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Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: response to stakeholders; Localisation Inquiry terms of reference; SAFDA; Copyright Amendment Bill technical panel
24 Oct 2017
Draft documents not handed out to the public
The Committee considered feedback on concerns raised by stakeholders which included expenses incurred through credit obligation cannot be deductible for tax purposes; SARS and municipal debts should be excluded from debt relief because they are not credit agreements; and during the debt ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill technical amendments; Trade and Industry BRRR
18 Oct 2017
Documents handed out:
Copyright Amendment Bill (A list)
A key item in the Budget Review and Recommendations Report was localisation and the Committee recommended that localisation should become an audit outcome in the Annual Reports to Parliament. The investments in infrastructure projects were welcomed but the Committee wanted to ensure ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Bill: UIF, Department of Justice, SARS responses; Trade and Industry BRRR
17 Oct 2017
The focus of meeting was on government bodies that could have a part to play in the Debt Relief Bill and ensure its success. Presentations were made by the Unemployment Insurance Fund, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, South African Reserve Bank and the South African Revenue Service.
The Unemployment ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SA Farmers Development Association challenges with sugar industry & Department response
12 Oct 2017
The Committee met with the aggrieved South African Farmers Development Association (SAFDA) to hear its concerns about not being recognised by the South African Sugar Association (SASA) and the South African Cane Growers’ Association (SACGA).
SAFDA outlined numerous challenges facing emerging sugarcane farmers in the industry:
• General lack of ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: proposed amendments; Labour Budget Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
The Committee deliberated on the latest proposed amendments to the Labour Laws Amendment Bill. The first was the formula used for maternity benefits and the second related to beneficiaries.
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor explained that the Committee must have public participation with regards to the clause dealing with the extension ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: response to Treasury, DTI, Credit Regulator & Tribunal
11 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor responded to the comments made on the Debt Relief Committee Bill by the National Credit Tribunal, the National Credit Regulator, National Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry the previous day.
As the Bill would have to make provision for the credit provider to be ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: update; Debt Relief Bill: government responses; French Embassy
10 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor explained that technical amendments had been made to the Copyright Amendment Bill as some terminology was incorrect and was not conveying the policy intention. Public submissions had made a lot of noise about terminology but this was not a policy issue; it was simply the terminology ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: discussion
5 Oct 2017
Draft Debt Relief Committee Bill (only distributed to Members)
The Parliamentary Legal Adviser responded in depth to the questions raised the previous day by Members and Treasury after she had presented the draft Debt Relief Committee Bill. She explained in detail the process that would need to be followed by ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: Committee processes; BRRR Report
4 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor took the Committee through the progress of the Labour Laws Amendment Bill thus far. In addition, he highlighted that the Department of Labour had identified the use of an incorrect formula in Clause 9 of the Bill which seeks to amend section 13 of the Unemployment ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: deliberations; Localisation of procurement for Transnet and PRASA: terms of reference
4 Oct 2017
Draft Framework Bill not made available to the public yet
In discussing the Committee terms of reference for its agreed inquiry into localisation of procurement for Transnet and PRASA, Memebers were asked to submit name of those who should come before the Committee. An evidence based enquiry was needed of ...