementation - dialogue
Committee Meeting | International Relations | National Assembly
... ZANU-PF to get aid and this was not made easier in drought affected areas. Oversight institutions had to be ...
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06 Mar 2012
Professor Amman, Biotechnology Scientist, Doctor N H Obokor CEO AfricaBio, Kingston Mashingaidze Manager Agricultural Research Council, COREY Pickelsimer US Embassy
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... list of drought-prone countries across the world. ARC was concentrating on development of drought tolerant ... about 14 million people were food-insecure, and drought was the main factor limiting maize production. ...
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28 Nov 2012
Public Works on remedial actions to address 2011/12 audit opinion; Inner City Regeneration Programme progress report
Committee Meeting | Public Works and Infrastructure | National Assembly
... Aggravating factors such as poverty, unemployment, drought and poor service delivery, were responsible for ...
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26 Jul 2012
Restructuring of Electricity Distribution Industry: public hearings Day 2
Committee Meeting | Energy | National Assembly
... followed, exacerbated in South Africa by a severe drought. Investment in the private sector has risen afterwards ...
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06 Nov 2012
National Water Resource Strategy: public hearings Day 5; National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill [B13-203]: proposed amendments & adoption; Briefing on Algiers Convention
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... Vaal would go into deficit, and if there was a drought – which was long overdue – either restrictions ...
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10 Oct 2012
Department of Water Affairs on its Annual Report and Audit 2011/12
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... saying challenges were experienced in cases of drought and therefore water tanks were supplied for basic ...
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30 Oct 2012
Disaster Response & Management, Climate Change adaptation & mitigation: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefing
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... change. Disasters occurred mainly through fires, drought, floods, and pests, and were forecast to increase ...
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13 Mar 2012
Environmental Affairs 2012 Strategic Plan (continued)
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... the reduction in the area (hectares) affected by drought, land degradation, and desertification. The Department ...
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28 Nov 2012
SA SME Federation; Association of Meat Importers & Exporters' ITAC complaint; AfricaBio on GM labeling; Department of Agriculture on Orion case
Committee Meeting | Trade and Industry | National Assembly
... South Africa was a water scarce country and needed drought resistant foods; however it also wanted consumers ...
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24 Oct 2012
National Water Resource Strategy 2: Public Hearings Day 2, National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill: further deliberations
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... particularly as a form of protection against drought or low rainfall. The Chairperson asked that ...
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31 Oct 2012
National Water Resources Strategy 2: public hearings Day 4
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... She highlighted the example of the southern Cape drought, where capping water consumption for everyone had ... desalination plants built during the southern Cape drought of 2009/10 were now mothballed. With water trading ...
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21 Aug 2012
Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Amendment Bill [B25-2012]: Deliberations
Committee Meeting | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | National Assembly
... people affected. He also noted that, owing to the drought in the USA, South Africans had had to find alternative ...
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18 Sep 2012
National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill [B13-2012]: deliberations; International Environmental Agreements: consideration of South Africa's ratification
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... affected by Desertification Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD). Key outcomes were that RSA had a National ...
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20 Nov 2012
Camdeboo Municipality on water-related challenges in their municipality; Department of Water Affairs on Bulk Infrastructure Programme in Mopani District Municipality & Cacadu District
Committee Meeting | NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy | National Council of Provinces
... rainfall, and was prone to occasional floods and droughts. The Groot Letaba Water Augmentation Project had ...
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14 Aug 2012
Liquid Fuels Charter audit outcomes
Committee Meeting | Energy | National Assembly
... Developments in the liquid fuel sector, such as the drought in the United States of America (USA), would have ...
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06 Jun 2012
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: implementation by Departments: hearings (Day 2)
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... crops and livestock. DAFF encouraged ploughing of drought resistant crops and flood management strategies ... took care of communities who had been affected by drought and floods. Mr Mhlanga said rural communities ...