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Public Enterprises
Minister of Public Enterprises and Eskom Board on reappointment of Brian Molefe as GCEO; with Deputy Minister present
23 May 2017
The Committee met for an urgent engagement with the Minister and Deputy Minister of the Department of Public Enterprises and the Board of Eskom on the apparent reappointment of Mr Brian Molefe as CEO of the power utility after it was said he had resigned and then became a Member ...
Public Enterprises
Competitive Supplier Development Programme: DPE briefing; Committee Reports on Public Enterprises Budget; Oversight visit
17 May 2017
Opportunities in South Africa were given to unfortunate people who then brought unfortunate consequences. This was the opinion of a Member of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises during discussion on the effectiveness of the Competitive Supplier Development Programme (CSDP).
He said that there was a need for South Africans ...
Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises on its Annual Performance Plan
10 May 2017
Apologies were received from Minister Lynne Brown, who was attending a Cabinet meeting.
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Enterprises on its Annual Performance Plan for 2017/18 and shareholder compacts signed with State-Owned Enterprises.
On the Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan, Domestic economic outlook, the Department ...
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 ...
Public Enterprises
Committee Programme and State Owned Companies status reports
3 May 2017
Ms D Rantho (ANC) was appointed as Acting Chairperson as the former Chairperson had been promoted to Deputy Minister. The dates and agendas for the term were tabled and discussed, but it was noted that this could still change. A joint meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Energy on Eskom's ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department on its Third Quarter Performance, with Minister & Deputy in attendance
28 Feb 2017
The Minister reported an unemployment rate of 26.7%, this is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 27.1% of Quarter 2, 2016. The labour force increased by 143 000. 235 000 jobs were created in Q3:127 000 were formal non-agriculture jobs, 53 000 informal non-agriculture, 38 000 in agriculture and 17 ...
Public Enterprises
Alexkor (Richtersveld) and Safcol land claims challenges: DRDLR briefing; Deputy Minister Rural Development present
22 Feb 2017
The Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform was present at the meeting. The first briefing was given by the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights, who briefly outlined that so far 3.3 million hectares of land had been restored to communities and individuals, and R4.2 billion funding given ...
Economic Development
Banks forex collusion; auto sector 'after market': Competition Commission briefing
21 Feb 2017
The Competition Commissioner gave a briefing on the exchange rate/currency trade collusion investigation. The investigation emanated from information that was already in the public domain as well as investigations that were ongoing in Europe, UK and the US on the subject matter. The Commission received some information from various sources ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Eskom debt owed by municipalities; SONA impact on local government, with Minister
21 Feb 2017
Eskom said that they were making good progress with implementing the Promotion of Administrative Justice Amendment Act (PAJA) process initiated in November 2016. The PAJA process has helped Eskom recover debt of R1.3b. The total overdue debt had been growing over the past three years and only started decreasing after ...
Economic Development
Competition Commission legislation implementation challenges
29 Nov 2016
The Competition Commission said the vision of the Commission was the attainment of a growing and inclusive economy that served all South Africans through the Commission’s three core functions of enforcement, merger regulation and advocacy. The challenges to cartel enforcement were excessive litigation on technical grounds in the form of ...