Trade, Industry and Competition
Post Brexit UK-SA trade relations; DTI Quarter 3 performance; National Consumer Commission audit findings
13 Feb 2019
The National Consumer Council briefed the Committee on its progress in dealing with the Auditor-General’s findings on the National Consumer Council 2017/18 Annual Report. The Consumer Council had received an unqualified audit report, although there had been 23 findings, of which 78% had been dealt with to date. Ten of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Transnet: Localisation follow-up meeting
12 Feb 2019
Localisation & Local Procurement Inquiry: day 1
Localisation & Local Procurement Inquiry: bus procurement day 2
Local public procurement in the transport industry: Department briefing; 1064 Locomotives contract: Transnet update
Localisation: Prof Ben Turok & SAMDA reports
The Portfolio Committee met with the recently appointed board of Transnet for a ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Localisation progress report; Sugar industry transformation report; Committee Annual Report
5 Dec 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry has paid particular attention to transformation in the sugar industry following complaints from sugar cane farmers about the state of the industry, which was aggravated at the time by the importation of sugar at extremely low prices. It was against that backdrop that ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local public procurement in the transport industry: Department briefing; 1064 Locomotives contract: Transnet update
4 Dec 2018
The Chairperson announced that there were some changes to the programme because neither Prasa nor the Department of Transport were not available that week and so their reports on localisation would have to be rescheduled for the following year.
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on local ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Lotteries Commission Quarter 2 performance; NRCS LOAs & ICT modernisation
27 Nov 2018
The Committee met with the National Lottery Commission for a briefing on its Second Quarterly Report and for a briefing by the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications.
The National Lottery Commission informed the Committee that technology was a problem as the Lottery Commission was 15 years behind in technology used ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Gambling Amendment Bill: adoption; Industrial Policy Action Plan 2018/19; DTI Quarter 2 performance
21 Nov 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry presented a 10-Year Review of Industrial Policy and Action Plan and briefed the Committee on key focus areas for the year ahead. The Department requested the Committee to endorse the report so that the Plan could get support going ahead as there had been ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Gambling Amendment Bill: consideration
20 Nov 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on the changes made to the National Gambling Amendment Bill following the deliberations in the Committee and the consideration of public comments. Some editorial corrections had also been made.
The Department had included issues relating to the quorum and how decisions ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill & Performer’s Protection Amendment Bill: adoption; National Gambling Amendment Bill: consideration
15 Nov 2018
In a packed agenda, the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry began with the formal consideration of the Copyright Amendment Bill. Clauses 1 to 38 were approved by the Committee but with a number of objections from the DA. Objections related to the resale of royalty rights, the transmission of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill & National Gambling Amendment Bill: consideration
14 Nov 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry addressed the final issues with the Performer’s Protection Amendment Bill before embarking on a reading for an in-principle agreement.
The technological protection measures had been inserted in the Bill but the definitions had not been inserted. Those definitions, taken from the Copyright Amendment ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: consideration of Legal Opinion
13 Nov 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry had had several concerns about the constitutionality of the Copyright Amendment Bill, particularly in respect of the clauses that dealt with retrospectivity. The Senior Legal Advisor had recommended a phased in approach for implementation of the Bill with those clauses not being implemented ...