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Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises Strategic and Annual Performance Plan 2015/16, in presence of Minister
25 Mar 2015
The Minister and Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) met with the Committee to present the Department's Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan (APP) for 2015/16. The Minister gave an overview of the six State Owned Companies (SOCs) - Transnet, Eskom, SA Express, Denel, South African Forestry Company (SAFCOL) and Alexkor ...
Public Enterprises
Build Programme impact on local businesses, skills development, job creation and beneficiation: briefing by Department of Public Enterprises
18 Mar 2015
The Department of Public Enterprises briefed the Committee on the impact of the build programme in terms of supporting local businesses, skills development, job creation and beneficiation. The presentation focused on programmes within Eskom and Transnet. The Transnet programme dealt mainly with what was anticipated to be achieved in the ...
Public Enterprises
State-owned Companies performance: Department of Public Enterprises update on implementation of Auditor-General recommendations
25 Feb 2015
The Department of Public Enterprises briefed the Committee on the findings and recommendations of the Auditor-General in to the affairs and functioning of its State Owned Companies. The Acting Director General broke down the SOCs overseen by the Department by revenue, profit and asset value. The eight companies were: Eskom; ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Review of Space Affairs Act: briefing by South African Council for Space Affairs
24 Feb 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) had embarked on a process to review the current legislative and regulatory prescripts governing space activities in South Africa. The review was motivated inter alia, by the developments in the national space arena since the enactment of the Act, which influenced changes on ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Training on investment promotion and Bilateral Investment Treaties
10 Feb 2015
Public Enterprises
Alexkor progress report & its 2013/14 Annual Report; Medupi Power Station oversight visit: Committee Report
19 Nov 2014
A 51% state owned and 49% community owned diamond mining operation was the result of a land claim by the people of the Richtersveld. Over the ten years of its operation up to September 2012 when the new board took over, the diamond mine was in a poor state, loss-making, ...
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 ...
Public Enterprises
South African Forest Company Limited on its 2013/14 Annual Report
5 Nov 2014
The South African Forest Company Limited (SAFCOL) briefed the Committee on its Annual Report and Financial Performance 2013/14 with a major focus on the benefits of the entity in facilitating the sustainable economic empowerment of communities and the alleviation of poverty. SAFCOL was in the process of deregistering new subsidiaries, ...