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Economic Development
New Growth Path: response to questions by Minister of Economic Development
8 Nov 2016
The Minister responded in detail to questions asked by members at the 25 October meeting. His responses highlighted that in unlocking investment it is important that the country focus on the political economy, market opportunity, access to infrastructure, regulatory efficiency, skills availability, and competitiveness and inclusion. The Minister noted that ...
Economic Development
Committee minutes
1 Nov 2016
Documents:
Draft Minutes of the Portfolio Committee, 08 March 2016
Draft Minutes of the Portfolio Committee, 15 March 2016
Draft Minutes of the Portfolio Committee, 05 April 2016
Draft Minutes of the Portfolio Committee, 12 April 2016
Draft Minutes of the Portfolio Committee, 23 August 2016
Draft Minutes of the ...
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 ...
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ITAC & Competition Commission on 2015/16 Annual Reports
11 Oct 2016
Annual Reports:
International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa [126MB] [email [email protected]]
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 ...
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 ...
Economic Development
Minister's briefing on Economic Development Department Jan-Jun 2016 performance
13 Sep 2016
The Minister, Mr Ebrahim Patel, said the 4th quarter was normally challenging as it came after the Christmas period, but the 4th quarter had experienced even rougher economic conditions and mining and agriculture had declined. The year had seen rising employment until the 4th quarter where in three months 355 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Economic Development
IDC, ITAC, Competition Commission & Competition Tribunal on their 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan
6 Apr 2016
The Industrial Development Corporation, the International Trade Administration Commission, the Competition Tribunal and Competition Commission presented their annual performance plans to the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development.
The Industrial Development Corporation’s corporate plan highlighted some key issues faced by the entity, especially those which were due to the current economic ...