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Trade, Industry and Competition
Local public procurement in the transport industry: Department briefing; 1064 Locomotives contract: Transnet update
4 Dec 2018
The Chairperson announced that there were some changes to the programme because neither Prasa nor the Department of Transport were not available that week and so their reports on localisation would have to be rescheduled for the following year.
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on local ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Maledu Constitutional Court judgment & other litigation: lessons learned; with Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2018
The Deputy Minister gave a political overview of the Maledu case. Section 54 of the MRPDA states that a mining right holder should negotiate with the owner or lawful land occupier about compensation where loss will be suffered through mining. Section 55 deals with expropriation when no resolution is reached ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: consideration of submissions
8 Nov 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor on the public submissions on the Performer’s Protection Amendment Bill as well as its response to those inputs. The Department of Trade and Industry also presented its views on the public input.
There were no inputs on the proposed deletion ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: deliberations
7 Nov 2018
The intention of the meeting had been to review a legal opinion on the constitutionality of the Copyright Amendment Bill and for the Senior Legal Advisor to take the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry through the Copyright Amendment Bill, clause by clause, for an in-principle agreement on each clause. ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Gambling Amendment Bill: public hearings day 2
26 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Development held public hearings on the National Gambling
Amendment Bill for the second time in the week. The participants included the Western Cape Bookmakers’ Association and the Gauteng Off-course Bookmakers’ Association, Sun Slots, Ithuba, the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board and the Western ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Incentive Programme Review: briefing
23 Oct 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry presented a Review Report of the Incentive Programme for the past five years from 2013/14 to 2017/18. The incentive package had doubled in the five years under review.
The Department reported that manufacturing in South Africa offered 1.7 million jobs directly but indirectly 5.4 ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: proposed amendments & call for comment; BRRR
17 Oct 2018
Comment: Additional Clauses in Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill
The Parliament Legal Advisor went through the proposed Portfolio Committee amendments – including several new clauses – after the legal teams had considered the public comments stemming from the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill and those applicable from the Copyright Amendment Bill and ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
State Diamond Trader, CGS, Mintek, SADPMR 2017/18 Annual Reports
10 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources was briefed by the Council for Geoscience (CGS), Mintek, the State Diamond Trader (SDT) and the South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator (SADPMR) on their annual reports for the 2017/18 financial year.
The CGS has managed to maintain an ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill & Copyright Amendment Bill: Department & Parliamentary Legal Advisor responses to submissions; BRRR
9 Oct 2018
The Committee discussed the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations report in detail, adding recommendations and making amendments where necessary, but was unable to conclude the matter in the time available. The Committee referred to the analysis of how many targets had been met and asked if the report gave reasons ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar Regulations; DTI 2017/18 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance with AGSA input
13 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by Auditor-General South Africa on the audit findings of the Department of Trade and Industry and its entities. AGSA informed the Committee that the report did not include findings on the South African Bureau of Standards and the National Lotteries Commission because neither entity had ...