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Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister on State of Nation Address impact on DTI mandate; DTI Strategic Plan 2015/16; 3rd Quarter performance; Plastic Sector progress report
17 Mar 2015
The Minister of Trade and Industry elaborated on the Nine Point Plan to accelerate economic growth as first raised by the President in his State of the Nation Address. He also provided details about trade policy and in particular the potential renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Green economy & renewable energy: solar and wind industry & DTI progress reports
11 Mar 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) highlighted the importance of the Renewable Energy programme in the SA economy. It is generating local content of R39 billion, with 28 392 jobs created at a total project cost of R120 billion. A total of 3 916 MW has been awarded by ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Committee Report on Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape oversight visit
10 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met briefly to discuss the report on its oversight visits to Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape. The Committee had visited the South African Bureau of Standards, the National Metrology Institute of South Africa, the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications and the South ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrial Policy, Industrial Policy Action Plan 2013/14: Status report by Department of Trade & Industry
4 Mar 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) briefed the Committee on the status of the Industrial Policy and the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) 2013/14, focussing on contextualisation, constraints and opportunities, and IPAP’s central key themes. By way of historical background, dti noted that there were deep racial structural problems ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Department of Trade and Industry on Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme
25 Feb 2015
The Department of Trade Industry (DTI) briefed the Committee on the Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme (MCEP), focusing on the purpose of the programme, the application process and adjudication of applications, and the challenges.
The MCEP was a response to the global economic crisis, which had severely restricted the export market ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Review of Space Affairs Act: briefing by South African Council for Space Affairs
24 Feb 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) had embarked on a process to review the current legislative and regulatory prescripts governing space activities in South Africa. The review was motivated inter alia, by the developments in the national space arena since the enactment of the Act, which influenced changes on ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Training on investment promotion and Bilateral Investment Treaties
10 Feb 2015
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local verification processes and awarding of first local content verification certificates: South African Bureau of Standards briefing, with Minister present
18 Nov 2014
The SABS made a presentation to the Committee in the presence of the Minister, Dr Rob Davies. The presentation focussed on the SABS’s history and services, service delivery and procurement, the importation of low quality products, consumer safety, stimulating the economy, localisation, innovation chasm realities, and local content verification (LCV). ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Overview of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Policy and Codes of Good Practices
11 Nov 2014
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on Trade and Industry on the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Amendment Bill, focussing on the Code of Good Practices, the establishment of the BBBEE Commission, the alignment of Sector Charters and the way forward.
The Act had been amended to ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Suspension of National Gambling Board: briefing by Minister
6 Nov 2014
The Minister of Trade and Industry, briefed the Committee regarding the suspension of National Gambling Board (NGB) members. The suspension of the NGB had come immediately after allegations of maladministration, wasteful expenditure and corrupt activities had been reported by the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) in the NGB’s recently tabled 2013/14 ...