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Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill: Subcommittee on flagged clauses
15 Mar 2018
The Subcommittee continued from the previous day to consider flagged items that still required consensus in the 'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill. The following concers were considered:
• if the Tribunal member should exercise discretion when adjudicating an application or whether clear steps should be set out in the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright & National Credit Amendment Bills: Subcommittee reports; Committee Report on Sugar Industry oversight
13 Mar 2018
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The Portfolio Committee approved the additional nominees for the Copyright Amendment Bill technical panel and changes to its terms of reference and draft programme. The nominees are:
• Adv Joel Baloyi – nominated
• Ms Michele Woods – nominated
• Adv Ntsietso Mokitimi-Makhafola – nominated ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill: deliberations
13 Mar 2018
The sub-committee on Trade and Industry invited the National Treasury and Eighty20 to deliberate on the ‘Debt Relief’ National Credit Amendment (NCA) Bill.
Treasury indicated that in total, borrowers who could qualify for debt review held over 16 million loans, of which 4.7 million (29%) were three months or more ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister on SONA/Budget implications for DTI; WTO meeting; 'Debt Relief' National Credit Amendment Bill: DTI response to submissions
6 Mar 2018
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies spoke about the State of the Nation Address as it relates to the DTI mandate. He was also asked by the Committee to comment on the outcomes of the World Trade Organisation Ministerial Meeting; SABS and the Eskom Inquiry, the African ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Localisation & Local Procurement Inquiry: bus procurement day 2
28 Feb 2018
The inquiry into the compliance with localisation and local public procurement policy for bus procurement continued for a second day - with presentations by bus building companies. The Chairperson explained that the inquiry was all about asking everyone to be patriotic and to work together. It was not about who ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Localisation & Local Procurement Inquiry: day 1
27 Feb 2018
Prior to the commencement of the inquiry into compliance with localisation and local public procurement policy for bus procurement, the Chairperson said that the Eskom inquiry had led to the discovery that a number of protocols had been ignored when the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) had tested coal ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Draft Bill: Nedlac submission
20 Feb 2018
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) was present to represent the Business constituency in NEDLAC and COSATU represented the Labour constituency. Business was disappointed at the decision of the Committee to bypass the NEDLAC process for the Draft Bill. Business maintained that there was a need for a Socio-Economic Impact Assessment ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: Department response to submissions
14 Feb 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry in its response to the public submissions noted the concerns raised by stakeholders and various government departments about the constitutionality of certain provisions dealing with debt forgiveness which could amount to expropriation. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development had not raised this concern ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Lotteries Commission + National Empowerment Fund Quarter 2 performance
6 Feb 2018
The key topics discussed after the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) Quarter 2 performance report were illegal lotteries, disbursement of a greater portion of lottery funding to SASCOC, pro-active funding, adjudication of applications by the National Gambling Board. Although the NLC received a clean audit, members expressed discomfort that SASCOC received ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar cane growers’ dispute: DTI progress report
29 Nov 2017
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported that it had appeared before the Committee on 12 October and 10 November 2017 about the ongoing dispute between the SA Cane Growers Association (SACGA) and the SA Farmer Development Association (SAFDA). SAFDA argued that it was not recognised by the sugar ...