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Public Enterprises
Road to Rail Strategy: Transnet progress report
17 Jun 2015
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises on the progress made in the implementation of the road-to-rail strategy to date. It said that when the Market Demand Strategy (MDS) had been launched in 2012 -- with an emphasis on massive capital investments and moving additional tonnage ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Extension of deadline for disclosure of Members Interests
10 Jun 2015
The Chief Whips Forum had proposed that the date for the disclosure of Members’ Interests be extended from 30 June 2015 to 31 July 2015, in order to avoid a situation where Members would be late in the disclosure due to a busy programme. The Committee agreed that the deadline ...
Economic Development
Automotive sector: briefing by Economic Development Department & Department of Trade and Industry
9 Jun 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) gave the Committee a full breakdown of the participants in the South African motor vehicle industry. There were seven original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) -- Ford, Nissan and BMW (in Gauteng), Toyota (in Durban), Mercedes (in East London), General Motors (in Port Elizabeth) and ...
Economic Development
Minister for Economic Development on Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) investment strategy
2 Jun 2015
Minister Ebrahim Patel said that the role of the IDC was important. Without the IDC, the economy would be worse off as the IDC’s level of investment was significant and moreover attracted private sector investments. The IDC used its investment portfolio to generate income to pay its overheads and to ...
Public Enterprises
South African Forestry Company Limited Diversification Strategy and Land Claims briefings
27 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the South African Forestry Company Limited (SAFCOL) on its diversification strategy. SAFCOL highlighted that the key strategic priorities were land claims, employment rates, education and skills level in the forestry sector, competitor advancement in upgrading the technology in their operations, climate change and legislation ...
Public Enterprises
Best Corporate Governance Practices: Institute of Directors of Southern Africa capacity building session
20 May 2015
The Institute of Directors of Southern Africa (IoDSA) facilitated a capacity building session with the Committee focusing on corporate governance practices and Board effectiveness in the public sector. The briefing identified critical points around issues of shareholder expectations, value-adding by means of good governance, understanding the strategy, risk, performance and ...
Economic Development
Competition Tribunal & International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) on their 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
19 May 2015
The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) gave a presentation to the Committee on its annual performance and strategic plans. It reported that there had been improvements in the internal controls and compliance-related matters over the recent past as evidenced by the clean audit that ITAC had obtained for the 2012/13 ...
Public Enterprises
South African Express Airways 2013/14 Annual Report & 2014/5 performance targets; Committee Report on DPE Budget
13 May 2015
The South African Express Airways (SAX) gave a briefing on its 2013/14 Annual Report and on the company’s performance targets for 2014/15. The financial statements for SAX were tabled late due to financial troubles. With the help of the Department of Public Enterprises and the National Treasury, SAX was able ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Annual disclosure of members’ interests 2015: setting of deadline; new declaration form; Committee 2014 Annual Report
6 May 2015
The Registrar of Ethics and Members Interest noted that the Committee had met with the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and Sedibeng Municipality on 20 March 2015. She highlighted some of the observations and findings from that engagement:
●There had been a view that there should be further consultation with other provinces ...
Economic Development
International Trade Administration Commission, Competition Tribunal & Competition Commission 2015 Strategic Plans
28 Apr 2015
Document awaited: Contributions to Employment Creating Growth through ITAC’s Instruments
The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) made two presentations. The first was on its strategic and annual performance plans covering policy direction; legal frameworks; key strategic objectives performance areas and services; tariff investigations; trade remedy investigations; import and export control ...