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NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
World Trade Organisation (WTO) briefing
20 Feb 2024
The Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism, Employment, and Labour (National Council of Provinces) convened virtually to receive a briefing on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) fisheries subsidies agreement. Ambassador Xolelwa Mlumbi-Peter presented the agreement's benefits, provisions, ratification processes, financial implications and societal ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Companies Amendment Bills: public hearings
20 Feb 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee considered public submissions on the Companies Amendment Bills. Stakeholders highlighted the importance of transparent executive remuneration and proposed editorial edits to enhance legal certainty without hindering progress. Discussions revolved around the effective date of the legislation and its impact on listed companies, ...
NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: consideration; DPWI & PMTE 2022/23 Annual Reports; with Deputy Minister
7 Feb 2024
The Select Committee convened its first meeting on the online platform in 2024 to consider the C-List of the Expropriation Bill and to receive a briefing from the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) on the 2022/23 annual report.
The Committee ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Unbundling of Compensation Fund and UIF from the DEL; Forensic Report on Thuja Holdings agreement; with Minister
6 Feb 2024
The Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism, Employment and Labour met virtually for a follow-up briefing by the Department of Employment and Labour concerning the Unemployment Insurance Fund and plans to improve the capacity of the Compensation Fund.
The Minister of Employment and ...
NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: proposed amendments; Economic Regulation of Transport Bill: final mandates
6 Dec 2023
The Select Committee considered and adopted the Economic Regulation of Transport (ERT) Bill and resolved to finalise the Expropriation Bill in February 2024 to allow for further consultation.
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented the Select Committee proposed amendments to the Expropriation Bill (C-List). The proposed amendments addressed a number ...
NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure
National Road Traffic A/B; National Land Transport A/B & Economic Regulation of Transport Bill: Final Mandates
29 Nov 2023
The Select Committee held a virtual meeting to consider the C-list of the Economic Regulation of Transport Bill and the Committee's report on the National Road Traffic Amendment Bill and the National Land Transport Amendment Bill.
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented the legal opinion on the risks associated with ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Follow-up meeting on African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) incl outcomes of AGOA Forum (with Minister)
28 Nov 2023
The Select Committee held a meeting with the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition on the African Growth and Opportunity Act as well as the outcomes of the recent AGOA Forum.
This was a follow-up to a joint meeting of the Select Committee and the Portfolio Committee on Trade, ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
UIF, CF & Supported Employee Enterprise Q1 & 2 2023/24 Performance; with Minister
28 Nov 2023
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received comprehensive presentations from three entities of the Department of Employment and Labour -- the Supported Employment Enterprises (SEE), the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), and the Compensation Fund (CF) -- on their performance for the first two quarters of the 2023/24 financial year. ...
NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill: Negotiating Mandates
24 Nov 2023
The Committee met to receive and consider the negotiating mandates on the Expropriation Bill from the nine provincial legislatures. All provinces, except for the Western Cape, voted in favour of the Bill.
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) gave its responses to the proposed amendments that had ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Correctional Services A/B: adoption; Judicial Matters A/B: public comment; Ministers of Police & Home Affairs Executive Undertakings
22 Nov 2023
In the virtual meeting, the Minister of Police provided a progress report on the six Executive Undertakings made at the Taking Parliament to the People in the Ugu District in KZN in November 2022. These included items such as the provision of a police station and a mobile community ...