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Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: proposed amendments & call for comment; BRRR
17 Oct 2018
Comment: Additional Clauses in Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill
The Parliament Legal Advisor went through the proposed Portfolio Committee amendments – including several new clauses – after the legal teams had considered the public comments stemming from the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill and those applicable from the Copyright Amendment Bill and ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report
17 Oct 2018
2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee considered the Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) on the Department of Labour as well as the minutes of 12 September, 10 and 11 October; the Report on the oversight visit to Gauteng and Free State Province; and the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill technical expert input; National Gambling Amendment Bill
16 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry had appointed a panel of technical experts on copyright to review the Copyright Amendment Bill. The intention was that the panel would look at the use of technical terminology used, whether the terminology was aligned to the international treaties, and constitutional matters. The ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
African Continental Free Trade Area; SADC Protocol on Finance and Investment; Copyright Amendment Bill: clauses to be advertised; BRRR
11 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry was pleased to receive a briefing by the Department of Trade and Industry on the Ratification of the Agreement Amending Annex 1 (Co-operation on Investment) of the SADC Protocol on Finance and Investment (FIP). The Department sought to obtain ...
Employment and Labour
Committee Oversight Reports and Programme: meeting adjourned due to lack of quorum
11 Oct 2018
The Committee planned to consider two reports, minutes and its fourth term programme but its quorum collapsed and the meeting was adjourned. The Committee had made amendments to the report on its oversight visits to Gauteng and the Free State but processes were halted as there was no quorum.
The ...
Employment and Labour
DoL, UIF, Nedlac, Supported Employment Enterprises 2017/18 Annual Reports
10 Oct 2018
The Department of Labour (DOL) reported on improved performance in reaching targets over 2017/18 and overall performance was 80%.
Members asked why about the poor 56% performance in inspection services, how DOL achieved all its indicators in the Public Employment Services programme but there is a lack of personnel in ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill & Copyright Amendment Bill: Department & Parliamentary Legal Advisor responses to submissions; BRRR
9 Oct 2018
The Committee discussed the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations report in detail, adding recommendations and making amendments where necessary, but was unable to conclude the matter in the time available. The Committee referred to the analysis of how many targets had been met and asked if the report gave reasons ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: public hearings day 2
14 Sep 2018
The second day of the public hearings on the Performers’ Protection Bill began with a presentation by the Publishers’ Association of South Africa. The organisation proposed that the Bill should have its own exceptions and own provisions relating to Technological Protection Measures and rights management information and not be dependent ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: public hearings day 1
13 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee held public hearings for those who had made written submissions on the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill. As the Committee was keen on hearing the voices of performers, a special call had been put out for performers to attend the hearings to tell their stories and to indicate ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar Regulations; DTI 2017/18 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance with AGSA input
13 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by Auditor-General South Africa on the audit findings of the Department of Trade and Industry and its entities. AGSA informed the Committee that the report did not include findings on the South African Bureau of Standards and the National Lotteries Commission because neither entity had ...