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Trade, Industry and Competition
National Consumer Tribunal on its cases; Legislation Subcommittee on Debt Relief: terms of reference
8 Nov 2016
The National Consumer Tribunal (NCT) told the Portfolio Committee that its human and financial resources were not keeping pace with the rate at which its caseload was increasing. It had received 24 446 cases from 1 April 2016 to 21 October 2016. This was already 3 349 cases more than ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions
2 Nov 2016
The Department of Labour (DoL) responded to public comments on the Labour Laws Amendment Bill which is a Private Members’ Bill. The submissions proposed changes to clause 3 which states:
- An employee who is a parent and who is not entitled to maternity leave, is entitled to ten consecutive ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Liquor Policy: briefing by Department of Trade and Industry
1 Nov 2016
Call for comment on Liquor Amendment Draft Bill
Draft Liquor Amendment Bill September 2016
National Liquor Policy Review May 2015
The Department briefed the Committee on the Final National Liquor Policy 2016. It gave a background to the Liquor Policy and said that the Policy had been published for public ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour & Auditor-General input on audit disagreements; Labour BRRR
26 Oct 2016
Annual Reports 2015/16
The purpose of this meeting was to assist the Committee to understand the concerns which Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) had raised in its management report, to give a voice to the concerns the Department of Labour had with the AGSA report and thirdly to allow the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Special Economic Zones & Trade Invest Africa initiatives
25 Oct 2016
The main points arising from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) briefing on Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Trade Invest Africa (TIA) were:
South Africa had obtained key investments in Coega (R11,5 billion for automotive products). Coega was seen as a well performing SEZ along with its counterparts – ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
BBBEE Commission establishment; Trade and Industry BRRR
21 Oct 2016
2016 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Department of Trade and Industry presented the progress report on the establishment of the B-BBEE Commission. The Commission commenced operations effectively from the 1 April 2016 with 14 staff members sourced from within the Department of Trade and Industry. The Commission ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrial Parks revitalisation: DTI progress report
21 Sep 2016
The Industrial Parks revitalisation programme was introduced as being a structured programme for the revitalisation of industrial parks in the old industrial areas across the country and was initiated in September 2015. The programme has identified the first ten state owned industrial parks to be revitalised.
The purpose of the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
CIPC & SARS on collaboration to address company compliance burden
20 Sep 2016
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) both spoke about the need for greater cooperation to address company compliance and reduce the burden of compliance on companies. SARS strategy was to collaborate with other government entities as well as with providers of third ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
NRCS on its 2015/16 Annual Report & 1st Quarter 2016/17 performance; outstanding matters
14 Sep 2016
The Committee first received an advisory presentation by the Parliamentary legal advisor regarding the concerns and recommendations raised by the Auditor General (AG) in the qualified audit of the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS). The AG had indicated that he could identify a trend regarding the qualifications in the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Consumer Commission on its 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
9 Sep 2016
The National Consumer Commission (NCC) briefed the Committee on its 2015-16 annual report, which focussed on its achievements against planned targets, its financial management, progress against the findings of the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and key challenges. Due to time constraints, the 2016-2017 first quarter report was not ...