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16 May 2018
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budget Speech
Media briefing
... experiencing drought, and this has resulted in government declaring a national state of drought disaster ... when agriculture was not performing because of drought, GDP slowed down, leading to the negative growth ...
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22 May 2018
Minister of Finance Budget Speech
Media briefing
... The February Budget set aside R6 billion for drought relief and public infrastructure – some of which ...
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16 May 2018
Minister of Environmental Affairs Budget Speech
Media briefing
... flooding in some parts of the country to devastating drought in other parts, tells us that climate change has ...
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16 Feb 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2018 State of the Nation Address
Media briefing
... social services and agricultural production. The drought situation in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and ... remains gripped by one of the most devastating droughts in a century, which has severely impacted our ...
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09 May 2018
Minister of Social Development Budget Speech & responses by ANC, DA & IFP
Media briefing
... programmes, we are responding to the most devastating drought, which has severely impacted on our economy, social ...
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15 May 2018
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Budget Speech
Media briefing
... provide the much needed relief from the persistent drought conditions. On 13 March 2018, we declared a national ...