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Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill sub-committee: Department report-back on priorities & way forward
24 Apr 2018
Document awaited:
The Department highlighted priorities and challenges in the Copyright Amendment Bill as requested the previous week. Some of the priority areas outlined included:
- the non-payment of royalties
- strengthening and capacitating the Tribunal;
- fair use or fair dealing, DTI proposed the former
- low royalty rate ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar Industry intervention report by DTI
24 Apr 2018
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Sugar Industry [available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee discussed its Committee Report on Sugar Industry oversight visit. In discussion Members said these matters needed attention:
- imports and low import tariffs
- final price determination which happened in March now with a ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
B-BBEE Commission & DTI Annual Performance Plan
18 Apr 2018
Documemts handed out: Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 as Amended by Act 46 of 2013 (Booklet)
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry dealt with two matters in the meeting: The Strategic Plan for the B-BBEE Commission 2018/19 - 2020/21 and a follow-up engagement on the 2018/19 ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
South African National Accreditation System & National Metrology Institute of South Africa 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
27 Mar 2018
SANAS presented its strategic and annual performance plan (APP), and outlined its risk register as well as actions to improve management of the risks. In order to improve operational efficiency, SANAS would develop and implement a management development strategy, expand its assessor pool, and automate the accreditation processes. These actions ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Optimum Coal Mine latest developments
28 Feb 2018
This meeting was called upon the request of the National Union of Mine Workers - Optimum Mine branch. There was a strike at Optimum Coal Mine in Mpumalanga following the failure of the mine to pay the workers’ salaries. The management at Optimum Mine declined the invitation to attend the ...
Home Affairs
Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga Home Affairs: status report
20 Feb 2018
Provincial Managers of Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga briefed the Committee on the state of their provinces for the calendar year 2017.
The Acting Provincial Manager of Limpopo focused on provincial overview, civic services, immigration affairs, finance and supply chain matters, human resource management and labour relations, counter-corruption and security services, ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Draft Bill: Nedlac submission
20 Feb 2018
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) was present to represent the Business constituency in NEDLAC and COSATU represented the Labour constituency. Business was disappointed at the decision of the Committee to bypass the NEDLAC process for the Draft Bill. Business maintained that there was a need for a Socio-Economic Impact Assessment ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: Department response to submissions
14 Feb 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry in its response to the public submissions noted the concerns raised by stakeholders and various government departments about the constitutionality of certain provisions dealing with debt forgiveness which could amount to expropriation. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development had not raised this concern ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Draft Bill: public hearing; Research on over-indebtedness
13 Feb 2018
Black Sash in its submission on the National Credit Amendment Bill, made it clear that the protection of social grants from fraudulent and unlawful deductions was a critical element of the right to social security/assistance as set out in the Constitution, international instruments and jurisprudence. The Easy Pay Everywhere (EPE) ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar cane growers’ dispute: DTI progress report
29 Nov 2017
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported that it had appeared before the Committee on 12 October and 10 November 2017 about the ongoing dispute between the SA Cane Growers Association (SACGA) and the SA Farmer Development Association (SAFDA). SAFDA argued that it was not recognised by the sugar ...