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Trade, Industry and Competition
KwaZulu Natal Gambling Board status: KZN MEC for Finance briefing
27 Mar 2015
The MEC for Finance, KwaZulu Natal, with representatives also from the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), Provincial Treasury of KwaZulu Natal, and the Co-administrator of the National Gambling Board, gave input to the Committee on the matter of the KwaZulu Gambling Board, and briefly summarised the main issues in ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Proudly South Africa briefing
18 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry was briefed by Proudly South Africa (PSA). The presentation focused on the campaigns that had been run by the PSA to market the label and promote the buying of local products. These included the “Buy Local” summit and exposition, the SA Premier Business ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Gambling Board 3rd quarter 2014/15 report; Forensic Commission Report: Minister and Department of Trade and Industry briefings
13 Mar 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti), with input also from the Minister of Trade and Industry, briefed the Committee on the situation with the National Gambling Board (NGB), which was created in 2009 under the National Gambling Act to regulate gambling activities in the country, focusing primarily on casinos, ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Green economy & renewable energy: solar and wind industry & DTI progress reports
11 Mar 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) highlighted the importance of the Renewable Energy programme in the SA economy. It is generating local content of R39 billion, with 28 392 jobs created at a total project cost of R120 billion. A total of 3 916 MW has been awarded by ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Committee Report on Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape oversight visit
10 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met briefly to discuss the report on its oversight visits to Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape. The Committee had visited the South African Bureau of Standards, the National Metrology Institute of South Africa, the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications and the South ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrial Policy, Industrial Policy Action Plan 2013/14: Status report by Department of Trade & Industry
4 Mar 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) briefed the Committee on the status of the Industrial Policy and the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) 2013/14, focussing on contextualisation, constraints and opportunities, and IPAP’s central key themes. By way of historical background, dti noted that there were deep racial structural problems ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Reports on oversight visits to Gauteng, Western Cape and Eastern Cape
3 Mar 2015
The Committee considered its Draft Reports on oversight visits that it had undertaken to the Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape Provinces. It was made abundantly clear that the Draft Reports once considered by members would not be adopted in the present meeting but would be adopted the following Tuesday ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Department of Trade and Industry on Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme
25 Feb 2015
The Department of Trade Industry (DTI) briefed the Committee on the Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme (MCEP), focusing on the purpose of the programme, the application process and adjudication of applications, and the challenges.
The MCEP was a response to the global economic crisis, which had severely restricted the export market ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Review of Space Affairs Act: briefing by South African Council for Space Affairs
24 Feb 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) had embarked on a process to review the current legislative and regulatory prescripts governing space activities in South Africa. The review was motivated inter alia, by the developments in the national space arena since the enactment of the Act, which influenced changes on ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Training on investment promotion and Bilateral Investment Treaties
10 Feb 2015