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NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area agreement: ratification
8 Aug 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on the ratification of the Agreement establishing a Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) amongst the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The briefing outlined ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Labour Bills (NMW; BCEA; LRA & LLA): finalisation
7 Aug 2018
The Committee met to deliberate and finalise four labour bills: Labour Laws Amendment Bill; Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill; National Minimum Wage Bill; and Labour Relations Amendment Bill. The four Bills were adopted, without any amendments, though the DA and the EFF objected to some aspects of the draft ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Public Hearings on Review of Section 25 of Constitution (26 July - 4 August 2018)
17 Jul 2018
In February 2018, the National Assembly adopted a motion proposed by the EFF, with amendments by the ANC, that Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee investigate mechanisms through which land can be expropriated without compensation. The Joint Constitutional Review Committee was mandated by the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
National Land Transport Amendment Bill [B7B-2016]: Department of Transport briefing
5 Jun 2018
The Committee was provided with insight into the National Land Transport Amendment Bill. Members were given some background on the Bill as well as the reasons behind the need for the Bill. Some of the main reasons for the Bill were that there was a need for some of the ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Department of Trade and Industry 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
30 May 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) briefed the Committee on its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan (APP).
The three main areas of work for the DTI were industrialisation, regulation and transformation. The Committee was given an overview of key interventions by the DTI which was put into action in its ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
South African Tourism on its 2016/17 Annual Report
29 Nov 2017
South African Tourism briefed the Committee on its 2016/17 Annual Report. SA Tourism had received its sixteenth unqualified audit report in 2016/17. On the performance of SA Tourism for 2016/17 it only managed to achieve six of its fourteen key performance indicators. On the number of international tourist ...
Constitutional Review Committee
2016 public submissions: legal opinions
23 Nov 2017
Report of the meeting to follow.
Constitutional Review Committee
2016 public submissions: legal opinions
9 Nov 2017
The Joint Committee on Constitutional Review met to hear legal opinion on public submissions received in 2016. Four Parliamentary Legal Advisors presents their opinions on individual submissions.
Among the submissions noted for further consideration was a submission by Mr Gabriel Mathe. He proposed that the Constitution be amended to allow ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
DIRCO & African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister
8 Nov 2017
The Committee received briefings on the 2016/17 Annual Reports of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund (ARF).
DIRCO received an unqualified audit opinion. In 2016/17, the final appropriation figure sat at around R6.838bn with actual expenditure being around R6.844bn. ...
Constitutional Review Committee
2016 public submissions: legal opinions
2 Nov 2017
Documents handed out: List of eight legal opinions [awaited]
This sitting of the Joint Committee on Constitutional Review met to hear legal opinion on public submissions received in 2016. Five Parliamentary Legal Advisers presented their opinions on eight individual submissions, with two submissions not heard because the relevant legal officers were ...