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Department of Public Works & Property Management Trading Entity on their 2015/16 Annual Report, with Minister in attendance
21 Feb 2017
At the outset, Minister Nxesi assured the Committee that he and the DPW took their engagements very seriously. The DPW had a turnaround plan in place which was started in 2012. The plan was founded on two pillars. The first was to have zero tolerance for corruption ...
Economic Development
Minister of Economic Development on Quarter 2 Performance
15 Nov 2016
The Minister stated that growth rates on the African continent were faster than global average since 2000, driven by an expanding demand for commodities, rising urbanisation and growing investment levels. However, African growth is now slowing sharply. South Africa’s growth will be affected by weaker continental growth. Total trade between ...
Economic Development
New Growth Path: response to questions by Minister of Economic Development
8 Nov 2016
The Minister responded in detail to questions asked by members at the 25 October meeting. His responses highlighted that in unlocking investment it is important that the country focus on the political economy, market opportunity, access to infrastructure, regulatory efficiency, skills availability, and competitiveness and inclusion. The Minister noted that ...
Economic Development
New Growth Path: Minister of Economic Development progress report; Economic Development BRRR
25 Oct 2016
The Minister of Economic Development presented on the New Growth Path preliminary medium term review. He stated that prior to the adoption of the NGP employment stood at 13 638 000 jobs, after the NGP the statistics showed 15 545 000 jobs that have been created thus far. Therefore, since ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department, Competition Tribunal & IDC on their 2015/16 Annual Reports, with Minister & Deputy
13 Oct 2016
Department of Economic Development Annual Report
Competition Commission of South Africa Annual Report
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited Annual Report
The Minister highlighted that the EDD spent 99.8% of its allocated budget and was able to meet its performance targets from the 23 indicators that were included in ...
Economic Development
Minister's briefing on Economic Development Department Jan-Jun 2016 performance
13 Sep 2016
The Minister, Mr Ebrahim Patel, said the 4th quarter was normally challenging as it came after the Christmas period, but the 4th quarter had experienced even rougher economic conditions and mining and agriculture had declined. The year had seen rising employment until the 4th quarter where in three months 355 ...
Economic Development
Infrastructure Development Bill [B49-2013]: Minister & Department of Economic Development responses to public submissions
27 Jan 2014
The Minister of Economic Development presented an overview of the intention behind the Infrastructure Development Bill (the Bill) and the comments on, and, where applicable, proposals for new wording following public submissions. He noted that over the past four years, when infrastructure was identified as a major jobs driver, infrastructure ...