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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B5-2015]; Appropriations Bill [B6-2015]: briefing
27 Feb 2015
A delegation of senior staff from the National Treasury briefed the Joint Meeting of the Select Committee on Appropriations and the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the 2015 Division of Revenue Bill and the 2015 Appropriations Bill. A joint meeting of the Select and Standing Committees on Appropriations to interrogate ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Diplomacy strategy & functioning of SA Council on International Relations: DIRCO input
18 Feb 2015
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) briefed the Committee on its Public Diplomacy strategy. Public diplomacy entailed communication of South Africa’s foreign policy, its priorities and objectives through direct and indirect communication, using various media platforms, including face-to-face communication, and new social media, in a way that was ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
SA Tourism on its 2013/14 Annual Report; Committee Reports
26 Nov 2014
South African Tourism (SAT) briefed the Committee on its Annual Report 2013/14. SAT was essentially focused on the international marketing of SA as a tourist destination. Domestic tourism, brand awareness, key quality assurance beyond that of accommodation and business events growth were important pillars to SAT. On the corporate governance ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Deputy Minister and Department of Public Works on 2013/14 Annual Report; Committee Oversight Reports
25 Nov 2014
The Department of Public Works (DPW), with the Deputy Minister of Public Works, presented the 2013/14 Annual Report to the Select Committee. The main focus of the presentation related to establishing links between the non-financial performance and financial results. The Clean Audit Turnaround Project (budgeted at R134 million) resulted in ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Credit Regulator on its 2013/14 Annual Report
19 Nov 2014
The National Credit Regulator noted that it had received an unqualified opinion and had no findings on compliance, supply chain management and performance information. There was an under-expenditure of R 15.65 million. Key successes were to be found in its enforcement actions and its consumer education. The key challenges were ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Labour on its 2013/14 Annual Report
18 Nov 2014
The Department of Labour (DoL) reported on its annual report for 2013/14, providing details of the highlights and challenges of the year under review. It said it was focusing on strengthening social protection by giving greater attention to the fund components of their work -- the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Economic Development Department 2014 Annual Report briefing, with Deputy Minister present
11 Nov 2014
The Economic Development Department (EDD) presented its 2013/14 Annual Report to the Committee, with substantial input and explanations given by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and department officials. The mandate of the EDD was outlined, and emphasis placed on its role as secretariat to the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Committee ...
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 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 ...