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Trade, Industry and Competition
B-BBEE & NLC Commission 2018/19 Annual Report & 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance
5 Nov 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met with the National Lotteries Commission to receive briefings on the 2018/19 Annual Report and 2019/20 Quarter 2 Performance of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission and the National Lottery Commission’s Integrated Report for 2018/19. The Committee had intended ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SACUM/UK Trade Agreement: briefing & ratification, with Minister; Implementation of Competition Amendment Act: briefing
29 Oct 2019
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Trade and Industry on the new trade agreement with the United Kingdom. The ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Export Credit Insurance Corporation 2018/19 Annual Report & 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance
23 Oct 2019
Annual Reports 2018/2019
Export Credit and Foreign Investments Insurance Act, 1957
Export Credit and Foreign Investments Insurance Amendment Act, 2002
The Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC) achieved a clean audit opinion for 2018/19. This was an improvement from 2017/18, where an unqualified audit opinion was received. The finding related to ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
NCC 2018/19 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance
22 Oct 2019
The National Consumer Commission presented its Annual Report 2018/19 and 1st Quarter 2019/20 financial and non-financial performance. The Commission had received an unqualified audit with one finding relating to a computer supply contract entered into in 2017/18 which had not been properly accounted for in 2018/19. ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SABS & NRCS 2018/19 Annual Reports; 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance
9 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of Trade and Industry and two of the entities that reported to the Department, the South African Bureau of Standards and the National Regulator for Component Specifications, following an audit report by the Auditor-General which showed that two entities had ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Audit outcomes of Departments: AGSA briefing; DTI & EDD 2018/19 Annual Reports & 2019/20 & Quarter 1 performance; with Deputy Minister
8 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met the team from the Attorney-General’s Office to receive a briefing on the audit results of the two Departments that report to the Committee, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Economic Development Department. Although the two Departments were ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Workshop on African Trade and Regional Integration
18 Sep 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry received a briefing from the Trade Law Centre (Tralac) on African trade and regional integration, with specific reference to progress on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
TRALAC’s examined the implementation, prospects and challenges facing the Continental Free Trade Agreement, and more broadly ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Engagement on Investment Policy and Visit to One-Stop-Shop in Cape Town
17 Sep 2019
This meeting took place outside Parliament. PMG was not present at the meeting and reproduced this record based on the Committee Minutes.
The Committee received a briefing on the country’s investment policy and thereafter did a walkabout around the One-Stop Shop in Cape Town.
Trade, Industry and Competition
Overview of existing trade relations and agreements, as well as ongoing trade negotiations
11 Sep 2019
The Committee met for a comprehensive briefing on South Africa’s trade negotiations by the International Trade and Economic Development Division of the Department of Trade and Industry.
South Africa’s share of world trade had grown from 0.45% in 2000 to 0.53% in 2018. However, in US dollar terms, South Africa’s ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SA Automotive Masterplan; National Credit Amendment Act impact assessment; with Minister
10 Sep 2019
The DTI indicated that the South African Automotive Industry was contributing 6.8% to GDP, i.e. 4.3% through manufacturing and 2.5% through retail. It accounted for 29. 9% overall manufacturing output and 14.3% of exports. It employed about 110 000 people in vehicle and component production. About R7.2 billion was being ...