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Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill; Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: briefing; National Credit Amendment Bill: Committee Report
5 Sep 2018
The Committee continued with the consideration of the Committee Report on the National Credit Amendment Bill from the previous day. The discussion stalled once again on the minority view.
A comment had not been inserted as agreed to the previous day. There were exchanges between Members as to what could ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: deliberations
30 Aug 2018
Due to the unavoidable absence by some Members and a confusion about the time that the meeting would end following a delayed start, the briefing on the Performers’ Protection Bill was postponed until 4 September 2018.
The Senior Legal Advisor presented a proposal for the three clauses on retrospectivity ...
Finance Standing Committee
Steinhoff matter: Ben le Grange
29 Aug 2018
Former Steinhoff CFO to testify before Parliament
The Standing Committees on Finance; the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa); the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and; the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration had a 10-hour oversight meeting on Steinhoff matters on Wednesday. The meeting included the Steinhoff ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SABS administration; National Credit Amendment Bill: outstanding clauses
29 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee met with the recently appointed Administrators of the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) for a briefing on the current state of affairs at SABS. The Committee then completed the clause-by-clause reading of the National Credit Amendment Act.
The Minister of Trade and Industry had appointed three ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill: clause-by-clause reading
28 Aug 2018
Before the clause-by-clause reading could begin, the Senior Legal Advisor took the Committee through proposed changes by National Treasury:
• Clause 19: Rather than an outright statement which would make credit life insurance mandatory, it should be made subject to regulations being prescribed. It was better to give flexibility to ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: deliberations on revised clauses
22 Aug 2018
As the Committee had had several meetings to discuss the public submissions and the response from the Department and the Committee, the Chairperson said it was time to consolidate the Committee’s position on the Copyright Amendment Bill. Despite her request for full attendance, there were still Members who were not ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: deliberations
15 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met to hear the completion of the report back by the Department of Trade and Industry on its responses to the public submissions on additional clauses in the Copyright Amendment Bill. In addition, the parliamentary Legal Advisor would be responding to the public ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) delayed forensic audit of Gupta coal test
13 Jun 2018
The Committee meeting was a difficult, at times acrimonious, one that found itself engaged in matters that were not on the agenda and struggling to resolve any of the agenda items. The Chairman of the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) Board, Mr Jeff Molobela, and the SABS CEO, Dr ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Steel & Sugar Tariffs: DTI, ITAC, SARS; Sugar Industry; Space activities
12 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee was becoming increasingly concerned about steel and sugar tariffs. Members wanted information about reports that there had been a period of duty-free sugar imports and they were seeking answers to that question as well as the implementation of new tariffs to assist the struggling sugar industry as ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: DTI & CIPC response on flagged clauses
6 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to resolve some of the outstanding policy issues in the Copyright Amendment Bill. Parliamentary Legal Services reported on information received from a Committee copyright consultant on ‘‘fair use’’ and ‘‘fair dealing’’. The consultant explained that the difference between the two was the openness of the ‘‘‘fair ...