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Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: briefing; Debt Relief proposed policy: National Treasury input
30 May 2017
The Committee invited the Members of the Portfolio Committee of Arts and Culture to join it for a briefing by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Performers Protection Amendment Bill. It was also briefed by the National Treasury on debt relief.
The ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt relief proposed policy: National Treasury input
24 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee for Trade and Industry was preparing legislation to deal with the over-indebtedness of the poorest of the poor in the country as a result of reckless lending by financial institutions and other creditors. National Treasury had been invited to present its views on the Credit Law Review ...
Public Enterprises
Minister of Public Enterprises and Eskom Board on reappointment of Brian Molefe as GCEO; with Deputy Minister present
23 May 2017
The Committee met for an urgent engagement with the Minister and Deputy Minister of the Department of Public Enterprises and the Board of Eskom on the apparent reappointment of Mr Brian Molefe as CEO of the power utility after it was said he had resigned and then became a Member ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Lotteries Commission Chairperson appointment; Committee Report on Trade & Industry Budget
19 May 2017
The Committee met for the formal consideration of Budget Vote Report; and consideration of Candidate for position of Chairperson of the Board of the National Lotteries Commission.
Members proposed that the report on page 5 should be clear that the country will always be exporting and importing natural resources but ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Lotteries Commission Chairperson appointment: interviews
12 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry interviewed 3 candidates for the appointment of the Chairperson of the NLC.
The Committee interviewed the following candidates:
Trade, Industry and Competition
Manufactured goods: National Treasury briefing
10 May 2017
National Treasury spoke about the Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme (MCEP) consisting of two components. However, they focused on the Production Incentive Programme (PIP) component which was a cost-sharing grant to buy new equipment and upgrade enterprise processes which was managed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). National Treasury ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local Procurement: Transnet, PRASA, DPE, DOT, Pamodzi Unique, Neledi Inhlanganiso, Smith Capital, Eskom and National Treasury
24 Mar 2017
A wide range of state-owned companies (SOCs) and government departments briefed the Committee on the challenges facing industry in South Africa with respect to local procurement.
The Neledi Inhlanganiso Group said it was 100% black-owned, established in 2003, and produced ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including iron and steel. It specialised ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Poultry Industry: public hearings
23 Mar 2017
Due to rising concerns over the crisis facing the poultry industry, the meeting was convened to hear briefings from three poultry industry entities, the Department of Trade and Industry and
two trade unions. Issues covered in the presentations ranged from chicken dumping, duties and tariffs, export incentives, the closure of ...
Finance Standing Committee
Illicit Financial Flows & Base Erosion and Profit Sharing: input by government agencies
15 Mar 2017
The Standing Committee on Finance, the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and Mineral Resources held a joint meeting on illicit financial flows to hear the views of the following stakeholders in the battle to stop the harmful effects of illicit financial flows (IFFs), transfer pricing and base erosion and ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Amended Financial Services Sector Code: DTI briefing & B-BBEE Commission response
8 Mar 2017
The Committee was briefed on the draft Amended Financial Services Sector Code. The meeting was convened in preparation for the Transformation of the Financial Sector hearings with the Finance Standing Committee the following week.
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) directorate on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment highlighted that B-BBEE Sector ...