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Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill [B23-2018]: deliberations
4 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Economic Development held a sitting after the completion of the public hearings phase on the Competition Amendment Bill. The objective of the meeting was to obtain feelers from Committee Members on their personal experiences and what other suggestions they might proffer.
Most Members felt that the ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill: public hearings day 2
29 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Economic Development received briefings from various stakeholders on the second day of public hearings on the Competition Amendment Bill, which had officially been introduced to the National Assembly last month. Its primary objective was to address the structural challenges that were considered by the Minister of ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill: public hearings day 1
28 Aug 2018
On the first of two days of public hearings, the Committee was briefed by nine entities, including organised business, trade unions, manufacturers, retailers and legal representatives, on their opinions of the proposed amendments to the Competition Act.
The Law Society of South Africa supported the objectives of the Bill to ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill [B23-2018]: briefing by Minister
21 Aug 2018
The Minister of Economic Development briefed the Committee on the Competition Amendment Bill. The Bill sought to clarify certain key aspects of the Competition Act of 1998 such as market enquiry, abuse of dominance, national security and public interest issues.
There were two aspects to the meeting - the Minister ...
Economic Development
Textile Industry: IDC briefing; Economic Development Department Quarter 4 performance with Minister & Deputy Minister
12 Jun 2018
The Minister of Economic Development, Mr Ebrahim Patel, presented the fourth quarter report of the Economic Development Department to the Committee and he was accompanied by his Deputy, Mr Madala Masuku.
The Minister reported that the country’s GDP declined 2.2 percent during the quarter with agriculture taking the biggest hit ...
Economic Development
Import Regulations: briefing by ITAC
30 May 2018
The Committee was briefed on import control and enforcement by the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC). The meeting was also attended by stakeholders from the sugar and poultry industries.
Members had requested the briefing when they were considering ITAC’s annual report, because they felt they needed to understand the status ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Status of Women Report 2018; National Strategic Plan on GBV Shadow Framework by Stop Gender Violence Campaign; Sanitary products zero rating
17 May 2018
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus met to discuss the report on the 2018 Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the zero-rating of sanitary products and a presentation of the Stop Gender Violence Campaign. Members were taken through the CSW report in relation to what the 62nd session fo the CSW ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament 2017/18 Quarter 4 performance
16 May 2018
The 2017/18 Quarter 4 report showed great progress towards the achievement of the six Strategic Outcome Oriented goals envisaged by the 2014-2019 Strategic Plan of the Fifth Parliament. Of a total of 19 performance indicators, only five have not met the targets. One of these indicators is for the timely ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Annual Performance Report 2018/9; Secretary to Parliament disciplinary matter
10 May 2018
Annual Performance Report 2018/9 presentation awaited
The funding for political parties is the only thing that has not been affected by budgetary cuts while the core business of Parliament has been allocated less.
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament was left wondering why the budget for ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Budget: Committee Report
8 May 2018
The Committee considered its Report on Budget Vote 25: Economic Development Department. No substantive changes were made to the Report. Grammatical and minor technical changes were made to the Report where necessary. The Committee did agree to include in the Report if it was not already covered in existing recommendations, ...