Politician Profile Page
Economic Development
IDC 2017/18 Annual Report; Competition Amendment Bill: adoption
16 Oct 2018
The Committee passed the final version (B-list) of the Competition Amendment Bill as well as the Committee Report on the Bill.
The DA objected to both, highlighting that the Bill gave too much powers to the Minister. The party further complained that the process undertaken by the Committee was questionable ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department 2017/18 Annual Report; with Minister & Deputy Minister
11 Oct 2018
The EDD briefed the Committee on its 2017/18 annual report. The Minister and Deputy Minister were in attendance.
The EDD received a clean audit, and there as an overall improvement in the control environment as evidenced by less findings compared to the previous financial years.
In terms ...
Economic Development
Competition Commission on its 2017/18 Annual Report
10 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
The Commission briefed the Committee on its 2017/18 annual report which outlined its cases, market inquiries, challenges, financial constraints, lack of capacity, exorbitant legal fees, lack of expertise, and the controversial unqualified audit opinion with material findings on irregular expenditure.
The Commission reported categorically that the lack ...
Economic Development
Competition Tribunal & ITAC 2017/18 Annual Reports; with AGSA input
9 Oct 2018
The Competition Tribunal told the Committee the decrease in its efficiency was mainly due to the increase in the investigation periods. There had been an increase in the number of extensions and delays that it could not do anything about. The increase in its case load, the ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill: proposed amendments
3 Oct 2018
The Committee reconvened for a second day to give consideration to the Minister’s responses to the Committee’s proposed amendments to the Competition Bill. The Committee had to adjourn the previous day owing to quorum issues. The meeting started at 09h30 but the Committee had to briefly adjourn as it did ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill: Minister’s response to amendments
2 Oct 2018
The Committee met to hear responses from the Minister on amendments to the Competition Bill proposed in the A-List.
The Minister of Economic Development took the Committee through responses to the Committee amendments to the Competition Bill. The highlights of the responses were as follows:
Clause 6 (Section 9 - ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill: deliberations
19 Sep 2018
The Committee continued its clause-by-clause deliberations on the Competition Amendment Bill, taking into account the Minister’s responses to matters raised by the Committee as contained in a report from the Economic Development Department. Highlights of the deliberations were as follows:
Clause 23 seeks to amend section 43B of the Act. ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill: deliberations
18 Sep 2018
The Committee continued its deliberations on the Competition Amendment Bill [B23-2018] and started the clause-by-clause reading of the bill, in conjunction with, and with reference to, the Minister’s responses to matters raised by the Committee as contained in a report from the Economic Development Department.
On clause 1, which amended ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill: deliberations
5 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Economic Development met to discuss all sections of the Competition Amendment Bill, 2018. As this was a very technical Bill, the Members agreed to refer what seemed unclear to them to the Minister for a response. Guidelines were a contentious issue, with the state law adviser ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Election of Co-Chairperson
4 Sep 2018
The departure of Mr V Smith meant that there was a vacancy in the Committee leadership. Following a close vote (4 in favour and 3 for another candidate), Dr M Motshekga was elected co-chairperson of the Committee.
The Committee agreed that its next meeting will take place on Wednesday, 12 ...