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NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Credit Amendment Bill: consideration of submissions
28 Nov 2018
The Committee met to consider written submissions on the National Credit Amendment Bill [B30-2018], which was described as a debt intervention bill (DIB). Debt counselling was costly and it was not provided to a certain segment of consumers. That had emerged after the Committee had consulted with debt counsellors, where ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Committee Legacy Report
27 Nov 2018
The Committee considered and adopted several outstanding minutes.
The Committee decided not to consider its Legacy Report and Annual Report because the documents were not complete. Both will be considered the following week.
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Competition Amendment Bill [B23B-2018]: public hearings
14 Nov 2018
Broadway Sweets had started as a small family business almost fifty years ago. It had two factories and employed 500 people. The purpose of the submission was to give the Committee insight into the difficulties that small players experience in the sector. Big retailers hugely dominated the sector. Small suppliers ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Treaty on Prohibition of the Nuclear Weapons ratification
14 Nov 2018
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) provided some background to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The United Nations Conference adopted the TPNW on 7 July 2017. The TPNW was the culmination of the humanitarian initiative on nuclear weapons. It was a strategic intervention given ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Competition Amendment Bill [B23B-2018]: public hearings
13 Nov 2018
COSATU supported the Bill and asked that the Committee and the National Council of Provinces speedily process the Bill. COSATU believed that the instances of collusion by mainly white owned apartheid style companies had flourished due to previous economic practices. The Bill sought to end the rampant corruption by the ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement; SADC Protocol on Finance & Investment amendment; DTI Annual Report
7 Nov 2018
The Committee was given some context on the global environment in which SA found itself in. Growth was slowing down in China and SA was being affected by the interest rates and policy of the United States of America (USA). Domestically, SA was starting to turn the corner as there ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Department of Tourism 2017/18 Annual Report
31 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its 2017/18 Annual Report.
The NDT had managed to obtain an unqualified audit report with no matters of emphasis but there was however findings by the Auditor General of SA. On the financials of the NDT, total ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
AARTO Bill [B38B-2015]: final mandates
30 Oct 2018
Delegates presented their respective final mandates on the Bill to the Committee. The Eastern Cape Province, the Free State Province, the KwaZulu-Natal Province, the Limpopo Province, the Mpumalanga Province and the Northern Cape Province voted in favour of the Bill. The Western Cape Province was not in support of the ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Credit Amendment Bill [B30-2018]: briefing
10 Oct 2018
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefed the Committee on the National Credit Amendment Bill. The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry in October 2016 had initiated the Bill to provide debt relief measures for the most vulnerable of consumers. One of the main themes of the Bill was to create a ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
National Land Transport Amendment Bill [B7B-2016]: Department response to submissions
9 Oct 2018
The Department of Transport presented its responses to submissions received on the National Land Transport Amendment Bill from Uber South Africa Technology, Taxify South Africa, South African Local Government Association (SALGA), Uber Driver Partners, South African Metered Taxi Operators (SAMTO) and South African E-Hailing Association (SAEHA). DoT said for the ...