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Trade, Industry and Competition
National Consumer Tribunal on its cases; Legislation Subcommittee on Debt Relief: terms of reference
8 Nov 2016
The National Consumer Tribunal (NCT) told the Portfolio Committee that its human and financial resources were not keeping pace with the rate at which its caseload was increasing. It had received 24 446 cases from 1 April 2016 to 21 October 2016. This was already 3 349 cases more than ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
BBBEE Commission establishment; Trade and Industry BRRR
21 Oct 2016
2016 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Department of Trade and Industry presented the progress report on the establishment of the B-BBEE Commission. The Commission commenced operations effectively from the 1 April 2016 with 14 staff members sourced from within the Department of Trade and Industry. The Commission ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt forgiveness engagement with National Credit Regulator
18 Oct 2016
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that the Portfolio Committee had approved the proposal to enhance the powers of the National Credit Regulator (NCR) to prescribe debt relief measures by way of regulations. After the amendment of the National Credit Act (NCA), it had become clear that its ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Committee Report on Colloquium on Local Public Procurement
13 Oct 2016
The Committee considered its report on the colloquium on local procurement and its linkages to the industrialisation drive on a paragraph by paragraph basis. A few corrections were made to some parts of the report, after which Members of the Committee agreed on the information contained in the report, and ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Empowerment Fund on its 2015/16 Annual Report; Quarter 1 & 2 performance; Intellectual Property Consultative Framework; Procurement Report
11 Oct 2016
The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) supports the acceleration of economic growth, transformation and creation of decent jobs. The NEF is also involved in rural development and human resource development. The NEF a sector targeted approach in developing its portfolio of investment which included renewable energy, tourism, agri-processing, construction, transport and ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrial Parks revitalisation: DTI progress report
21 Sep 2016
The Industrial Parks revitalisation programme was introduced as being a structured programme for the revitalisation of industrial parks in the old industrial areas across the country and was initiated in September 2015. The programme has identified the first ten state owned industrial parks to be revitalised.
The purpose of the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
CIPC & SARS on collaboration to address company compliance burden
20 Sep 2016
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) both spoke about the need for greater cooperation to address company compliance and reduce the burden of compliance on companies. SARS strategy was to collaborate with other government entities as well as with providers of third ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
NRCS on its 2015/16 Annual Report & 1st Quarter 2016/17 performance; outstanding matters
14 Sep 2016
The Committee first received an advisory presentation by the Parliamentary legal advisor regarding the concerns and recommendations raised by the Auditor General (AG) in the qualified audit of the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS). The AG had indicated that he could identify a trend regarding the qualifications in the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister & DTI on its 2015/16 Annual Report; Auditor-General on Department's Audit outcomes
13 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on its audit outcomes for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for the 2015-16 financial year. AGSA had found an improvement in the DTI’s audit outcomes over a period of three years. It also noted that the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Consumer Commission on its 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
9 Sep 2016
The National Consumer Commission (NCC) briefed the Committee on its 2015-16 annual report, which focussed on its achievements against planned targets, its financial management, progress against the findings of the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and key challenges. Due to time constraints, the 2016-2017 first quarter report was not ...