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NCOP Economic and Business Development
Deputy Minister of Economic Development on his Department's 2016 Annual Performance Plan
12 Apr 2016
The briefing noted that the country had to adapt to global challenges to operate locally, regionally and on the continent and internationally. The Deputy Minister stressed that the mandates of the EDD related to job creation, inclusive growth and industrialisation, and for this reason the EDD must give strategic direction ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Transport on its 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan & Budget, with Minister present
12 Apr 2016
Transport Annual Performance Plan 2016/17
The Minister of Transport, Ms Dipuo Peters, and the Department of Transport (DOT) presented the Strategic Plan and 2016 Annual Performance Plan to the Committee. The Department highlighted some past achievements but concentrated on the major challenges, which included the road fatalities although the Department ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Final Special Economic Zones regulations: Department briefing
2 Mar 2016
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Select Committee on Trade and International Relations on regulations in terms of the Special Economic Zones Act of 2014.
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) informed the Committee that the Special Economic Zones Act (SEZ) has been operational since February 2016 ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Expropriation Bill [B4B-2015]: briefing by Deputy Minister of Public Works; with Minister present
1 Mar 2016
Deputy Minister Jeremy Cronin pointed out that section 25 of the Constitution, which spoke about the right to property, also spoke about expropriation. It allowed for expropriation where it was for a public purpose or for the public interest where appropriate. The deprivation of property via expropriation could not be ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Minister of Finance on the 2016 Budget
25 Feb 2016
In the presence of the Minister of Finance, the Director General of National Treasury briefed the Committee on the 2016 Budget and the Minister answered questions. Taking the Committee through the presentation, the DG focused on the reasons for tough decisions and why South African needed to act pre-emptively. The ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
South African Development Partnership Agency (SADPA): progress report
17 Feb 2016
In its progress report, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) gave an overview of the objectives, core programmes, macro-functions and the progress made in the establishment of the South African Development Partnership Agency. DIRCO has completed the following steps necessary for the establishment of SADPA: the business case, ...
NCOP Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill[B28-15]; Finance Bill [B31-15]; and New Development Bank Special Appropriations Bill [B32-15]: consideration; Proposed division of revenue and conditional grant allocations to provinces and local government: consideration
25 Nov 2015
The National Treasury briefed the Committee on the New Development Bank Appropriation Bill. The New Development Bank (the Bank) is a multilateral development bank,whose members in the first instance will be the BRICS countries as equal partners, with the purpose of mobilising alternative sources of financing, in the form of ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Energy on its 2014/15 Annual Report; Committee report on Protection of Investment Bill and Protocol on TRIPS
25 Nov 2015
The Department of Energy (DoE) briefed the Committee on its 2014/15 Annual Report. The Committee was provided with insight into the DoE’s non financial performance in relation to its service delivery environment, its service delivery improvement plan, its organisational environment and key policy development and legislative changes. Some key areas ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: final mandates; Committee Report on Division of Revenue Amendment Bill
24 Nov 2015
The Committee had held a meeting on 17 November and two matters were raised that necessitated the need to obtain legal opinion. These were: whether the Select Committee may consider a Bill and the negotiating mandates from Provincial Legislatures prior to the National Assembly passing the Bill which it only ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [B27-2015]: final Mandates: Decision deferred
18 Nov 2015
The Committee met to consider the final mandates on the 2015 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill from Provinces. The Parliamentary Legal Advisers were present to give guidance to Members. The Committee Secretary announced that six final mandates had been presented, and of those, five were in favour of the Bill. ...