Trade, Industry and Competition
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications & Companies Tribunal on their Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
21 Apr 2015
The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) strategy focus was on source inspections and to lock out non-compliant products before the products entered point of trade and ensure that NRCS was more efficient in regulating the market. Retail and distributor inspections were meant for intelligence gathering and to identify non-compliant ...
Science and Technology
National Research Foundation, Technology Innovation Agency, South African National Space Agency & Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
15 Apr 2015
Briefings were given to the Portfolio Committee by four of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) entities, namely the National Research Foundation (NRF), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
The NRF advised the Committee ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Metrology Institute of South Africa on its Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
15 Apr 2015
The National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) presented the Committee with its Strategic Plan 2015/16 – 2019/20 and Annual Performance Plan. NMISA played a key role in the establishment of measurement traceability and the international equivalence thereof, sitting at the interface between the national and international systems. The expanding ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) & National Credit Regulator (NCR) on their Strategic & Annual Performance Plans
14 Apr 2015
The National Credit Regulator (NCR) and the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) reported on their Strategic Plans 2015/16 – 2019/20 and Annual Performance Plans for 2015/16.
The CIPC said although customers demonstrated more than average satisfaction with CIPC, stakeholders were less satisfied with the CIPC across all attribute dimensions. ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
KwaZulu Natal Gambling Board status: KZN MEC for Finance briefing
27 Mar 2015
The MEC for Finance, KwaZulu Natal, with representatives also from the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), Provincial Treasury of KwaZulu Natal, and the Co-administrator of the National Gambling Board, gave input to the Committee on the matter of the KwaZulu Gambling Board, and briefly summarised the main issues in ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Engagement on Transfer Pricing
25 Mar 2015
Mr F Shivambu (EFF) presented a paper on transfer pricing and the South African Mining Development Agency presented their perspective on transfer pricing as it related to the mining industry.
Mr Shivambu said transfer pricing was usually utilised by multinational corporations as a form of tax avoidance through selling the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
3rd Quarterly Reports for National Credit Regulator, National Lotteries Board & Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
24 Mar 2015
The National Credit Regulator (NCR), the National Lotteries Board (NLB) and the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), reported on their Third Quarter Financial and Non-Financial Performances. The Committee also dealt with the request by Mr G Hill-Lewis to have full access to the forensic investigation report on the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister on State of Nation Address impact on DTI mandate; DTI Strategic Plan 2015/16; 3rd Quarter performance; Plastic Sector progress report
17 Mar 2015
The Minister of Trade and Industry elaborated on the Nine Point Plan to accelerate economic growth as first raised by the President in his State of the Nation Address. He also provided details about trade policy and in particular the potential renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Gambling Board 3rd quarter 2014/15 report; Forensic Commission Report: Minister and Department of Trade and Industry briefings
13 Mar 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti), with input also from the Minister of Trade and Industry, briefed the Committee on the situation with the National Gambling Board (NGB), which was created in 2009 under the National Gambling Act to regulate gambling activities in the country, focusing primarily on casinos, ...
Science and Technology
Health Innovation and Research and Development (R&D): briefing by Department of Science and Technology Medical Research Council
11 Mar 2015
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) briefed the Committee on Health Innovation and highlighted the Strategic Partnership for Health (SHIP) projects and cooperation around research and health that both were involved in. At the outset, the DST affirmed that health was essential to ...