Employment and Labour
National Minimum Wage: state of readiness for way forward
18 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Labour held a meeting to deliberate and to receive reports on the state of readiness of the support team regarding the public hearings on the national minimum wage, and to air their opinion on lapses in the Parliamentary support system.
The Chairperson expressed concern over ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Training on investment promotion and Bilateral Investment Treaties
10 Feb 2015
Employment and Labour
PC Labour: Oversight Reports
19 Nov 2014
The Committee considered and adopted with amendments a Draft Report of the Portfolio Committee on Labour on an unannounced visit to the Nyanga Satellite Office and Bellville Labour Centre. The Committee discussed the hygienic concerns of the Nyanga Centre and the Department of Labour’s daily quota on how many people ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local verification processes and awarding of first local content verification certificates: South African Bureau of Standards briefing, with Minister present
18 Nov 2014
The SABS made a presentation to the Committee in the presence of the Minister, Dr Rob Davies. The presentation focussed on the SABS’s history and services, service delivery and procurement, the importation of low quality products, consumer safety, stimulating the economy, localisation, innovation chasm realities, and local content verification (LCV). ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Overview of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Policy and Codes of Good Practices
11 Nov 2014
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on Trade and Industry on the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Amendment Bill, focussing on the Code of Good Practices, the establishment of the BBBEE Commission, the alignment of Sector Charters and the way forward.
The Act had been amended to ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Suspension of National Gambling Board: briefing by Minister
6 Nov 2014
The Minister of Trade and Industry, briefed the Committee regarding the suspension of National Gambling Board (NGB) members. The suspension of the NGB had come immediately after allegations of maladministration, wasteful expenditure and corrupt activities had been reported by the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) in the NGB’s recently tabled 2013/14 ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund: briefing on plans to address performance & governance challenges
5 Nov 2014
The meeting started by the Commissioner for the Compensation Fund (CF) answering 16 questions addressed to the Compensation Fund (CF) at a previous meeting.
Mr Shadrack Mkhonto, Commissioner for the Compensation Fund addressed the 16 questions as previously asked by the Committee. The Fund could not provide a clear answer ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Colloquium on beneficiation: consideration and adoption of report
4 Nov 2014
The Portfolio Committee considered the colloquium report on beneficiation. The Committee went through the report page by page and thus made some additional inputs, which were incorporated in the report. The Committee took more time in the consideration of the conclusion and recommendations. These two sections were substantially amended. There ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Credit Act Regulations: briefing; Update on status of Gambling Review Commission's Report, Implementation of amended Lotteries Act & Transformation in horseracing industry
28 Oct 2014
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) updated the Committee on the progress of the National Credit Act Regulations (NCAR) and provided a status report on the Committee’s recommendations with regard to the Gambling Review Commission’s report, including the implementation of the amended Lotteries Act, and an update on the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Trade and Industry Budget Review and Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2014
The Committee met to consider the first draft of the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR). After the agenda for the day was adopted, the Committee moved on to consider the inputs from the Democratic Alliance (DA) on this particular Report. Largely, the DA was concerned about the energy crisis ...