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NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Department of Tourism on its 2013/14 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
5 Nov 2014
The Deputy Minister of Tourism noted that tourism was a key growth sector for the economy. Important for tourism was the need for integrated planning between the three spheres of government. She noted the highlights for the NDT: the gazetting of the Tourism Act on the 2 April 2014; the ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Energy on its 2013/14 Annual Report
4 Nov 2014
The Department of Energy briefed the Committee on its Annual Report for the 2013/14 financial year.
Some of the Department’s achievements pertained to the Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP) that had gained momentum over the financial year, with support from the Presidential Infrastructure Co-coordinating Commission (PICC), Eskom and municipalities, the ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Department of Trade and Industry 2013/14 Annual Report to the NCOP
29 Oct 2014
The Department of Trade and Industry noted it received a financially unqualified audit opinion from the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) for the 2013/14 financial year.
DTI noted key achievements against planned targets for 2013/14 in each of its five clusters: Industrial development; Trade, Investment and Exports; Broadening participation; Regulation; Administration ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Transport on its 2013/14 Annual Report
28 Oct 2014
The transport sector remained key to regional and continental development. Therefore strengthening the country’s position as the gateway to Africa required continuous maintenance, expansion and upgrading of transport infrastructure networks. Overall, the DoT had set 329 targets for the 2013/14 financial year, 216 (66%) of these were achieved and 113 ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Tourism Sector Strategy & National Rural Tourism Strategy & Heritage Strategy: Department of Tourism briefing
15 Oct 2014
The Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on the National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS) and the National Rural Tourism Strategy and Heritage Strategy, with more emphasis on the latter presentation, to prepare the Committee for its upcoming visit to the heritage site of Mapungubwe. The Committee was provided with ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) development: briefing by Department of Small Business Development with Deputy Minister
14 Oct 2014
The Department of Small Business Development spoke about the Small Enterprise Finance Agency, Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda); Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA); National Empowerment Fund’s Rural Community and Development Fund; Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Risk Capital Facility; the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Incentive Schemes such as the ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Role of SADC in addressing current issues in Lesotho and DRC: Department of International Relations and Cooperation briefing
17 Sep 2014
The Committee met briefly to discuss SADC’s role in the current issues in Lesotho and in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The Department informed Members of Parliament that Lesotho currently has three political parties within a coalition government and its Constitution allows floor-crossing to take place-this has lead to ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Compensation Fund progress report; Convention for Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships
16 Sep 2014
The Compensation Fund from the Department of Labour briefed the Committee on its performance in the 2013/2014 financial year; progress on the commitments it made to the Committee in 2013-14; its action plan to address its disclaimer audit opinion; the comparison of claims registered, accepted and repudiated for 2011-2014; the ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Department of Trade and Industry on South Africa's Trade Policy and Strategy Framework (TPSF)
30 Jul 2014
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said trade policy was an instrument of industrial policy and should support industrial development and upgrading, employment growth and increased value-added exports. South Africa had a relatively open economy, protected only moderately by tariffs, where 56% of duties were set at 0%. In ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Deputy Minister and Economic Development Department on MTEF budget, infrastructure initiatives and New Growth Plan
29 Jul 2014
The Deputy Minister and Department of Economic Development briefed the Committee on how the Medium Term Expenditure Framework budget responded to government infrastructure initiatives, and gave a progress report on the implementation of the New Growth Plan (NGP). The NGP was developed to address the legacy of inequality in relation ...