Report: KwaZulu Cane Growers' Association Act Repeal Bill [B 48 - 2001]: 14 May 2002
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture and Land Affairs, having considered the subject of the KwaZulu Cane Growers' Association Act Repeal Bill [B 48 - 2001] (National Assembly - sec 75), referred to it and classified by the Joint Tagging Mechanism as a section 75 Bill, reports the Bill with amendments [B 48A - 2001].
The Committee further reports that in the course of its deliberations on the Bill, it took a resolution to invite the KwaZulu-Natal Cane Growers' Association and the South African Cane Growers (whose membership includes members of the aforementioned Association) to appear before the Committee. It transpired that there was disagreement over the balance of the money collected as levies, as well as on the purposes for which the levies were used. Despite several attempts to obtain full information on the accumulated assets of the Association, the Department of Agriculture did not succeed.
The Committee therefore recommends that the National Assembly request the Auditor-General to conduct a full audit of the financial books and assets of the KwaZulu-Natal Cane Growers' Association pertaining to the levies collected by the Association in terms of the KwaZulu-Cane Growers' Association Act, 1981 (Act No. 12 of 1981), and that a report be presented to the House.