Parliament, Sunday, 2 October 2022 – The Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries will today conduct public hearings on the National Veld and Forest Fires Amendment Bill [B24-2021] at Tsitskama’s Coldstream Multi-Purpose Centre in Koukamma Local Municipality from 10 am to 2 pm.
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 especially in the Sara Baartman District Municipality to attend the public hearings and participate in them, hence it takes the hearings closer to where they live.
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For media enquiries or interviews with the Chairperson, please contact the committee’s Media Officer:
Name: Mr Mava Lukani
Cell: 081 503 1840
Email: mlukani@parliament.gov.za
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