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Trade, Industry and Competition
CIPC & SABS on their 2015/16 Annual Report & 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
7 Sep 2016
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) told the Committee that in the last 17 months, it had stabilised its labour environment and had had the highest number of company registrations in history. The digitisation of its highly demanded services may have been one internal factor, as ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications & National Credit Regulator on their 4th quarter 2015/16 performance
31 Aug 2016
The Committee was briefed by the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) on its fourth quarter performance for the 2015-16 financial year. Its strategic goals were stated to be to ensure an optimally capacitated institution, to develop, maintain and administer compulsory specifications and technical regulations, to inform and educate stakeholders ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: briefing
24 Aug 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The Department’s approach to trade negotiations was informed by support for the national development objectives set out in National Development Plan, the New ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Steel Industry interventions: Minister of Trade and Industry briefing
23 Aug 2016
The Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and Economic Development met jointly to be briefed by the Minister and the Department of Trade and Industry on Steel Industry interventions.
Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies, said that the Minister of Economic Development and he had been working together closely ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local Public Procurement Colloquium: day 2
18 Aug 2016
The Committee met to continue the colloquium on local public procurement, at which it was receiving and considering presentations from industry stakeholders.
The Manufacturing Circle (MC) said it had observed that the objectives of the DTI and public procurement entities were not always aligned, as the decision-making body in the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local Public Procurement Colloquium: day 1
17 Aug 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry held a colloquium on local public procurement. Those participating were the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Transnet, the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA), the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and the suppliers of locomotives to Transnet – Bombardier Transport (BT), ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrialisation linkages with trade, procurement, investment & localisation drive
16 Aug 2016
The meeting consisted of three presentations from the Industrial Development Advisory Unit, The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications, and the South African Revenue Service, as well as discussion with Members.
Mr Nimrod Zalk, Advisor: Industrial Development Advisory Unit, Department of Trade and Industry, presented the workshop on Industrialisation and its ...
Finance Standing Committee
Illicit Financial Flows, Base Erosion & Profit Sharing, Panama Papers: Treasury, SARB, Financial Intelligence Centre, SARS inputs
25 May 2016
This was a joint meeting with the Portfolio Committees of Trade and Industry and Mineral Resources.
National Treasury introduced the presentations. On illicit flows, the difficulty was hard evidence. The media put out a lot of information but it would be helpful if people went directly to the authorities with ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP 8); Steel industry: DTI briefing
24 May 2016
The Department of Trade and Industry presented on the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) of 2016/17 to 2017/18 that focused on the Economic Sectors, Employment and Infrastructure Development Cluster. Emphasis was placed on the fact that industrial policy was not the function of one department, but required collaboration with other ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
NYDA Board candidates: Security check & verification of qualifications findings and deliberations
24 May 2016
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency met for the deliberations on the findings and verification of the qualifications of candidates to serve on the Board of the National Youth Development Agency.
The Content Adviser gave a brief summary in terms ...