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Trade, Industry and Competition
DTI 2018/19 Budget: Committee Report
10 May 2018
The Committee considered its Committee Report recommendations on the DTI Budget Vote and then adopted the Report.
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: new working draft
25 Apr 2018
The Committee worked through the new working draft of the Copyright Amendment Bill until Clause 10. The following items were flagged for further deliberation at Subcommittee level:
- Copyright protection for computer programs;
- Whether the State can own state-funded copyright material;
- Policy issues in the Bill;
- Determination ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar Industry intervention report by DTI
24 Apr 2018
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Sugar Industry [available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee discussed its Committee Report on Sugar Industry oversight visit. In discussion Members said these matters needed attention:
- imports and low import tariffs
- final price determination which happened in March now with a ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
B-BBEE Commission & DTI Annual Performance Plan
18 Apr 2018
Documemts handed out: Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 as Amended by Act 46 of 2013 (Booklet)
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry dealt with two matters in the meeting: The Strategic Plan for the B-BBEE Commission 2018/19 - 2020/21 and a follow-up engagement on the 2018/19 ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Listeriosis outbreak and recall of certain products by retailers; with Ministers of Trade and Industry & Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry informed the Committees that the Department was the custodian of the Consumer Protection Act, 2008. In November 2017 the Minister of Health had announced that South Africa was experiencing a Listeriosis outbreak caused by bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes. A multi-departmental Task Team was formed ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Bill Subcommittee: regulation of Collecting Societies
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) briefed the Sub-committee of Trade and Industry on matters of copyright in the regulation of collecting societies. The basis for the regulation of collecting societies was well established in the recommendations made in the Copyright Review Commission (CRC) report of 2011, which ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
South African National Accreditation System & National Metrology Institute of South Africa 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
27 Mar 2018
SANAS presented its strategic and annual performance plan (APP), and outlined its risk register as well as actions to improve management of the risks. In order to improve operational efficiency, SANAS would develop and implement a management development strategy, expand its assessor pool, and automate the accreditation processes. These actions ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill: Subcommittee on flagged clauses
22 Mar 2018
Members considered and deliberated further on the outstanding issues that Members still needed to reach consensus on. The Parliamentary Legal Advisor led the Members through the clauses, and outlined the following clauses for deliberations:
Trade, Industry and Competition
DTI 2018/9 Annual Performance Plan with Auditor-General input
20 Mar 2018
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on its assessment and findings of the 2018/19 DTI Annual Performance Plan (APP). AGSA flagged certain indicators as misleading and those included:
• Number of companies assisted under Export Marketing and Investment Assistance (EMIA) in supporting value added exports (target: 823);
• ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill: flagged clauses
16 Mar 2018
As the Subcommittee had not finished going through the flagged clauses in the 'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill, the full Committee continued with these. The following concerns were discussed:
• Whether credit providers and debt counsellors should be compelled to report reckless lending. This was flagged for further engagement ...