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NCOP Economic and Business Development
AARTO Amendment Bill: negotiating mandates
21 Aug 2018
The Committee had in a previous session instructed the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA)/ Department of Transport (DoT) to respond to proposed amendments made by provinces on the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill. The RTIA/DoT had already responded to the amendments proposed by the Eastern Cape ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) on economic priorities
15 Aug 2018
The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) briefed the Committee on its role in promoting coordinated and accelerated implementation of government’s economic vision and priorities.
The NRCS explained that its mandate was to promote health, safety and environmental protection through the development and enforcement of technical/compulsory specifications. The NRCS regulated ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
AARTO Bill [B38B-2015]: negotiating mandates
14 Aug 2018
The Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo Provincial Legislatures voted in favour of the Bill with proposed amendments. Mpumalanga abstained from voting on the Bill. The Northern Cape and the North West Provincial Legislatures also voted in favour of the Bill inclusive of their recommendations. The Western Cape ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area agreement: ratification
8 Aug 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on the ratification of the Agreement establishing a Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) amongst the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The briefing outlined ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Labour Bills (NMW; BCEA; LRA & LLA): finalisation
7 Aug 2018
The Committee met to deliberate and finalise four labour bills: Labour Laws Amendment Bill; Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill; National Minimum Wage Bill; and Labour Relations Amendment Bill. The four Bills were adopted, without any amendments, though the DA and the EFF objected to some aspects of the draft ...
Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention
North West, National Treasury, Auditor General on NWPG fiscal position
27 Jun 2018
The Ad Hoc Committee on the intervention at the North West provincial government was briefed by the National Treasury, the Auditor General (AG), and the province on its fiscal position, governance and financial management.
The province had been placed under administration by the Cabinet, and was now being monitored by ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Empowerment Fund 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
27 Jun 2018
The Committee was briefed on the 2018/19 Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the National Empowerment Fund (NEF). The briefing covered the background of the NEF, milestones, deliverables and financial information. Members were provided with insight into the NEF’s investment process as well as detail on its investments ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Labour Bills: Department of Labour response to submissions
27 Jun 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Labour for a briefing on responses to comments from the public on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Bill; Labour Relations Amendment (LRA) Bill, and the Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment (BCEA) Bill.
The Department indicated its responses were in the context of its understanding ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Labour Bills: public hearings day 3
26 Jun 2018
The Committee held the last tranche of public hearings on the three labour bills, namely: Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill; National Minimum Wage Bill; and Labour Relations Bill. The Free Market Foundation, the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Labour and Enterprise Policy Research Group (UCT), Moodie & Robertson ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
South African Tourism 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
20 Jun 2018
SA Tourism briefed the Committee on its Annual Performance Plan (APP) for 2018/19.
SA Tourism had a goal of having 5m arrivals/trips within 5 years ie 2017-2021. The figure of 5m was broken down into 4m international and 1m domestic tourists. For 2017 which was year one of the 5-in-5 ...