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Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund Action Plan: Department of Labour briefing
21 Feb 2018
The Compensation Fund -- an entity of the Department of Labour – reported on progress on its action plan to restore its image, which had suffered from adverse media publicity and negative reaction from stakeholders due to service delivery issues.
The objectives of the action plan were anchored on the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Draft Bill: Nedlac submission
20 Feb 2018
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) was present to represent the Business constituency in NEDLAC and COSATU represented the Labour constituency. Business was disappointed at the decision of the Committee to bypass the NEDLAC process for the Draft Bill. Business maintained that there was a need for a Socio-Economic Impact Assessment ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Draft Bill: public hearing; Research on over-indebtedness
13 Feb 2018
Black Sash in its submission on the National Credit Amendment Bill, made it clear that the protection of social grants from fraudulent and unlawful deductions was a critical element of the right to social security/assistance as set out in the Constitution, international instruments and jurisprudence. The Easy Pay Everywhere (EPE) ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: public hearings Day 3
2 Feb 2018
Before commencing Day 3 of the hearings, the Chairperson referred to a Committee media statement about its concern about water price increases. The media did not always print the relevant information, which was that the Committee had communicated with all departments working with water. The Committee’s interest was in unfair ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: public hearings Day 2
31 Jan 2018
Before commencing the public hearing on debt intervention legislation, the Chairperson asked the National Consumer Regulator to comment on Capitec Bank from the perspective of the NCR, in the light of recent allegations against Capitec. The National Consumer Regulator replied that it did not know of any concerns about he ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: public hearings Day 1
30 Jan 2018
Debt Counsellors of South Africa said that it was in full support of debt intervention for low income earners. However, DCASA was of the view that the Debt Relief Bill was unlikely to achieve the intended relief because the intervention process was too complex, ambitious, undefined and unworkable. DCASA recommended ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar cane growers’ dispute: DTI progress report
29 Nov 2017
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported that it had appeared before the Committee on 12 October and 10 November 2017 about the ongoing dispute between the SA Cane Growers Association (SACGA) and the SA Farmer Development Association (SAFDA). SAFDA argued that it was not recognised by the sugar ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
State of manufacturing, Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) and WTO: DTI update with Minister of Trade and Industry
28 Nov 2017
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) 2016/17 Annual Report, status of the manufacturing sector and the upcoming World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference in December 2017.
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, began ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Activation Programme: briefing
22 Nov 2017
The Commissioner of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) reported on the status of the Labour Activation Programme, with specific reference to the issues that had been raised by the Portfolio Committee during its visit. The targeted breakdown of gender and youth had been partially successful, although the implementation was still ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar Industry: resolution; Debt Relief Bill process; Copyright Amendment Bill
22 Nov 2017
The Committee adopted a resolution that the South African Sugar Association (SASA) and the South African Cane Growers Association (SACGA) should comply with the Department of Trade and Industry instructions as dated in letters dated 20 April and 20 October 2017. The Committee expected a report-back from DTI on its ...