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Public Enterprises
Denel on its 2014/15 Annual Report; Public Enterprise Budget Review and Recommendations Report
28 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Denel Group was seen as a success story by moving from a state of decline to an entity that had achieved far above the set targets, increased sales by 28%, and increased its profit by R270 million during the year under review. ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Budget Review and Recommendations Report
27 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The BRRR was approved and adopted after going through each page. The only minor changes were changing the wording on page 23 and adding the Corporate Social Investment (CSI) clause under observations in the report. This was important as many companies ...
Public Enterprises
Public Enterprises committee oversight reports; Committee strategic plan
21 Oct 2015
Documents handed out:
Draft Report of Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises on oversight visit to Eskom Megawatt Park on 24 July 2015, dated 21 October 2015
Draft Report of Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises on oversight visit to Transnet National Control Centre, dated 21 October 2015
Draft Report of Portfolio ...
Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises on its 2014/15 Annual Report & 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance, with Minister & Deputy Minister & Auditor-General
14 Oct 2015
The Minister of Public Enterprises delivered an opening address where she noted:
- 2015 was the first year that SOCs in the DPE had been trading their own balance sheets, despite what was in the public domain around DENEL.
- The combined infrastructure spend by Transnet and Eskom had amounted ...
Public Enterprises
State-owned companies corporate governance challenges: progress report; Department of Public Enterprises 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
9 Sep 2015
The Minister of Public Enterprises told the Committee that the concept of government ownership, and the government conducting itself as a shareholder in essential sectors, was emerging as an important vehicle by which the state could achieve its strategic economic objectives. The success of such an approach required a specific ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance; Quarterly Labour Force Survey: Statistics South Africa briefing, with Minister present
1 Sep 2015
The presentation revolved around two topics -- a briefing by the Economic Development Department (EDD) on its first quarter performance, and by Statistics SA on the Quarterly Labour Force Survey.
The Minister of Economic Development spoke about the economy. From October 2010 to June 2015, employment had risen from 13.6 ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Ethical standards for elected public representatives and implementation: workshop
25 Aug 2015
The workshop on ethical standards for elected public representatives and their implementation, was the first in a series of three workshops for all provincial legislatures, metropolitan municipalities, district councils and local municipalities. It was indicated that South Africa had an elaborative integrity framework which included codes of conduct to guide ...
Public Enterprises
State-Owned Companies contribution to Industrial Develpment: briefing by Department of Trade & Industry
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) said the National Development Plan (NDP) identified the risk to sustainable, inclusive growth if the country did not purposively diversify its economy. Government’s 9-Point Plan is a response to the current global and domestic challenges. The Plan identifies the role of State Owned ...
Economic Development
International Trade Instruments: workshop with International Trade Administration Commission & Department of Trade and Industry
17 Aug 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry provided the Committee with information on the status of many trade negotiations currently taking place. Most of these programmes aimed to increase African participation in international trade, as well as intra-regional trade within Africa. Global trade was rapidly evolving to include both intermediate goods ...
Economic Development
Portfolio Committee on Economic Development outstanding work
23 Jun 2015
The Committee’s Content Advisor took Members through the five year strategic plan. He highlighted the priorities of the Committee; which included increasing oversight functions, active monitoring of departmental priorities, issues of national state interventions in the economy as it relates to infrastructure implementation, basic efficiency and development of departments in ...