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Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: DTI response to submissions (cont)
22 Sep 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) went through its response to public submissions clause by clause and presented the proposed changes it was prepared to make based on the public submissions. The Committee considered the DTI’s responses clause by clause, accepted some proposals for the time being, and flagged ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: Department response to submissions
16 Sep 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) responded to the public submissions on the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill (PPIB) and defended the Bill. The presentation highlighted investment commitments from companies like Mercedes Benz, BMW, and Unilever as discrediting claims of lowered international investor confidence. The DTI was willing ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: public hearings
15 Sep 2015
In its submission on the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill, the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa (AmCham), which represents some 600 US companies operating in SA, called for the inclusion of a ‘fair and equitable treatment’ clause. It expressed concern about the Private Security Industry Regulation Amendment ...
Finance Standing Committee
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: joint workshop
11 Sep 2015
Participants at the workshop were told there were three portfolio committees coordinating the Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS) project -- Finance, Mineral Resources and Trade and Industry. This meeting was to take forward processes that had begun with the Trade and Industry Committee last year, and had gone as ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister of Trade and Industry on DTI 2014/15 Annual Report; 1st quarter 2015/16 performance; audit findings with Auditor-General
8 Sep 2015
The Committee received a presentation by the office of the Auditor General on the audit of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), which showed a marked and gradual improvement across the board since 2012 in both performance and financial management. The Department had received its first ‘clean audit’. However, ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications' Letters of Authority effectiveness: hearing; SPII & THRIP: Innovation & Capacity Building DTI interventions
2 Sep 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry held an engagement with various organisations regarding the effectiveness of the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) in the issuing of Letters of Authority (LOA).
What came out of the presentations was that there should be amendments to the legislative framework, especially NRCS ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015] briefing
1 Sep 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry gave a briefing on the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill for both the Portfolio Committee and representatives from the NCOP’s Select Committee on Trade and International Relations. DTI explained that the international investment landscape is evolving and that the Promotion and Protection of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Innovation & Capacity building interventions: briefing by Department of Trade and Industry & SABS Design Institute
26 Aug 2015
The presentation by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) on its Design Institute (DI) featured a display which had been created at Parliament, showcasing some of the products that had been developed at the DI. These included macadamian nut oil, new children’s toys, hand-painted furniture, gardening products, lactose-free products ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SA foreign direct investment obligations & Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill [B18-2015]: seminar
24 Aug 2015
The Committee heard a total of five presentations during a seminar designed to solicit input and facilitate discussion on the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill. First to present was Dr James Zhan from UNCTAD. He aimed to give the UN and international perspective on the state of global investment ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Consumer Commission (NCC) 4 Quarter 2014/15 performance; IPAP – Metal Fabrication sector: Transnet, PRASA & Tooling Association of South Africa input
18 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry had an engagement with four state entities on their performances.
The National Consumer Council (NCC) informed the Committee that 15 out of 18 targets had been fully achieved, two had been partially met and one had not been met at all. 1 582 ...