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Protection, Promotion, Development & Management of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill: Department responses to submissions
15 Feb 2017
The Department of Science and Technology provided the Committee with a summary of all the submissions received and their response to these submissions. In light of the submissions received, the Bill generated a lot of interest from the public. Of importance was that most of the submissions were actually in ...
Science and Technology
Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill: public hearings day 2
25 Jan 2017
The South African Rooibos Council broadly supported the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill but expressed areas concern. These areas were the possibility of competing jurisdictional responsibility when the Bill was considered in the context of other legislation; the interpretation and effects of certain clauses due ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology on its Quarter 2 performance
30 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee received a briefing from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) on its second quarter financial and non-financial performance of the 2016/2017 financial year, and was told that only 57% of the DST’s total of 49 planned output targets had been achieved. Some of the reasons for ...