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Trade, Industry and Competition
Impact of Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of the Indigenous Knowledge Act on Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act (postponed)
19 Feb 2020
The meeting to discuss the impact of the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of the Indigenous Knowledge Act on the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act had to be postponed after the lead department on this matter, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) as it was previously known, submitted an ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Ease of doing business & One Stop Shop implementation: DTI briefing
18 Feb 2020
InvestSA briefed the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry on the progress of its ease of doing business working groups and the implementation of its One Stop Shops.
Regarding ease of doing business, significant progress had been made in the starting of business, which could now be accomplished in one ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Committee Reports on DTI & EDD Quarter 2 performance; Quarter 1 Programme for 2020
3 Dec 2019
The second quarter performance report of the Departments of Trade and Industry and Economic Development (EDD) was considered by the Committee, leading to a discussion on the recommendations which would be submitted to Parliament.
One of the issues raised was the continued contraction of the economy, particularly in the agriculture, ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Companies Tribunal & CIPC 2018/19 Annual Report and 2019/20 performance
27 Nov 2019
The Company Tribunal 2018/19 achievements were 100% of decisions issued within 40 days from date of hearing; 100% Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) cases were finalised within the planned 25 days; 100% of suppliers were paid within 30 days (91% paid within 15 days); it received a clean audit.
The challenges ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
NRCS &SABS on their turnaround strategies; Committee Programme: discussion
26 Nov 2019
The Portfolio Committee met with the South African Bureau of Standards and the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications to follow up on issues raised when the entities had presented their Annual and Quarterly Reports in October 2019. The Committee had requested each entity to present a detailed turnaround strategy ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Competition Commission & Competition Tribunal 2018/19 Annual Report & 2019/20 Quarter 2 Performance
19 Nov 2019
The Competition Commission briefed the Portfolio Committee on its 2019/20 Quarters 1 and 2 performances and the Competition Tribunal presented its 2018/19 Annual Report and the 2019/20 Quarters 1 and 2 Performance Report.
The Committee was informed that it was the 20th anniversary of the Competition Authority ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar Industry developments; DTI & EDD 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance
12 Nov 2019
The meeting began with a briefing on the 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance by both the Department of Trade and industry and the Economic Development Department. The second part of the meeting addressed the ongoing crises in the sugar industry.
The Department of Trade and Industry indicated that South Africa had ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
B-BBEE & NLC Commission 2018/19 Annual Report & 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance
5 Nov 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met with the National Lotteries Commission to receive briefings on the 2018/19 Annual Report and 2019/20 Quarter 2 Performance of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission and the National Lottery Commission’s Integrated Report for 2018/19. The Committee had intended ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SACUM/UK Trade Agreement: briefing & ratification, with Minister; Implementation of Competition Amendment Act: briefing
29 Oct 2019
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Trade and Industry on the new trade agreement with the United Kingdom. The ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Export Credit Insurance Corporation 2018/19 Annual Report & 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance
23 Oct 2019
Annual Reports 2018/2019
Export Credit and Foreign Investments Insurance Act, 1957
Export Credit and Foreign Investments Insurance Amendment Act, 2002
The Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC) achieved a clean audit opinion for 2018/19. This was an improvement from 2017/18, where an unqualified audit opinion was received. The finding related to ...