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Trade, Industry and Competition
Appointment of B-BBEE Commissioner; Implementation of relief programmes following 2021 unrest and recent floods, with Minister & Deputy Minister
30 Aug 2022
Minister Ebrahim Patel briefed both the Portfolio Committee and the Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism, Employment and Labour on the appointment of the Commissioner of the B-BBEE Commission.
According to the B-BBEE Amendment Act, the candidate must have suitable qualifications and experience ...
NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure
Provincial & Rural Road Maintenance Grants; Pothole Repair Project & App
24 Aug 2022
The Rural Road Asset Management System (RRAMS) Grant to improve rural road infrastructure is administered by the Department of Transport (DoT). The grant funds the collection of data on the condition and usage of rural roads.The Provincial Roads Maintenance Grant (PRMG) is a conditional and supplementary grant as provinces ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Progress and challenges in rolling out finance and business support schemes towards SMMEs (including KZN following unrest); with Deputy Minister
23 Aug 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) and the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) briefed the Committee on the progress and challenges in rolling out all finance and business support schemes toward the growth of small, medium and micro enterprises as well as co-operatives, and their role ...
NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure
National infrastructure management strategy, update on rollout of infrastructure investment plan; with Ministry
10 Aug 2022
The Select Committee convened in a virtual meeting to receive briefings from Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) on progress made with the rollout of the country's infrastructure investment plan.
The ISA reported that there were 328 projects in the Technical Working Group pipeline (across sectors) and 56 projects were currently ...
NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure
PRASA rail rehabilitation & modernisation in 10 priority corridors
22 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) on the modernisation and rehabilitation of the passenger rail network. The modernisation programme had three pillars: rolling stock general overhaul, rolling stock fleet renewal programme, and signalling and communications. The total cost ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Tourism Infrastructure Projects: status report; with Deputy Minister
21 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the National Department of Tourism outlined the progress on the 99 tourism infrastructure projects underway with the Development Bank of Southern Africa as implementing agent. It also explained why 10 projects were discontinued.
Committee Members asked about the safety of tourists in the country; monitoring ...
NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure
Convention on International Civil Aviation Amendments; Road Traffic Regulations Amendment
15 Jun 2022
Proposed Amendment to National Road Traffic Regulations
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee met to consider the Convention on International Civil Aviation Amendments, and an amendment to the National Road Traffic Act regulations.
The Department of Transport requested the Committee’s support for ratifying protocols relating to the amendment ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Black Industrialist Programme & SEZ progress & challenges
14 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) gave a presentation on the progress of the Black Industrialist Programme. The programme had provided R36.7 billion to over 1 000 black industrialists over the past seven years, but they still faced several challenges in the marketplace. ...
NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure
14 000 hectares state land transfer to Human Settlements: DPWI progress, with Deputy Minister
8 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee received a progress report from the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) on the transfer of 14 000 hectares of state land to the Housing Development Agency (HDA).
The Committee heard that the Cabinet Memorandum No 03 of 2019 approved 167 ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Consumer and Corporate Regulation Programme: DTIC briefing
7 Jun 2022
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting on the role and mandate of the Consumer and Corporate Regulation Programme in its 2022/23 annual performance plan. This included the status of the Companies Amendment Bill, the Companies Amendment Bill on Corporate Governance for ...