Parliament, Friday, 30 September 2022 – The Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries will tomorrow conduct public hearings on the National Veld and Forest Fires Amendment Bill [B24-2021] at Stutterheim’s Mlungisi Community Hall in Amahlathi Local Municipality from 10 am to 2 pm.
On Sunday, the committee will move to Sara Baartman District Municipality, where it will conduct public hearings on the Bill in Koukamma Local Municipality at Coldstream Multi-Purpose Centre (Tsitsikamma)
In accordance with Parliament’s responsibility to facilitate public participation in law-making, the committee takes the Bill to South African citizens to give them an opportunity to express their views on the Bill. The Bill seeks to amend the National Veld and Forest Fire Act of 1998 to, among other things, amend and insert certain definitions, and to provide for the facilitation of the formation of fire protection associations by a municipality or a traditional council.
The committee invites all South Africans to attend the public hearings and participate in them, hence it takes the hearings close to where they live. The committee was in Qumbu today affording the people of the OR Tambo District Municipality an opportunity to express their views on the Bill.
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Name: Mr Mava Lukani
Cell: 081 503 1840
Email: mlukani@parliament.gov.za
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