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Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister & DTI on its 2015/16 Annual Report; Auditor-General on Department's Audit outcomes
13 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on its audit outcomes for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for the 2015-16 financial year. AGSA had found an improvement in the DTI’s audit outcomes over a period of three years. It also noted that the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Consumer Commission on its 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
9 Sep 2016
The National Consumer Commission (NCC) briefed the Committee on its 2015-16 annual report, which focussed on its achievements against planned targets, its financial management, progress against the findings of the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and key challenges. Due to time constraints, the 2016-2017 first quarter report was not ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
CIPC & SABS on their 2015/16 Annual Report & 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
7 Sep 2016
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) told the Committee that in the last 17 months, it had stabilised its labour environment and had had the highest number of company registrations in history. The digitisation of its highly demanded services may have been one internal factor, as ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications & National Credit Regulator on their 4th quarter 2015/16 performance
31 Aug 2016
The Committee was briefed by the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) on its fourth quarter performance for the 2015-16 financial year. Its strategic goals were stated to be to ensure an optimally capacitated institution, to develop, maintain and administer compulsory specifications and technical regulations, to inform and educate stakeholders ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local public procurement: Auditor-General input; DTI on its 4 Quarter 2015/16 performance
30 Aug 2016
The Committee was briefed on the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI’s) performance for the fourth quarter of the 2015/2016 financial year, which provided an outline of South Africa’s economic context, the DTI’s strategic goals and objectives, key achievements and financial performance.
As part of the DTI’s strategic imperatives, its ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: briefing
24 Aug 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The Department’s approach to trade negotiations was informed by support for the national development objectives set out in National Development Plan, the New ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Steel Industry interventions: Minister of Trade and Industry briefing
23 Aug 2016
The Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and Economic Development met jointly to be briefed by the Minister and the Department of Trade and Industry on Steel Industry interventions.
Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies, said that the Minister of Economic Development and he had been working together closely ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local Public Procurement Colloquium: day 2
18 Aug 2016
The Committee met to continue the colloquium on local public procurement, at which it was receiving and considering presentations from industry stakeholders.
The Manufacturing Circle (MC) said it had observed that the objectives of the DTI and public procurement entities were not always aligned, as the decision-making body in the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local Public Procurement Colloquium: day 1
17 Aug 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry held a colloquium on local public procurement. Those participating were the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Transnet, the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA), the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and the suppliers of locomotives to Transnet – Bombardier Transport (BT), ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrialisation linkages with trade, procurement, investment & localisation drive
16 Aug 2016
The meeting consisted of three presentations from the Industrial Development Advisory Unit, The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications, and the South African Revenue Service, as well as discussion with Members.
Mr Nimrod Zalk, Advisor: Industrial Development Advisory Unit, Department of Trade and Industry, presented the workshop on Industrialisation and its ...