Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: public hearings day 2
14 Sep 2018
The second day of the public hearings on the Performers’ Protection Bill began with a presentation by the Publishers’ Association of South Africa. The organisation proposed that the Bill should have its own exceptions and own provisions relating to Technological Protection Measures and rights management information and not be dependent ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: public hearings day 1
13 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee held public hearings for those who had made written submissions on the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill. As the Committee was keen on hearing the voices of performers, a special call had been put out for performers to attend the hearings to tell their stories and to indicate ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar Regulations; DTI 2017/18 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance with AGSA input
13 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by Auditor-General South Africa on the audit findings of the Department of Trade and Industry and its entities. AGSA informed the Committee that the report did not include findings on the South African Bureau of Standards and the National Lotteries Commission because neither entity had ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Gambling Amendment Bill; NRCS 2017/18 Annual Report & Quarter 1 performance
12 Sep 2018
The Department and the National Gambling Board briefed the Committee on the National Gambling Amendment Bill 2018.
The Department gave the historical background to the National Gambling Amendment Bill 2018 which started with the Wiehahn Commission recommending strict regulation of gambling in 1995 and the Gambling Review Commission Report of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Southern African Customs Union (SACU); with Minister of Finance & Deputy and Minister of Trade and Industry
11 Sep 2018
The Standing Committee on Finance and the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met jointly for a briefing by the Ministers of Finance and Trade & Industry, as well as the Deputy Minister of Finance, on the Southern African Customs Union (SACU).
The Minister of Trade and Industry, highlighted that ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: deliberations on revised clauses
22 Aug 2018
As the Committee had had several meetings to discuss the public submissions and the response from the Department and the Committee, the Chairperson said it was time to consolidate the Committee’s position on the Copyright Amendment Bill. Despite her request for full attendance, there were still Members who were not ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: response to public submissions
21 Aug 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry, assisted by a Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor, led the Committee through some of the challenges that had surfaced during the analysis of the wide-ranging public responses to the advertisement of new clauses for comment in the Copyright Amendment Bill.
Due to a number of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Credit Amendment Bill; Tripartite Free Trade Agreement
21 Aug 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry highlighted the potential opportunities and threats of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area, and suggested ways in which such threats could be mitigated. The presentation was intended to address concerns previously raised by Committee Members. The briefing also focused on implementation of the agreement, ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill; ITAC confidentiality request: legal opinion
15 Aug 2018
Parliamentary Legal Services had been requested to provide an opinion on whether the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa could present information on sugar tariffs in an open meeting of Parliament or whether it was a confidential matter and had to be closed to the public. Section 29 of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: deliberations
15 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry met to hear the completion of the report back by the Department of Trade and Industry on its responses to the public submissions on additional clauses in the Copyright Amendment Bill. In addition, the parliamentary Legal Advisor would be responding to the public ...