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Trade, Industry and Competition
NCC 2018/19 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance
22 Oct 2019
The National Consumer Commission presented its Annual Report 2018/19 and 1st Quarter 2019/20 financial and non-financial performance. The Commission had received an unqualified audit with one finding relating to a computer supply contract entered into in 2017/18 which had not been properly accounted for in 2018/19. ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Trade & Industry Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee met to adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) o the Department of Trade and Industry and its entities. Members agreed on the substance of the Report and made minor adjustments in the conclusion section. The Report was adopted with ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Trade and Industry Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report: party submissions
16 Oct 2019
ANC, ACDP, EFF and FF+ Submissions (not for the public)
The Committee discussed party submissions on the draft Budget Review and Recommendation report. Submissions were made by the ACDP, EFF and FF+. The ACDP’s submission addressed broadening beneficiation, skills training and anti-dumping measures – these proposals were adopted by the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Trade and Industry Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report: discussion
15 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee considered the first draft of the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report. As the draft had only been circulated to the afternoon before, not all members had had a chance to consider it. It was agreed that members would be given a ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SABS & NRCS 2018/19 Annual Reports; 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance
9 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of Trade and Industry and two of the entities that reported to the Department, the South African Bureau of Standards and the National Regulator for Component Specifications, following an audit report by the Auditor-General which showed that two entities had ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Audit outcomes of Departments: AGSA briefing; DTI & EDD 2018/19 Annual Reports & 2019/20 & Quarter 1 performance; with Deputy Minister
8 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met the team from the Attorney-General’s Office to receive a briefing on the audit results of the two Departments that report to the Committee, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Economic Development Department. Although the two Departments were ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Workshop on African Trade and Regional Integration
18 Sep 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry received a briefing from the Trade Law Centre (Tralac) on African trade and regional integration, with specific reference to progress on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
TRALAC’s examined the implementation, prospects and challenges facing the Continental Free Trade Agreement, and more broadly ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Engagement on Investment Policy and Visit to One-Stop-Shop in Cape Town
17 Sep 2019
This meeting took place outside Parliament. PMG was not present at the meeting and reproduced this record based on the Committee Minutes.
The Committee received a briefing on the country’s investment policy and thereafter did a walkabout around the One-Stop Shop in Cape Town.
Trade, Industry and Competition
Overview of existing trade relations and agreements, as well as ongoing trade negotiations
11 Sep 2019
The Committee met for a comprehensive briefing on South Africa’s trade negotiations by the International Trade and Economic Development Division of the Department of Trade and Industry.
South Africa’s share of world trade had grown from 0.45% in 2000 to 0.53% in 2018. However, in US dollar terms, South Africa’s ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SA Automotive Masterplan; National Credit Amendment Act impact assessment; with Minister
10 Sep 2019
The DTI indicated that the South African Automotive Industry was contributing 6.8% to GDP, i.e. 4.3% through manufacturing and 2.5% through retail. It accounted for 29. 9% overall manufacturing output and 14.3% of exports. It employed about 110 000 people in vehicle and component production. About R7.2 billion was being ...