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Trade, Industry and Competition
National Consumer Commission (NCC) 4 Quarter 2014/15 performance; IPAP – Metal Fabrication sector: Transnet, PRASA & Tooling Association of South Africa input
18 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry had an engagement with four state entities on their performances.
The National Consumer Council (NCC) informed the Committee that 15 out of 18 targets had been fully achieved, two had been partially met and one had not been met at all. 1 582 ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Investment trends: Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) briefing
14 Aug 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) gave a presentation to the Committee on investment trends in South Africa. Investment formed an important pillar of the President's nine-point plan to grow the economy. Investment trends provided a very reliable predictor of future growth in an economy, along with statistics on ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister on Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) 2015 & Status of African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA)
4 Aug 2015
The Minister said one of the major themes that were covered in the government’s nine point plan in addressing the economy was the higher impact IPAP. There were a number of constraints in terms of manufacturing which were in some cases global challenges such as the steel glut experienced worldwide. ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Trade and Investment Policy Workshop: day 1
21 Jul 2015
The Portfolio Committee’s trade and investment workshop focused on foreign direct investment, and featured presentations by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the University of the Western Cape (UWC) law faculty, the Trade and Law Centre (tralac), and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).
The DTI described ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Remote Gambling Bill [PMB3-2015]: submissions and responses by Department & Private Member
24 Jun 2015
Mr G Hill-Lewis (DA) said there had been a strong feeling that the Remote Gambling Bill required stronger and more explicit language around the requirement for local investment. This was fully supported, because the intention of the Bill was clear. All licensed operators should situate the entirety of their business ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Remote Gambling Bill [PMB3-2015]: input by National Treasury, SARS & Financial Intelligence Centre
17 Jun 2015
In light of the dangers of excessive gambling, National Treasury was open to either prohibiting online gambling or regulating the sector as long as the choice was adequately enforced. National Treasury, SARS, the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) could certainly provide the mechanisms to ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Remote Gambling Bill [PMB3-2015]: hearings
3 Jun 2015
The Committee conducted hearings on the Remote Gambling Bill and heard from various stakholders and interested persons.
The Banking Association of South Africa (BASA) was essentially agnostic on whether online gambling should be regulated or not and it was a decision for government to make. In 2011 there were views ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Draft National Gambling Policy: Department of Trade and Industry briefing; Gambling Sector Performance: National Gambling Board briefing
2 Jun 2015
The National Gambling Board reported that it monitored market conduct and gathered provincial gambling statistics. These statistics related to turnover, gross gambling revenue (GGR) and taxes/levies relevant to all regulated gambling modes, i.e. casinos, racing and betting, limited pay-out machines (LPMs) and bingo. There were 37 operational casinos out of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Remote Gambling Bill [PMB-2015]: Input from Department of Trade and Industry
27 May 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provided input on the Remote Gambling Bill tabled by Mr G Hill-Lewis (DA) and outlined reasons why the DTI did not support the legalisation of remote (online) gambling in the country at this point. In 2014, DTI presented policy recommendations after considering all ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Remote Gambling Bill [PMB3-2015] as introduced by Hon G Hill-Lewis (DA) briefing
26 May 2015
Mr G Hill-Lewis (DA) presented on the Remote Gambling Bill which was tabled as a Private Member’s Bill. He noted that there was no political or ideological motivation for this Bill, but the idea of prohibiting a practice that was perfectly reasonable and acceptable in a free society, was a ...