Trade, Industry and Competition
Distribution of funds & 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance: National Lotteries Commission briefing
10 Mar 2020
5 Nov 2019 |
B-BBEE & NLC Commission 2018/19 Annual Report & 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance |
The National Lottery Commission briefed the Committee on the distribution of funds, especially the proactive funds for good causes. The Commission also presented the Financial and Non-Financial Report for the Third ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act & Indigenous Knowledge Act implementation
4 Mar 2020
The Department of Science and Innovation explained that the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Act (No 6 of 2019) had a very broad scope that went beyond the protection of indigenous knowledge as intellectual property. It discussed potential sources of conflict between it and the Intellectual Property ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SONA & Budget as it relates to Department: Minister briefing; DTI & EDD 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance
3 Mar 2020
2020 Budget Speech
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2020 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
The Minister of Trade and Industry gave a briefing on impact of the SONA and Budget on the Department’s programmes. The impact on core programmes was highlighted, involving 6 key areas: investment promotion, industrial masterplans, the African ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
NMISA & SANAS 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance
26 Feb 2020
The National Metrology Institute of South Africa said it strived to consistently deliver outstanding, innovative and internationally comparable measurement solutions that support regional and international trade, improve people’s quality of life and enable environmental protection. It had achieved seven of its 15 targets for the third quarter, but it was ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Incentive Report 2018/19 by DTI
25 Feb 2020
The DTI Industrial Financing Division (IFD) presented the highlights of the 2018/19 Annual Incentive Report: A snapshot showed: R8.9 billion in approvals; R.1 billion in disbursements; and R41.4 billion in actual investments (made up disbursements). The IFD funding model showed that 88% consisted of grants (R7.8 billion), 7% of tax ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Impact of Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of the Indigenous Knowledge Act on Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act (postponed)
19 Feb 2020
The meeting to discuss the impact of the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of the Indigenous Knowledge Act on the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act had to be postponed after the lead department on this matter, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) as it was previously known, submitted an ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Ease of doing business & One Stop Shop implementation: DTI briefing
18 Feb 2020
InvestSA briefed the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry on the progress of its ease of doing business working groups and the implementation of its One Stop Shops.
Regarding ease of doing business, significant progress had been made in the starting of business, which could now be accomplished in one ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Committee Reports on DTI & EDD Quarter 2 performance; Quarter 1 Programme for 2020
3 Dec 2019
The second quarter performance report of the Departments of Trade and Industry and Economic Development (EDD) was considered by the Committee, leading to a discussion on the recommendations which would be submitted to Parliament.
One of the issues raised was the continued contraction of the economy, particularly in the agriculture, ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Companies Tribunal & CIPC 2018/19 Annual Report and 2019/20 performance
27 Nov 2019
The Company Tribunal 2018/19 achievements were 100% of decisions issued within 40 days from date of hearing; 100% Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) cases were finalised within the planned 25 days; 100% of suppliers were paid within 30 days (91% paid within 15 days); it received a clean audit.
The challenges ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
NRCS &SABS on their turnaround strategies; Committee Programme: discussion
26 Nov 2019
The Portfolio Committee met with the South African Bureau of Standards and the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications to follow up on issues raised when the entities had presented their Annual and Quarterly Reports in October 2019. The Committee had requested each entity to present a detailed turnaround strategy ...