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: 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 ...
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, ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: identification of policy issues
22 Aug 2017
Documents handed out: List of policy issues related to the Copyright Amendment Bill (only to Members)
A long list of policy issues related to the Copyright Amendment Bill were identified by the Committee Content Adviser. This included:
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt relief: Subcommittee report-back; Copyright Amendment Bill: DTI & Parliamentary Legal Advisor response
18 Aug 2017
The Committee received responses from the Parliamentary Legal Advisor (PLA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on the submissions received on the Copyright Amendment Bill, as well as a report back from the sub-committee on debt relief.
The PLA said that over 70 submissions had been received on ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: engagement with key stakeholders
15 Aug 2017
The meeting was a continuation of public hearings conducted by the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry to receive input from stakeholders regarding the provisions of the proposed Copyright Amendments Bill. On this occasion, it received submissions from artists, composers and the Department of Science and Technology.
Aspire, a South ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Policy: Department of Justice and Constitutional Development briefing
27 Jun 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry was briefed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on the proposed amendments to the Insolvency Amendment Bill, as well as the rules of execution and the Debt Collector Amendment Bill. A firm of consultants provided insight into the role of Payment ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Repeal of Space Affairs Act; Debt Relief Committee Bill framework
20 Jun 2017
The Committee met to consider the repeal of the Space Affairs Act No. 84 of 1993, and was informed that after a new Space Council had been appointed by the Minister and Cabinet in 2016, various processes of consultation had been undertaken, and had culminated in the drafting of the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Horse Racing Industry engagement about Grooms
7 Jun 2017
The South African Grooms Association (SAGA) said grooms in the horse racing industry were suffering badly. There were 4 000 grooms in the industry, and there was a crisis in their treatment. The matter had already been brought to the attention of the Committee in 2011, and the Minister had ...