Politician Profile Page
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Human Settlements Quarter 3 performance; North West Department recovery plan
27 Feb 2018
The Department of Human Settlements briefed the Committee on its third quarter progress report, and provided feedback on the improvements that had taken place in the North West Province through the implementation of its recovery plan.
It reported that its interim financial statements had been prepared in accordance with the ...
Economic Development
Intellectual property in pharmaceutical sector: workshop
20 Feb 2018
Professor Caroline Ncube from UCT’s Faculty of Law briefed members on some aspects of intellectual property (IP) insofar as it impacted on the pharmaceutical sector.
Some of the key aspects she covered in her briefing were the five levels of activities in the sector - e.g. imports, packaging and labelling, ...
Economic Development
Competition Act: workshop with Competition Commission
13 Feb 2018
With a Competition Amendment Bill on the cards for Parliament, the Committee Researcher gave a background to the Competition Act. Competition legislation originated in the US and Canada in the 1890s to limit the political and market power of trusts. Trusts and cartels increased prices and forced small businesses out ...