Mr Adrian John Williams

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Adrian John Williams

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Trade, Industry and Competition National Gambling Amendment Bill: DTI response to submissions
    30 Oct 2018

    The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Portfolio Committee on its responses to the written and oral public submissions on the National Gambling Amendment Bill. The Department outlined the context of amending the National Gambling Act (NGA) and the context of South Africa and gambling, expressing particular concern that ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition National Gambling Amendment Bill: public hearings day 2
    26 Oct 2018

    The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Development held public hearings on the ­­National Gambling

    Amendment Bill for the second time in the week. The participants included the Western Cape Bookmakers’ Association and the Gauteng Off-course Bookmakers’ Association, Sun Slots, Ithuba, the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board and the Western ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition National Gambling Amendment Bill: public hearings day 1
    24 Oct 2018

    The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Development held public hearings on the ­­National Gambling Amendment Bill. Originally, the Bill was quite broad but the week before the hearings, following a Committee decision, a more focused version of the Bill had been distributed to presenters. Consequently, several of the presenters discussed ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition Incentive Programme Review: briefing
    23 Oct 2018

    The Department of Trade and Industry presented a Review Report of the Incentive Programme for the past five years from 2013/14 to 2017/18. The incentive package had doubled in the five years under review.

    The Department reported that manufacturing in South Africa offered 1.7 million jobs directly but indirectly 5.4 ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition Copyright Amendment Bill technical expert input; National Gambling Amendment Bill
    16 Oct 2018

    The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry had appointed a panel of technical experts on copyright to review the Copyright Amendment Bill. The intention was that the panel would look at the use of technical terminology used, whether the terminology was aligned to the international treaties, and constitutional matters. The ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition African Continental Free Trade Area; SADC Protocol on Finance and Investment; Copyright Amendment Bill: clauses to be advertised; BRRR
    11 Oct 2018

    Call for Public Submissions

    The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry was pleased to receive a briefing by the Department of Trade and Industry on the Ratification of the Agreement Amending Annex 1 (Co-operation on Investment) of the SADC Protocol on Finance and Investment (FIP). The Department sought to obtain ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition SA Sugar Association on sugar tariffs and SAFDA; Trade and Industry BRRR
    10 Oct 2018

    The Committee continued discussion of the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report. The Chairperson went through the report page-by-page, and discussion focussed on the entities that reported to the Department of Trade and Industry, particularly the South African Bureau of Standards, and potential losses by the Department. The Department of ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill & Copyright Amendment Bill: Department & Parliamentary Legal Advisor responses to submissions; BRRR
    9 Oct 2018

    The Committee discussed the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations report in detail, adding recommendations and making amendments where necessary, but was unable to conclude the matter in the time available. The Committee referred to the analysis of how many targets had been met and asked if the report gave reasons ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition Sugar Regulations; DTI 2017/18 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance with AGSA input
    13 Sep 2018

    The Portfolio Committee was briefed by Auditor-General South Africa on the audit findings of the Department of Trade and Industry and its entities. AGSA informed the Committee that the report did not include findings on the South African Bureau of Standards and the National Lotteries Commission because neither entity had ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition National Gambling Amendment Bill; NRCS 2017/18 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance
    12 Sep 2018

    The Department and the National Gambling Board briefed the Committee on the National Gambling Amendment Bill 2018.

    The Department gave the historical background to the National Gambling Amendment Bill 2018 which started with the Wiehahn Commission recommending strict regulation of gambling in 1995 and the Gambling Review Commission Report of ...