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Constitutional Review Committee
2016 public submissions: briefing
1 Sep 2017
The Constitutional Review Committee met for a briefing by the Content Advisor on the 2016 submission. The Content Advisor focused on the importance of an adequate reference system to keep track of the submissions, i.e. which submissions have been considered to be outside of the mandate of the Committee, which ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) 2017/18 to 2019/20 briefing
2 Aug 2017
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Trade and Industry on the new iteration of the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) 2017/18 – 2019/20.
IPAP supported radical economic transformation by an ongoing effort to fundamentally change the structure of the economy. The manufacturing sector was considered key. There ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
SA Tourism on its Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
28 Jun 2017
SA Tourism, with the Deputy in attendance, briefed the Committee on its 5 Year Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan.
SA Tourism reported that many countries had a strong domestic base however SA was the opposite, it had a strong international base. There was a need to balance international and ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Committee Report on 2015 public submissions
21 Jun 2017
The Committee met to consider and adopt its Draft Report on 2015 Public Submissions and to consider its Third Term Programme. The Draft Report was considered page by page. The Committee agreed there was need for the use of simpler terminology in the wording of the Constitution. There was heated ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Empowerment Fund on its Annual Performance Plan
21 Jun 2017
The National Empowerment Fund briefed the Committee on its Strategic and Annual Performance Plans.
The Committee was provided with insight into some of the challenges/market failures faced by entrepreneurs, these included limited own capital and lack of access to local and international markets. NEF solutions to these challenges was to ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Public Works on its reviewed Annual Performance Plan; Stakeholder consultation, with Deputy Minister
20 Jun 2017
The Committee met with senior officials of the Department of Public Works (DPW), including Deputy Minister Jeremy Cronin and the DG of the Department, to be briefed on the reviewed Strategic Plans and 2017/18 Annual Performance Plans (APP) of the Department and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE). Prior to ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Consumer Commission on its Annual Performance Plan
14 Jun 2017
The National Consumer Commission briefed the Committee on its Strategic Plan and its Annual Performance Plan.
Prior to the enactment of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), SA lagged behind other international jurisdictions in protecting its consumers. Consumer protection was a concurrent functional area of national and provincial legislative competence. The ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Public Works on its Annual Performance Plan
13 Jun 2017
Members expressed disappointment at the absence of the Minister and Deputy Minister of Public Works as well as the Director-General from the meeting. Members did not question the competency of the DPW delegation present to handle the briefing but felt in principle that it was an insult to the Committee ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Transport on its Annual Performance Plan
7 Jun 2017
The Department of Transport briefed the Committee on its strategic, annual performance plans and budget.
The briefing spoke to the revisions that the Department had made to its Strategic Plan 2015-2020. Members were given a breakdown on targets that had been revised as per the DoT’s Programmes ie Administration, Integrated ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Labour on its Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
6 Jun 2017
Deputy Minister Holomisa noted that the Department of Labour’s Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan had to be reviewed due to changes in the labour market. High levels of employment and unemployment had led to an increase in the demand for the Department’s services. Growing uncertainty in the future had ...