Trade, Industry and Competition
Second Term Committee Programme
23 Jul 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met to consider and adopt Committee minutes and its second and third term programme. It was said the purpose of the programme was to manage the transition from the Fifth to Sixth Parliament, discuss pressing matters, ensure the Committee attends induction training and ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Induction on Broadening Participation including the role of the NEF, IDC & B-BBEE Commission
17 Jul 2019
The Department of Trade and Industry gave the Committee an induction on Broadening Participation and highlighted that the Special Economic Zone and Economic Transformation Division of the DTI is responsible for the transformation of the entire economy. Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks are the two main instruments established to ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Trade and Industry Budget: Committee Report
10 Jul 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met to consider the budget vote report. The Committee had met the previous and had made changes to the report. The purpose of the meeting was to review the changes that had been the previous day and to adopt the report.
Although the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Trade and Industry & Economic Development Budget: Committee Report
9 Jul 2019
The Portfolio Committee met to review the Committee Report to the House of Assembly on the 2019 proposed Budget Vote 25: Economic Development and Budget Vote 34: Trade and Industry.
A draft report was presented to the Committee which then worked on the conclusions and the recommendations in the meeting. ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister on response to SONA, DTI & EDD 2019/20 Annual Performance Plans
4 Jul 2019
The Portfolio Committee met to receive a briefing on the Annual Performance Plans of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Economic Development. The Minister of Trade and Industry delivered the majority of the presentation to the Committee with the Director-General of Trade and Industry and the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Election of Committee Chairperson; Committee Programme
2 Jul 2019
The Committee elected Mr D Nkosi (ANC) to be its Chairperson.
The incoming Committee Chairperson stated that the Committee had its work cut out for it was one of the busiest Committees in parliament.
Members were given a snapshop of what the Draft Programme for the Committee for the rest ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Non-completion of trade agreement; farewell
19 Mar 2019
The Committee held a brief meeting to deal with the final minutes and for Members to say farewell to colleagues.
The presentation on the trade agreement between the Southern African Customs Union, Mozambique and the United Kingdom was cancelled as an agreement had not been reached as had been hoped. ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
UK Trade Agreement; Industrialisation/Localisation Committee Report; Legacy Report
13 Mar 2019
Available here once published: Legacy Reports
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on the status of the negotiations of a rollover Economic Partnership Agreement between the Southern African Customs Union Members States, Mozambique and the United Kingdom in the light of the approaching Brexit deadline of 29 ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SABS, DTI, B-BBEE Commission, National Lotteries Commission performance
6 Mar 2019
The Chairperson noted that that the European Union had determined that no new intra-EU investment arbitration proceedings would be initiated and had issued a declaration on the legal consequences of a judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union on investment protection in the European Union. She indicated ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
International & regional trade agreements: status report
27 Feb 2019
The Department of Trade and Industry provided a comprehensive status update on South Africa’s international trade agreements.
The Department explained that trade was an instrument of industrial policy and that the policy was to adopt a strategic approach to tariff decisions. That approach was informed by investigations into industry and ...