Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister on impact of SONA and Budget on DTI mandate; Beijing & WIPO Treaties; Sugar Industry decision
26 Feb 2019
Trade and Industry Committee Notes Concern from Sugar Industry Regarding ‘Sugar Tax’ ; Trade and Industry Committee Continously Engages with Sugar Sector
The agenda of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry packed three distinct items into the meeting as the Committee had found that it was running out ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Southern African Customs Union (SACU); with Minister of Finance & Deputy and Minister of Trade and Industry
11 Sep 2018
The Standing Committee on Finance and the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met jointly for a briefing by the Ministers of Finance and Trade & Industry, as well as the Deputy Minister of Finance, on the Southern African Customs Union (SACU).
The Minister of Trade and Industry, highlighted that ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Listeriosis outbreak and recall of certain products by retailers; with Ministers of Trade and Industry & Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry informed the Committees that the Department was the custodian of the Consumer Protection Act, 2008. In November 2017 the Minister of Health had announced that South Africa was experiencing a Listeriosis outbreak caused by bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes. A multi-departmental Task Team was formed ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Bill Subcommittee: regulation of Collecting Societies
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) briefed the Sub-committee of Trade and Industry on matters of copyright in the regulation of collecting societies. The basis for the regulation of collecting societies was well established in the recommendations made in the Copyright Review Commission (CRC) report of 2011, which ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister on SONA/Budget implications for DTI; WTO meeting; 'Debt Relief' National Credit Amendment Bill: DTI response to submissions
6 Mar 2018
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies spoke about the State of the Nation Address as it relates to the DTI mandate. He was also asked by the Committee to comment on the outcomes of the World Trade Organisation Ministerial Meeting; SABS and the Eskom Inquiry, the African ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
State of manufacturing, Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) and WTO: DTI update with Minister of Trade and Industry
28 Nov 2017
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) 2016/17 Annual Report, status of the manufacturing sector and the upcoming World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference in December 2017.
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, began ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
DTI, SABS, NCRS 2016/17 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance, with Minister
12 Sep 2017
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and two of its entities, the South African Bureau of Standards and the National Regulator for Compulsory Standards, achieved clean audits, three entities received unqualified audits with findings while one entity received a qualified audit. The Auditor-General of SA’s (AGSA) Office expressed excitement ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC Board: shortlisting for interviews; appointment process road map
22 Aug 2017
Shortlisted Candidates for SABC Board CV’s
The Committee received a briefing from the Committee Content Advisor on the road map for the appointment process of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Board.
The Committee had received a total of 643 applications, but only 363 applications had been accepted. Of the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP); Debt Relief proposed policy: National Consumer Tribunal input, with Minister
13 Jun 2017
The Minister of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on the new iteration of the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) for 2017/18. The Minster said that IPAP facilitated economic restructuring by supporting radical economic transformation by focusing on patterns of ownership, management and control, with a central focus on the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister of Trade and Industry on SONA and Budget 2017
28 Feb 2017
Minister Rob Davies said that radical economic transformation was one of the key themes of the 2017 SONA. President Jacob Zuma defined radical economic transformation as “...fundamental change in the structure, systems, institutions and patterns of ownership, management and control of in favour of all South Africans, especially the poor, ...