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Economic Development
1 Quarter 2016 Labour Force Survey by Stats SA; Skills development: Engineering Council of South Africa briefing
30 Aug 2016
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) gave a presentation of the Quarterly Labour Survey Q2/2016 results, stating that the information was not actually garnered by Stats SA. The report noted that unemployment decreased by 90 000 to 5.6 million which resulted in a decline in unemployment rate by 0.1 of a ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
MPRDA Bill [B15B -2013]: deliberations on NHTL submission & President's reservations
24 Aug 2016
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and a Parliamentary Legal Advisor took the Committee through each clause of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment (MPRDA) Bill disputed or commented on by the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL), the DMR, the President’s legal adviser, and the Office of the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Steel Industry interventions: Minister of Trade and Industry briefing
23 Aug 2016
The Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and Economic Development met jointly to be briefed by the Minister and the Department of Trade and Industry on Steel Industry interventions.
Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies, said that the Minister of Economic Development and he had been working together closely ...
Finance Standing Committee
Illicit Financial Flows, Base Erosion & Profit Sharing, Panama Papers: Treasury, SARB, Financial Intelligence Centre, SARS inputs
25 May 2016
This was a joint meeting with the Portfolio Committees of Trade and Industry and Mineral Resources.
National Treasury introduced the presentations. On illicit flows, the difficulty was hard evidence. The media put out a lot of information but it would be helpful if people went directly to the authorities with ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
MPRDA Bill [B15B-2013]: deliberations on National House of Traditional Leaders comments
17 May 2016
The Chairperson introduced the Committee to the deliberations, stating that the Committee was dealing with a sensitive industry where there was not much good news and that it was an industry under strain faced with serious challenges. Members were instructed to take responsibility and assist in ensuring that it was ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
MDRA Bill: National House of Traditional Leaders submission & Department response
4 May 2016
The National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) presented its views and proposals on the MPRDA Bill. Notable proposals dealt with the inclusion of traditional rulers in the definition of ‘community,’ definition of ‘member of community,’ and ‘beneficiation’, substitution of ‘labour sending areas’ with ‘preferential employment opportunities’, establishment of an independent ...
Economic Development
Meeting with German Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy
20 Apr 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Economic Development and the Portfolio Committee on Energy had a joint meeting with the German Committee on Economic Affairs to discuss matters such as the introduction of nuclear power stations and renewable energy, as well as to receive advice on how to improve existing power stations ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Committee Report on Mineral Resources Budget
13 Apr 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources met to consider the Draft Report on Mineral Resources on the strategic plan and budget vote 29 of the Department of Mineral Resources for the 2016/2017 Financial year.
The Chairperson quickly took Members through the report, stopping only where there was a point raised ...
Economic Development
Committee Report on Economic Budget Vote
12 Apr 2016
The Chairperson, after consulting Members, decided that the meeting adjourn for an hour as the ruling party members needed to go into caucus around the report before presenting it to the meeting. The meeting adjourned and convened two hours later.
The Chairperson took Members through the report page by page. ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mine Health and Safety Council, Council for Geoscience, Mintek, SADPMR & SDT on their 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan
6 Apr 2016
The meeting began with a carry-over from the previous day’s meeting, with a number of follow-up questions from Members. These referred to financial issues within the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), assistance to small scale miners to enter the industry, procurement from black suppliers, the involvement of the DMR in ...