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Trade, Industry and Competition
National Metrology Institute of South Africa on its Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
15 Apr 2015
The National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) presented the Committee with its Strategic Plan 2015/16 – 2019/20 and Annual Performance Plan. NMISA played a key role in the establishment of measurement traceability and the international equivalence thereof, sitting at the interface between the national and international systems. The expanding ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) & National Credit Regulator (NCR) on their Strategic & Annual Performance Plans
14 Apr 2015
The National Credit Regulator (NCR) and the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) reported on their Strategic Plans 2015/16 – 2019/20 and Annual Performance Plans for 2015/16.
The CIPC said although customers demonstrated more than average satisfaction with CIPC, stakeholders were less satisfied with the CIPC across all attribute dimensions. ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Engagement on Transfer Pricing
25 Mar 2015
Mr F Shivambu (EFF) presented a paper on transfer pricing and the South African Mining Development Agency presented their perspective on transfer pricing as it related to the mining industry.
Mr Shivambu said transfer pricing was usually utilised by multinational corporations as a form of tax avoidance through selling the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Gambling Board 3rd quarter 2014/15 report; Forensic Commission Report: Minister and Department of Trade and Industry briefings
13 Mar 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti), with input also from the Minister of Trade and Industry, briefed the Committee on the situation with the National Gambling Board (NGB), which was created in 2009 under the National Gambling Act to regulate gambling activities in the country, focusing primarily on casinos, ...
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
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
Reports on oversight visits to Gauteng, Western Cape and Eastern Cape
3 Mar 2015
The Committee considered its Draft Reports on oversight visits that it had undertaken to the Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape Provinces. It was made abundantly clear that the Draft Reports once considered by members would not be adopted in the present meeting but would be adopted the following Tuesday ...
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
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). ...