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Economic Development
1 Quarter 2016 Labour Force Survey by Stats SA; Skills development: Engineering Council of South Africa briefing
30 Aug 2016
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) gave a presentation of the Quarterly Labour Survey Q2/2016 results, stating that the information was not actually garnered by Stats SA. The report noted that unemployment decreased by 90 000 to 5.6 million which resulted in a decline in unemployment rate by 0.1 of a ...
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 ...
Public Enterprises
Denel board on VR Laser Asia and suspension of its executives
11 May 2016
The meeting provided the Denel Board the opportunity to clarify certain matters that had been the subject of media speculation about the formation of Denel Asia and its joint venture partners. The suspensions of the former Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Company Secretary were discussed. The ...
Public Enterprises
Alexkor on its 2014/15 Annual Report; Committee Report on Public Enterprise Strategic Plan & Budget
20 Apr 2016
The Committee met to be briefed by Alexkor on its annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2015, and to consider its report on the Department of Public Enterprises’ strategic plan and budget.
Alexkor reported that it had done quite well in the year under review, ...
Economic Development
Committee Report on Economic Budget Vote
12 Apr 2016
The Chairperson, after consulting Members, decided that the meeting adjourn for an hour as the ruling party members needed to go into caucus around the report before presenting it to the meeting. The meeting adjourned and convened two hours later.
The Chairperson took Members through the report page by page. ...
Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises, with Minister and Deputy Minister, on its 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance plans
6 Apr 2016
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) presented its Strategic Plan for 2016, after an introduction by the Minister. She stressed that the DPE was the government shareholder with responsibility of oversight for the State Owned Companies (SOCs) Eskom, Denel, SAFCOL, Alexkor, Transnet, South African Airways (SAA), and South African Express ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department on its 2016/17 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy
5 Apr 2016
The Deputy Minister of the Economic Development Department (EDD) reported on his Department’s annual performance plan (APP) for 2016/17. He said the overall objective of the APP was to seek new and more effective ways of implementing the APP, and the smart use of resources to attain maximum value for ...
Public Enterprises
Localisation: State Owned Companies role: dti briefing with DPE, Eskom & Transnet
16 Mar 2016
The Director General of the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) said Government’s localisation drive had been delayed by a lack of National Treasury approval for designations recommended by the dti. Government’s procurement budget is about R500bn a year and it has set a 75% target for local procurement. One ...
Economic Development
2016 Budget overview: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
15 Mar 2016
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) provided a 2016 budget overview. The role and function of the PBO was firstly explained and it was stressed that it did its work in consideration of what the National Development Plan stated were the priorities. It was noted that it was important to study ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom turnaround strategy and infrastructure build programme: progress report
9 Mar 2016
The CEO of Eskom, Mr Brian Molefe told the Portfolio Committee that Eskom does not expect to have to load shed for the rest of the summer, autumn and winter despite continuing with its rigorous maintenance programme. Eskom will increase its capital expenditure by 44% to R324 billion ($21 billion) ...