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Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill technical amendments; Trade and Industry BRRR
18 Oct 2017
Documents handed out:
Copyright Amendment Bill (A list)
A key item in the Budget Review and Recommendations Report was localisation and the Committee recommended that localisation should become an audit outcome in the Annual Reports to Parliament. The investments in infrastructure projects were welcomed but the Committee wanted to ensure ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Bill: UIF, Department of Justice, SARS responses; Trade and Industry BRRR
17 Oct 2017
The focus of meeting was on government bodies that could have a part to play in the Debt Relief Bill and ensure its success. Presentations were made by the Unemployment Insurance Fund, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, South African Reserve Bank and the South African Revenue Service.
The Unemployment ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: update; Debt Relief Bill: government responses; French Embassy
10 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor explained that technical amendments had been made to the Copyright Amendment Bill as some terminology was incorrect and was not conveying the policy intention. Public submissions had made a lot of noise about terminology but this was not a policy issue; it was simply the terminology ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: discussion
5 Oct 2017
Draft Debt Relief Committee Bill (only distributed to Members)
The Parliamentary Legal Adviser responded in depth to the questions raised the previous day by Members and Treasury after she had presented the draft Debt Relief Committee Bill. She explained in detail the process that would need to be followed by ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: deliberations; Localisation of procurement for Transnet and PRASA: terms of reference
4 Oct 2017
Draft Framework Bill not made available to the public yet
In discussing the Committee terms of reference for its agreed inquiry into localisation of procurement for Transnet and PRASA, Memebers were asked to submit name of those who should come before the Committee. An evidence based enquiry was needed of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill; National Consumer Commission; National Credit Regulator Annual Report; SABS & NRCS follow-up
3 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
Debt Relief: National Credit Amendment Bill – Draft Framework Bill [not yet available to public]
The meeting initially dealt with responses to questions put by Members to the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) and South African Bureau for Standards (SABS) at the 12 September meeting at ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Transnet on localisation: follow up
15 Sep 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry has resolved to hold a Parliamentary Committee inquiry into the acquisition of 1 064 locomotives by Transnet. This decision followed its discussion with the state-owned transport manufacturing company regarding localisation. The Committee felt it was the second time it was not getting satisfactory ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Framework for Committee Bill: principles and process
14 Sep 2017
The Committee deliberated on the principles and process to follow for its Committee Bill on Debt Relief.
Committee members reviewed whom the Bill was intended for, whether it was the poorest of the poor, blanket debt relief, or those who had debt from illegal lenders. A senior counsel legal opinion ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Framework for Committee Bill: legal principles
13 Sep 2017
The Committee received a briefing from the Parliamentary Legal Advisor on the legal principles that needed to accompany the National Credit Amendment Bill on debt relief. There were contestations as to whether debt constituted property or not of a creditor. The Constitution was not clear on its definition of property ...
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 ...