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NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Gambling Amendment Bill: final mandates; Copyright & Performers Protection Amendment Bills; Foreign Service Bill: adoption
20 Mar 2019
Seven of nine provinces submitted final mandates on the National Gambling Amendment Bill: three provinces voted in favour of the Bill, three voted against and one province abstained. North West and Free State had not submitted final mandates at the time of the meeting. The voting reflected an impasse on ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SA Connect progress report
12 Mar 2019
The Committee heard a briefing by the Department Telecommunications and Postal Services on progress made on SA Connect. The Department said the annual budget allocation for SA Connect was R9,7 million for 2018/19, which was only adequate to rollout connectivity to 63 facilities. A rollover amount of R110 million was ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Gambling Amendment Bill [B27B-2018]: DTI briefing
30 Jan 2019
The Committee received a briefing on the National Gambling Amendment Bill which was an important piece of legislation that the National Council of Provinces, and the provinces, would have to engage extensively. There was an urgency to the work of the Committee which had to ensure that provinces conducted public ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Committee Legacy Report
27 Nov 2018
The Committee considered and adopted several outstanding minutes.
The Committee decided not to consider its Legacy Report and Annual Report because the documents were not complete. Both will be considered the following week.
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: minutes and way forward
8 Nov 2018
The Committee considered and adopted the minutes of 20 September; 11, 25, 26 October; 1 November 2018. Members debated whether the minutes of 20 September 2018 were a true reflection of what transpired at that meeting. Some members said there was an omission as the minutes did not capture the ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement; SADC Protocol on Finance & Investment amendment; DTI Annual Report
7 Nov 2018
The Committee was given some context on the global environment in which SA found itself in. Growth was slowing down in China and SA was being affected by the interest rates and policy of the United States of America (USA). Domestically, SA was starting to turn the corner as there ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Committee Report on Joint Oversight Visit of KwaZulu-Natal & Eastern Cape
6 Nov 2018
The Committee Researcher and the Committee Content Adviser provided the Committee with insight into section 139(1)(b) interventions in three municipalities: Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality, Great Kei Local Municipality and Uthukela District Municipality. This was done in anticipation of the Committee undertaking an oversight to the three municipalities the following week. ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Election of Co-Chairperson (NA); Committee Programme
11 Oct 2018
The Committee met to elect a new Co-Chairperson and to adopt the programme on the way forward. After a slight delay in order to constitute the required quorum, Members elected Mr M Maila (ANC) as the new Co-Chairperson.
Following a brief discussion, the Committee also adopted its programme for the ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Credit Amendment Bill [B30-2018]: briefing
10 Oct 2018
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefed the Committee on the National Credit Amendment Bill. The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry in October 2016 had initiated the Bill to provide debt relief measures for the most vulnerable of consumers. One of the main themes of the Bill was to create a ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) on economic priorities
15 Aug 2018
The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) briefed the Committee on its role in promoting coordinated and accelerated implementation of government’s economic vision and priorities.
The NRCS explained that its mandate was to promote health, safety and environmental protection through the development and enforcement of technical/compulsory specifications. The NRCS regulated ...