Trade, Industry and Competition
SA Sugar Association on sugar tariffs and SAFDA; Trade and Industry BRRR
10 Oct 2018
The Committee continued discussion of the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report. The Chairperson went through the report page-by-page, and discussion focussed on the entities that reported to the Department of Trade and Industry, particularly the South African Bureau of Standards, and potential losses by the Department. The Department of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill & Copyright Amendment Bill: Department & Parliamentary Legal Advisor responses to submissions; BRRR
9 Oct 2018
The Committee discussed the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations report in detail, adding recommendations and making amendments where necessary, but was unable to conclude the matter in the time available. The Committee referred to the analysis of how many targets had been met and asked if the report gave reasons ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: public hearings day 2
14 Sep 2018
The second day of the public hearings on the Performers’ Protection Bill began with a presentation by the Publishers’ Association of South Africa. The organisation proposed that the Bill should have its own exceptions and own provisions relating to Technological Protection Measures and rights management information and not be dependent ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: public hearings day 1
13 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee held public hearings for those who had made written submissions on the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill. As the Committee was keen on hearing the voices of performers, a special call had been put out for performers to attend the hearings to tell their stories and to indicate ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar Regulations; DTI 2017/18 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance with AGSA input
13 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by Auditor-General South Africa on the audit findings of the Department of Trade and Industry and its entities. AGSA informed the Committee that the report did not include findings on the South African Bureau of Standards and the National Lotteries Commission because neither entity had ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Gambling Amendment Bill; NRCS 2017/18 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance
12 Sep 2018
The Department and the National Gambling Board briefed the Committee on the National Gambling Amendment Bill 2018.
The Department gave the historical background to the National Gambling Amendment Bill 2018 which started with the Wiehahn Commission recommending strict regulation of gambling in 1995 and the Gambling Review Commission Report of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Southern African Customs Union (SACU); with Minister of Finance & Deputy and Minister of Trade and Industry
11 Sep 2018
The Standing Committee on Finance and the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met jointly for a briefing by the Ministers of Finance and Trade & Industry, as well as the Deputy Minister of Finance, on the Southern African Customs Union (SACU).
The Minister of Trade and Industry, highlighted that ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill; Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: briefing; National Credit Amendment Bill: Committee Report
5 Sep 2018
The Committee continued with the consideration of the Committee Report on the National Credit Amendment Bill from the previous day. The discussion stalled once again on the minority view.
A comment had not been inserted as agreed to the previous day. There were exchanges between Members as to what could ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Credit Amendment Bill: Committee Report; Steel & Sugar tariffs: ITAC / DTI progress
4 Sep 2018
Documents handed out: National Credit Amendment Bill Committee Report (Confidential)
The Committee Secretary had prepared a draft Committee Report on the National Credit Amendment Bill for the Committee to consider, enhance and amend. The discussion centred on the inclusion of the minority view in the report. As the Parliamentary Rules did ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: deliberations
30 Aug 2018
Due to the unavoidable absence by some Members and a confusion about the time that the meeting would end following a delayed start, the briefing on the Performers’ Protection Bill was postponed until 4 September 2018.
The Senior Legal Advisor presented a proposal for the three clauses on retrospectivity ...