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07 Aug 2012
Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme, MAFISA, Ilima-Letsema, Landcare & new programmes: Department of Agriculture briefings
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... Mpumalanga was negatively affected by floods and droughts. Mpumalanga province had received a special allocation ...
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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 | 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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16 May 2012
Water and Environmental Affairs: Minister's Budget Vote Speech
Media briefing
... the Nelson Mandela Bayto mitigate the effects of droughts that are occurring in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro ...
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08 Mar 2012
NA: Unrevised hansard
Hansard
... the Somali people was exacerbated by the worst drought in six decades, which left millions of people on ... in crisis. However, the effects of the ongoing drought, deteriorating purchasing power, rampant conflict ...
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12 Jun 2012
Questions for Oral Reply: Deputy President; Cluster 3: Governance
Hansard
... MOTION UN WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT (Draft Resolution) The CHIEF WHIP OF THE MAJORITY ... Nations World Day to combat Desertification and Drought is observed annually on 17 June; (2) further notes ...
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02 May 2012
Approppriation Bill: Debate on Vote No 26 - Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries
Hansard
... out of climate change, whether due to rains or drought, Onderstepoort Biological Products, OBP, must always ... change with the further implications of floods, droughts, changes in water supply, soil erosion and variation ...
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31 Dec 2012
Water and Sanitation
Question & Reply - Water and Sanitation
... to cyclic outbreaks of anthrax as a result of droughts. (b) The existence of the Capricon Roan Breeding ...
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25 Apr 2012
International Relations and Cooperation: Ministers Budget Vote Speech
Media briefing
... from that country. Combine these factors with drought, then you will understand what the Sahel countries ...
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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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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 | National Assembly
... change. Disasters occurred mainly through fires, drought, floods, and pests, and were forecast to increase ...
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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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26 Jul 2012
Restructuring of Electricity Distribution Industry: public hearings Day 2
Committee Meeting | Electricity and Energy | National Assembly
... followed, exacerbated in South Africa by a severe drought. Investment in the private sector has risen afterwards ...
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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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30 Jun 2012
Agriculture
Question & Reply - Agriculture
... Agricultural Drought Management Plan (ADMP); if not, why not; if so, The Agricultural Drought Management ...
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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 Agriculture, Land Reform and Mineral Resources | National Council of Provinces
... rainfall, and was prone to occasional floods and droughts. The Groot Letaba Water Augmentation Project had ...
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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, Industry and Competition | National Assembly
... South Africa was a water scarce country and needed drought resistant foods; however it also wanted consumers ...
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21 Aug 2012
Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Amendment Bill [B25-2012]: Deliberations
Committee Meeting | Agriculture | National Assembly
... people affected. He also noted that, owing to the drought in the USA, South Africans had had to find alternative ...