Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: deliberations
21 Oct 2015
The Committee met to revisit changes made to the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill (PPIB) before the constituency break. The Committee went through the Title, Preamble, and fifteen clauses of the Bill and either agreed to previous changes or flagged areas for further discussion. Contentious issues included Member submissions ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Trade and Industry Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee sat to finalise and adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Members expressed concern about was described as the absurdly short length of time given for this process and the ...
Science and Technology
TIA; HSRC; SANSA; ASSAf and CSIR on their 2014/15 Annual performance
15 Oct 2015
Five entities of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) reported to the Porfolio Committee on the annual reports for 2014/15.
The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) said it had gone through an organisational redesign and now had a new board of directors. There had been no forced retrenchments, and only ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission & Companies Tribunal on their 2014/15 Annual Report & 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
14 Oct 2015
The meeting was a presentation of the Annual Report for 2014/2015 and the first quarter financial and non-financial performance of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) and the Companies Tribunal (CT).
The CIPC said that the organisation had moved online and had become more automated. Company registrations had increased ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Consumer Commission; National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications & National Credit Regulator on their 2014/15 Annual Reports; NCR 1st Quarter 2015/6 performance
12 Oct 2015
The Committee first heard the Annual Report and First Quarter Report from the National Consumer Commission (NCC). Though problems relating to irregular expenditures lingered from previous years, the NCC had received an unqualified opinion from the Auditor General (AG) for the second year in a row. The five-year lease agreement ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: flagged clauses
23 Sep 2015
After discussing Member enquiries about the textile industry and the Centurion Aerospace Village, the Committee considered the clauses in the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill that had been flagged for further discussion during the previous day’s meeting. The Committee accepted the new definition of ‘measure’ and the DTI’s explanation ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: DTI response to submissions (cont)
22 Sep 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) went through its response to public submissions clause by clause and presented the proposed changes it was prepared to make based on the public submissions. The Committee considered the DTI’s responses clause by clause, accepted some proposals for the time being, and flagged ...
Science and Technology
South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) objectives & operations
9 Sep 2015
The South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology on its objectives and operations. The SACNASP Act of 2003 set up the Council with the intention that it should be a credible professional registration and regulatory body for natural scientists, to ensure ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: public hearings; Trade, EU-SA Development & Cooperation Agreement (TDCA): Additional Protocol Croatia to the European Union
9 Sep 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) briefed the Committee on the Additional Protocol to the Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA). South Africa had acceded to this Protocol, which came into force in 2004 and gained full implementation in 2012. Essentially, it had increased trade between South Africa and ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister of Trade and Industry on DTI 2014/15 Annual Report; 1st quarter 2015/16 performance; audit findings with Auditor-General
8 Sep 2015
The Committee received a presentation by the office of the Auditor General on the audit of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), which showed a marked and gradual improvement across the board since 2012 in both performance and financial management. The Department had received its first ‘clean audit’. However, ...