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Economic Development
Economic Development Department + entities' performance: DPME, Auditor-General, Public Service Commission input
3 Oct 2017
The Committee heard briefings from Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) and Public Service Commission on the performance of EDD.
DPME noted that its analysis of the EDD Annual Report against its Annual Performance Plan could not be done due to the Department’s late submission of ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Commission on Restitution of Land Rights & Department of Rural Development & Land Reform on Quarter 1 performance
6 Sep 2017
The Committee heard a briefing from the Department on its first quarter report. The overall departmental performance was a 36% achievement against planned targets, compared to the 71% achievement in the previous year. In Programme 1 (Administration), the Department recorded 0% for the second year in a row. In Programme ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department on Quarter 1 performance, with Minister and Deputy
5 Sep 2017
The Economic Development Department (EDD) presented its reports for the fourth quarter of 2016/17 and the first quarter of 2017/18. However, as the fourth quarter report had not yet been audited, the Minister focused on only some of the key areas, and then dealt with the first quarter in great ...
Economic Development
Pharmaceutical Industry: Department of Health & DTI briefing
28 Jun 2017
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) combined with the National Department of Health (DoH) to present an overview of the pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on the procurement of anti-retrovirals (ARVs).
The Dti provided a broad profile of the industry and indicated that the pharmaceutical market in South Africa ...
Economic Development
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Market Inquiry outcomes: deliberations
13 Jun 2017
The Committee considered the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Market Inquiry outcomes prepared by the Committee’s Researcher as a summary to recap on the findings and recommendations made by the Competition Commission on the report. The Researcher shared the findings and the recommendations as well as the role of Parliament through the ...
Economic Development
Committee Report on Economic Development Budget
23 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Economic Development met to consider and make amendments to the Report of the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development on Budget Vote 25 and the Annual Performance Plans of the Department of Economic Development. Members were mainly concerned about the language medium and jargon used in these ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Budget
10 May 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Budget [available once published Tabled Committee Reports]
The Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform considered and deliberated on the Draft Report on Budget Vote No 32 of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR). ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department & Industrial Development Corporation on their Annual Performance Plans, with Minister & Deputy
9 May 2017
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) presented its Corporate Plan and shared some deep concerns about the current economic conditions as influenced by the credit rating downgrade and how the junk status will affect the Corporation’s ability to disburse funding to its clients. In light of the current economic conditions, the ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]: Adoption, in presence of Deputy Minister
15 Mar 2017
The Committee met to deliberate further on the wording of the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015] and to consider and adopt outstanding minutes. The Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform also attended the meeting.
The legal advisors noted that after discussions arising from the previous ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]: Further deliberations, Minister & Deputy Minister present
8 Mar 2017
The Committee met to continue deliberations on the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill (the Bill). Both the Minister and his Deputy were present. Members firstly adopted the minutes of the last meeting of 1 March, since their discussions today were based on matters arising out of those minutes. ...