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Finance Standing Committee
Steinhoff follow-up, with DPSA Minister present
19 Mar 2019
The Standing Committee on Finance met jointly with the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration for a follow-up briefing on the Steinhoff matter. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Companies and Intellectual Properties Commission, Financial Sector Conduct Authority, Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors, the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Non-completion of trade agreement; farewell
19 Mar 2019
The Committee held a brief meeting to deal with the final minutes and for Members to say farewell to colleagues.
The presentation on the trade agreement between the Southern African Customs Union, Mozambique and the United Kingdom was cancelled as an agreement had not been reached as had been hoped. ...
Employment and Labour
National Minimum Wage Amendment Bill: finalisation
18 Mar 2019
The Committee met to finalise the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Bill. The proposed amendments were technical, not substantive. The amendments sought to correct the cross-referencing: Section 17(4) was supposed to refer to Section 4(8) of the Bill. The Committee had invited public submissions on the amendments, and five written submissions ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
UK Trade Agreement; Industrialisation/Localisation Committee Report; Legacy Report
13 Mar 2019
Available here once published: Legacy Reports
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on the status of the negotiations of a rollover Economic Partnership Agreement between the Southern African Customs Union Members States, Mozambique and the United Kingdom in the light of the approaching Brexit deadline of 29 ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Portfolio Committee Legacy Report & Committee Report on DOL Quarter 2 & 3 performance
13 Mar 2019
The Committee held a briefing on the ‘Draft Report of the Portfolio Committee on Labour’s 1st and 2nd Quarterly Reports regarding the performance of the Department of Labour and its entities’. The Report reflected that the Department of Labour’s overall achievement had increased to 80% in the first quarter of ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund inspectorate report on Top 20 non-compliant companies; Supported Employment Enterprises performance & sales improvement plan
6 Mar 2019
The Compensation Fund said that the Top 20 companies reported injuries related to the head, back, right shoulder, thumb injuries, right leg and right ankle injuries. An inspection of the 20 companies was done. However, only Shoprite’s injuries were specifically dealt with in this report. Inspections revealed that the wholesale ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SABS, DTI, B-BBEE Commission, National Lotteries Commission performance
6 Mar 2019
The Chairperson noted that that the European Union had determined that no new intra-EU investment arbitration proceedings would be initiated and had issued a declaration on the legal consequences of a judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union on investment protection in the European Union. She indicated ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Localisation progress report by Auditor-General, PRASA, National Treasury, DTI
5 Mar 2019
The Portfolio Committee had a tightly packed agenda as the intention was to close off on localisation so that the Committee could prepare an interim report on the topic. The Department of Trade and Industry, National Treasury, the Office of the Auditor-General and PRASA briefed the Committee on progress and ...
Employment and Labour
Productivity SA challenges & alternative funding plans
27 Feb 2019
Productivity SA came to Parliament to give account about the hurdles the organisation faced in executing its responsibilities. It said it was established in terms of section 31 of the Employment Services Act, and was a Schedule 3A Public Entity in terms of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA). Its ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
International & regional trade agreements: status report
27 Feb 2019
The Department of Trade and Industry provided a comprehensive status update on South Africa’s international trade agreements.
The Department explained that trade was an instrument of industrial policy and that the policy was to adopt a strategic approach to tariff decisions. That approach was informed by investigations into industry and ...