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Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: update; Debt Relief Bill: government responses; French Embassy
10 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor explained that technical amendments had been made to the Copyright Amendment Bill as some terminology was incorrect and was not conveying the policy intention. Public submissions had made a lot of noise about terminology but this was not a policy issue; it was simply the terminology ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: discussion
5 Oct 2017
Draft Debt Relief Committee Bill (only distributed to Members)
The Parliamentary Legal Adviser responded in depth to the questions raised the previous day by Members and Treasury after she had presented the draft Debt Relief Committee Bill. She explained in detail the process that would need to be followed by ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: deliberations; Localisation of procurement for Transnet and PRASA: terms of reference
4 Oct 2017
Draft Framework Bill not made available to the public yet
In discussing the Committee terms of reference for its agreed inquiry into localisation of procurement for Transnet and PRASA, Memebers were asked to submit name of those who should come before the Committee. An evidence based enquiry was needed of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Transnet on localisation: follow up
15 Sep 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry has resolved to hold a Parliamentary Committee inquiry into the acquisition of 1 064 locomotives by Transnet. This decision followed its discussion with the state-owned transport manufacturing company regarding localisation. The Committee felt it was the second time it was not getting satisfactory ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Framework for Committee Bill: principles and process
14 Sep 2017
The Committee deliberated on the principles and process to follow for its Committee Bill on Debt Relief.
Committee members reviewed whom the Bill was intended for, whether it was the poorest of the poor, blanket debt relief, or those who had debt from illegal lenders. A senior counsel legal opinion ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Framework for Committee Bill: legal principles
13 Sep 2017
The Committee received a briefing from the Parliamentary Legal Advisor on the legal principles that needed to accompany the National Credit Amendment Bill on debt relief. There were contestations as to whether debt constituted property or not of a creditor. The Constitution was not clear on its definition of property ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
DTI, SABS, NCRS 2016/17 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance, with Minister
12 Sep 2017
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and two of its entities, the South African Bureau of Standards and the National Regulator for Compulsory Standards, achieved clean audits, three entities received unqualified audits with findings while one entity received a qualified audit. The Auditor-General of SA’s (AGSA) Office expressed excitement ...
Finance Standing Committee
Transformation of the Financial Sector: Committee Report
6 Sep 2017
The Standing Committee on Finance and the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, together with National Treasury, deliberated on the Transformation of the Financial Sector Draft Committee Report. The draft report was work in progress and would be sent to the participants for feedback before being finalised. Many of the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Transnet and PRASA on localisation
5 Sep 2017
The intention of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry meeting with Transnet and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) was to obtain more detailed and specific information on the localisation of the major rolling stock programmes that were under way. Previous meetings had not provided clarity as ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: Appointment of Technical Experts
24 Aug 2017
The subcommittee convened to elect two technical experts to support the committee in its work on the Copyright Amendment Bill. Members proposed 3 names in total, after voting Professor Caroline Ncube and Tobias Schonwetter were elected as the technical experts.
The third name that was proposed was Professor Sadulla Karjiker, ...