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NCOP Appropriations
Early Childhood Development Grant Quarter 4 performance: hearing
16 May 2018
The Committee was briefed by the National Treasury and the National Department of Social Development, and received submissions from the Eastern Cape, the North West Province and the Northern Cape, on the Early Childhood Development Conditional Grant.
National Treasury (NT) focused on the purposes of the grant, whether those purposes ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Department of Tourism 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
16 May 2018
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan (APP).
Key strategies for radical economic transformation to achieve inclusive growth were highlighted. The strategies were underpinned along three areas ie policy, people and places. In total the NDT had twelve strategic objectives which were ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Small Business 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister & Deputy
2 May 2018
The Department of Small Business Development appeared before the Committee to present its 208/19 annual performance plan and budget.
In her preliminary remarks, the Minister said that the Department had been formed to encourage Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMES) and cooperatives in SA. In 2014 government had placed small ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Economic Development Department Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
25 Apr 2018
Deputy Minister Masuku said there were no serious changes to the Annual Performance Plan (APP) with the priorities remaining a focus on job creation; inclusive growth of the economy; the alignment of the state bodies around implementation; providing strategic direction to competition authorities and on competition policy. He spoke to ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Independent Power Producers signed agreements; NERSA on Eskom application; DOE Annual Plan
24 Apr 2018
The Department of Energy (DoE) briefed the Committee on its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan (APP). The Committee was given insight into the targets that were set in terms of its six Programmes, namely, Administration, Energy Policy and Planning, Petroleum and Petroleum Products Regulation, Electrification and Energy Programme and Project Management, ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission on work done since inception
17 Apr 2018
The Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission briefed the Committee on work done since inception.
The Committee was provided with background which led to the eventual establishment of the Commission. The Commission started operations in June 2016.The briefing continued with detail on operational implementation via the six Programmes of the ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
African Union Institutional Review Report: DIRCO briefing; with Deputy Minister
28 Mar 2018
The meeting received a briefing from Deputy Minister Luwellyn Landers, International Relations and Cooperation and Ambassador Mxolisi Nkosi, on the African Union Institutional Reform.
The Deputy Minister was pleased to note that good relations between South Africa and Rwanda were back on track. The situation on the continent was quite ...
Finance Standing Committee
2018 Budget: Treasury briefing; Minister & Deputy Minister of Finance Input
22 Feb 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2018 State of the Nation Address
The Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Appropriations, together with the Select Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Appropriations were briefed on the 2018 Budget by the National Treasury in the presence of the Minister of Finance.
The Minister ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Rural tourism development: progress report
21 Feb 2018
Briefing by the National Department of Tourism (NDT) on progress of rural tourism development
One of the goals for rural tourism development was to create a platform to share knowledge of best practice, development opportunities and challenges in rural areas for tourism development. The Rural Tourism Strategy called for the ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Labour Laws Amendment Bill; National Minimum Wage Bill, Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill; Labour Relations Amendment Bill: briefing with Minister
20 Feb 2018
The Minister of Labour gave introductory remarks on the four Labour Law Reform bills. The Labour Laws Amendment Bill was a Private Member's Bill introduced by Ms Cheryl Dudley. It proposed including parental leave benefits to adoptive parents, surrogate mothers and fathers. An error in the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act ...