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Trade, Industry and Competition
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications' Letters of Authority effectiveness: hearing; SPII & THRIP: Innovation & Capacity Building DTI interventions
2 Sep 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry held an engagement with various organisations regarding the effectiveness of the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) in the issuing of Letters of Authority (LOA).
What came out of the presentations was that there should be amendments to the legislative framework, especially NRCS ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Consumer Commission (NCC) 4 Quarter 2014/15 performance; IPAP – Metal Fabrication sector: Transnet, PRASA & Tooling Association of South Africa input
18 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry had an engagement with four state entities on their performances.
The National Consumer Council (NCC) informed the Committee that 15 out of 18 targets had been fully achieved, two had been partially met and one had not been met at all. 1 582 ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SABS, National Lotteries Board on their 4th Quarter Reports; Operation Phakisa: Trade and Industry perspective
17 Aug 2015
The Committee received presentations from the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and the National Lotteries Board on their fourth quarter reports, and from the Department of Trade and Industry on the achievements and future plans of Operation Phakisa.
The SABS said it had 1 100 employees who assisted in training, ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Investment trends: Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) briefing
14 Aug 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) gave a presentation to the Committee on investment trends in South Africa. Investment formed an important pillar of the President's nine-point plan to grow the economy. Investment trends provided a very reliable predictor of future growth in an economy, along with statistics on ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) 2015: public hearings Day 2
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on high impact for accelerated growth in Agriculture and Agro-processing Programme
The Department said despite the 2008 economic meltdown, food processing continued to be resilient and it was one of the largest manufacturing sectors by employment. The food and beverage industry contributed about ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Trade and Investment Policy Workshop: day 1
21 Jul 2015
The Portfolio Committee’s trade and investment workshop focused on foreign direct investment, and featured presentations by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the University of the Western Cape (UWC) law faculty, the Trade and Law Centre (tralac), and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).
The DTI described ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Remote Gambling Bill [PMB3-2015]: submissions and responses by Department & Private Member
24 Jun 2015
Mr G Hill-Lewis (DA) said there had been a strong feeling that the Remote Gambling Bill required stronger and more explicit language around the requirement for local investment. This was fully supported, because the intention of the Bill was clear. All licensed operators should situate the entirety of their business ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Remote Gambling Bill [PMB3-2015]: input by National Treasury, SARS & Financial Intelligence Centre
17 Jun 2015
In light of the dangers of excessive gambling, National Treasury was open to either prohibiting online gambling or regulating the sector as long as the choice was adequately enforced. National Treasury, SARS, the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) could certainly provide the mechanisms to ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Draft Liquor Policy: Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) briefing
10 Jun 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the liquor industry in South Africa was regulated by DTI and comparatively, the liquor industry contributed significantly to the economy of the country. Because of the problems this country were experiencing in terms of the socio-economic impact of alcohol use, the President ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Codes of Good Practice: Department of Trade and Industry briefing
9 Jun 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said in 2013, ten years after the initial Act was promulgated, Parliament made some significant amendments to the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) legislation. There had been a provision in the old Act that stated that public sector organs may apply the Codes of ...