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Economic Development
New Growth Path: Minister of Economic Development progress report; Economic Development BRRR
25 Oct 2016
The Minister of Economic Development presented on the New Growth Path preliminary medium term review. He stated that prior to the adoption of the NGP employment stood at 13 638 000 jobs, after the NGP the statistics showed 15 545 000 jobs that have been created thus far. Therefore, since ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Mineral Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill: Committee Report on President’s reservations; Mineral Resources Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
19 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources adopted the report that outlines amendments to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill [B15B-2013] in accordance with reservations raised by the President.
The Committee disagreed with the President that the power given to the Minister to amend Codes, Standards and Charter did ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Department, Competition Tribunal & IDC on their 2015/16 Annual Reports, with Minister & Deputy
13 Oct 2016
Department of Economic Development Annual Report
Competition Commission of South Africa Annual Report
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited Annual Report
The Minister highlighted that the EDD spent 99.8% of its allocated budget and was able to meet its performance targets from the 23 indicators that were included in ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Council for Geoscience, Mintek, State Diamond Trader & South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
12 Oct 2016
Council for Geoscience Annual Report
State Diamond Trader Annual Report
SA Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator Annual Report
Four entities of the Department of Mineral Resources - Council for Geoscience, Mintek, State Diamond Trader and South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator presented their 2015/16 Annual Reports to the Committee. ...
Economic Development
ITAC & Competition Commission on 2015/16 Annual Reports
11 Oct 2016
Annual Reports:
International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa [126MB] [email info@pmg.org.za]
Competition Commission of South Africa
ITAC received a record ten applications for tariff increases on primary steel from Arcelor Mittal (AMSA), South Africa’s largest steel producer. The Committee was taken through achievements against targets set for tariff investigations; trade ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Department of Mineral Resources on its 2015/16 Annual Report with Auditor General input & analysis
11 Oct 2016
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) reported that all Department of Mineral Resources entities fell into the categories of clean audit, or financially unqualified opinion with findings, meaning that generally the audit was good. However, there were still weakness with regards to either compliance with laws and regulations, or with performance ...
Economic Development
Steel Industry: inputs from ITAC, Competition Commission & Industrial Development Corporation
14 Sep 2016
The Committees was briefed by International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC), the Competition Commission and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) on issues related to the steel industry.
ITAC said that the tough global economic conditions since 2008 had resulted in an oversupply of steel in China, and a consequent drop in ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Farlam Commission findings: steps taken by Department of Mineral Resources
7 Sep 2016
The Minister of Mineral Resources said the Farlam Commission dealt with one of the most painful chapters in the history of mining in post democratic South Africa. Stakeholders must recommit to improving the well-being of mineworkers and communities affected and impacted by mining so that the narrative can change. There ...
Economic Development
South Africa’s socio-economic issues: OECD briefing; International Labour Organisation on its work
6 Sep 2016
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) briefed the Committee on the overarching priorities for strong, sustainable and inclusive growth in South Africa. They identified key problem areas in the South African economy and recommended a focus on policy implementation of the objectives in the National Development Plan, the ...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Department of Mineral Resources on the 3 & 4 Quarter 2015/16 & 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
31 Aug 2016
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) briefed the Committee on the Third and Fourth Quarters 2015/16 and the First Quarter 2016/17. DMR said that the minerals and petroleum sectors remained key to the economy, and mining resource diplomacy was becoming more important. Notwithstanding the challenges, investors had still invested the ...