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Trade, Industry and Competition
Remote Gambling Bill [PMB3-2015]: input by National Treasury, SARS & Financial Intelligence Centre
17 Jun 2015
In light of the dangers of excessive gambling, National Treasury was open to either prohibiting online gambling or regulating the sector as long as the choice was adequately enforced. National Treasury, SARS, the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) could certainly provide the mechanisms to ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Draft Liquor Policy: Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) briefing
10 Jun 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the liquor industry in South Africa was regulated by DTI and comparatively, the liquor industry contributed significantly to the economy of the country. Because of the problems this country were experiencing in terms of the socio-economic impact of alcohol use, the President ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Codes of Good Practice: Department of Trade and Industry briefing
9 Jun 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said in 2013, ten years after the initial Act was promulgated, Parliament made some significant amendments to the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) legislation. There had been a provision in the old Act that stated that public sector organs may apply the Codes of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Engagement with National Lotteries Board (NLB) & Distributing Agencies on current status of its distributing activities in their respective sectors
5 Jun 2015
A delegation from the National Lotteries Board (NLB) delivered a presentation to the Committee on its distributing activities. Following the Lotteries Amendment Act, which had been promulgated in April 2015, the activities of the NLB would change in five main ways:
Trade, Industry and Competition
Remote Gambling Bill [PMB3-2015]: hearings
3 Jun 2015
The Committee conducted hearings on the Remote Gambling Bill and heard from various stakholders and interested persons.
The Banking Association of South Africa (BASA) was essentially agnostic on whether online gambling should be regulated or not and it was a decision for government to make. In 2011 there were views ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Draft National Gambling Policy: Department of Trade and Industry briefing; Gambling Sector Performance: National Gambling Board briefing
2 Jun 2015
The National Gambling Board reported that it monitored market conduct and gathered provincial gambling statistics. These statistics related to turnover, gross gambling revenue (GGR) and taxes/levies relevant to all regulated gambling modes, i.e. casinos, racing and betting, limited pay-out machines (LPMs) and bingo. There were 37 operational casinos out of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Remote Gambling Bill [PMB-2015]: Input from Department of Trade and Industry
27 May 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provided input on the Remote Gambling Bill tabled by Mr G Hill-Lewis (DA) and outlined reasons why the DTI did not support the legalisation of remote (online) gambling in the country at this point. In 2014, DTI presented policy recommendations after considering all ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Remote Gambling Bill [PMB3-2015] as introduced by Hon G Hill-Lewis (DA) briefing
26 May 2015
Mr G Hill-Lewis (DA) presented on the Remote Gambling Bill which was tabled as a Private Member’s Bill. He noted that there was no political or ideological motivation for this Bill, but the idea of prohibiting a practice that was perfectly reasonable and acceptable in a free society, was a ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Engagement with Minister of Trade and Industry with regards to the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission & Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Codes of Good Practice
19 May 2015
The Minister of Trade and Industry appeared before the Committee to address the concern over the recent and widely publicised resignation of the Commissioner of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), Ms Astrid Ludin. The Minister also addressed the confusion that arose with the introduction of the new Broad-Based ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar Association regarding alternative energy sources briefing; Committee Reports on Transfer Pricing & Trade and Industry Budget
13 May 2015
Formal consideration of the Committee’s report on Budget Vote 34: Trade and Industry
Recommendations for the Committee’s report on Budget Vote 34 focused mainly on the proposed Black Industrialist Development Programme and the opposing views Members had in curbing the illegal activities and non-compliance in the scrap metals industry. DTI ...