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Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: adoption; Minister on Centurion Aerospace Village & African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA)
3 Nov 2015
The Committee met to adopt the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill with amendments. The Chairperson first read through all the proposed amendments to the original Bill, which the Committee accepted. During voting on each clause of the Bill, the Democratic Alliance voiced its opposition to the Bill, and unsuccessfully ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Agreement of 2002 to Institutionalise SACU Summit: consideration of Amendments
28 Oct 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry convened for briefing and consideration of the amendments to the Annex on the Institutionalisation of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Summit. The Committee also deliberated its programme for the third quarter of 2015.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) highlighted the background, ...
Energy
Committee Oversight Reports
27 Oct 2015
Documents handed out
Committee Oversight visit on Gauteng and North West Province
Committee Oversight visit on Free State Province
Committee Oversight visit on Eskom Koeberg Nuclear Power Station
[All Reports available once published on ATC]
The Portfolio Committee on Energy met to consider and adopt outstanding oversight reports. All ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: deliberations
21 Oct 2015
The Committee met to revisit changes made to the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill (PPIB) before the constituency break. The Committee went through the Title, Preamble, and fifteen clauses of the Bill and either agreed to previous changes or flagged areas for further discussion. Contentious issues included Member submissions ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Trade and Industry Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee sat to finalise and adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Members expressed concern about was described as the absurdly short length of time given for this process and the ...
Energy
Energy Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Portfolio Committee on considered the Committee’s draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR), with the Minister of Energy, Ms Tina Joemat-Pettersson in attendance.
Some recommendations discussed by Members were: fragmentation of the energy sector and the fact that regulation on petroleum (Minerals ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission & Companies Tribunal on their 2014/15 Annual Report & 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
14 Oct 2015
The meeting was a presentation of the Annual Report for 2014/2015 and the first quarter financial and non-financial performance of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) and the Companies Tribunal (CT).
The CIPC said that the organisation had moved online and had become more automated. Company registrations had increased ...
Energy
Department of Energy 2014/15 performance: Auditor-General & Department of Performance Monitoring & Evaluation briefings
13 Oct 2015
The Auditor General of South Africa indicated that for the 2014/15 financial year the DoE, the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR), National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) received an unqualified audit with no findings. The Central Energy Fund (CEF), Equalisation Fund (EQF) and Sanedi received unqualified outcomes with findings. South ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: flagged clauses
23 Sep 2015
After discussing Member enquiries about the textile industry and the Centurion Aerospace Village, the Committee considered the clauses in the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill that had been flagged for further discussion during the previous day’s meeting. The Committee accepted the new definition of ‘measure’ and the DTI’s explanation ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: DTI response to submissions (cont)
22 Sep 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) went through its response to public submissions clause by clause and presented the proposed changes it was prepared to make based on the public submissions. The Committee considered the DTI’s responses clause by clause, accepted some proposals for the time being, and flagged ...