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18 Aug 2009
Science & Technology Portfolio Committee Review of Orientation Workshop and Five-Year Strategic Plan
Committee Meeting | Science, Technology and Innovation | National Assembly
... Pietermaritzburg that was undertaking research on drought-resistant plants. The Department of Science and ...
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11 Aug 2009
Department of Water & Environmental Affairs Strategic Plan 2009-2014 briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... there were two small isolated areas experiencing drought, while surrounding areas were still receiving good ...
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12 Feb 2009
Second Reading Debate: Division of Revenue Bill / Minister's Responses / Member's Statements
Hansard
... the Minister and everybody who deals with funds. Droughts and floods plague agriculture. Our farmers are ...
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17 Jun 2009
Appropriation Bill: Debate on Vote No 25 - Environmental Affairs &Tourism
Hansard
... make our country continue to be the best. Come drought, death or mirth, we shall always rise despite all ...
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11 Feb 2009
Budget Speech 2009 and Documents
Media briefing
... beans and other vegetables, and except for drastic drought years, we would never go hungry. The subsistence ...
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01 Nov 2009
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Departments of Rural Development & Land Reform, Public Works & Water Affairs
Committee Meeting | Standing Committee on Appropriations | National Assembly
... only been allocated R53.7 million for certain drought stricken areas. Due to the changes that had ...
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01 Dec 2009
Question & Replies No 2301 to 2325
Question & Reply
... upstream point is dry since July due to the current drought. Table 1 below reflects the latest results from ...
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25 Nov 2009
Question & Replies No 2056 to 2070
Question & Reply
... on agricultural production and (iii) expanding drought areas on food production; if not, why not; if so ... impoverishment. (iii) In addition to the development of Drought Management Plan by DAFF, the department is conducting ...
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24 Aug 2009
Minister's Responses / Member's Statements
Hansard
... crisis that has been made worse by a crippling drought in the area. At times, the water crisis is so severe ...
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11 Feb 2009
Budget 2009/10 speech by Minister of Finance
Hansard
... beans and other vegetables, and except for drastic drought years, we would never go hungry. The subsistence ...
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05 Oct 2009
Minister on the Green Paper on National Strategic Planning
Committee Meeting | Ad Hoc Committee on Green Paper on National Strategic Planning | National Assembly
... of the country and how they should respond to drought-stricken areas as opposed to more water-abundant ...
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18 Aug 2009
Water for Growth & Development Framework & National Framework for Sustainable Development for South Africa
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... South Africa, as it had been plagued by periods of drought, it did present an opportunity for proactive preparation ... uncertainty around climate change and fears of drought, how the Department planned to intervene on behalf ...
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06 Aug 2009
Public Hearings on Financial & Fiscal Commission (FFC) recommendations on Division of Revenue for 2010/11 with Departments of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, Water & Environmental Affairs, Human Settlements, Housing, Energy & National Treasury
Committee Meeting | NCOP Finance | National Council of Provinces
... focus on disaster relief he noted that with recent droughts and veld fires, relief had only reached applicants ...
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28 Jan 2009
SA National Biodiversity Institute, Isimangaliso Wetland Park, SA Weather Service, Marine Living Resources Fund: 2007/08 Annual Reports
Committee Meeting | Tourism | National Assembly
... storms were contributing to the total, and the droughts to a certain extent. There was a project to study ...
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16 Sep 2009
Question & Replies No 951 to 975
Question & Reply
... forced ORT to submit an action plan. Following the Drought Disaster Declaration and further deterioration ...
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04 Nov 2009
Question & Replies No 1501 to 1525
Question & Reply
... patterns could become more unpredictable resulting in droughts, desertification and flooding of low lying land ...
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15 Sep 2009
South African Climate Change response strategy & negotiations: Department of Water & Environmental Affairs briefing
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... could include the polar ice caps melting, floods, droughts, storms and a rising sea level. The two most ...
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25 Aug 2009
Support provided to local government by Department of Water & Environmental Affairs
Committee Meeting | Water and Sanitation | National Assembly
... infrastructure and emergency work to address hotspots and drought stricken towns, as well as lack of proper planning ... of ground water through inappropriate services. Drought relief funds were directed only to tinkering, which ...
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26 Oct 2009
Deputy Minister on Department of Co-operative Governance & Traditional Affairs 2008/09 Annual Report
Committee Meeting | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | National Assembly
... R177m was mobilised for bulk water/sanitation and drought/flood relief. Skills audits were conducted in fifteen ...
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05 Nov 2009
NCOP: Unrevised hansard
Hansard
... area has a high rate of unemployment and is also drought-stricken. People who reside there survive by farming ...