Trade, Industry and Competition
BBBEE Commission establishment; Trade and Industry BRRR
21 Oct 2016
2016 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Department of Trade and Industry presented the progress report on the establishment of the B-BBEE Commission. The Commission commenced operations effectively from the 1 April 2016 with 14 staff members sourced from within the Department of Trade and Industry. The Commission ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt forgiveness engagement with National Credit Regulator
18 Oct 2016
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that the Portfolio Committee had approved the proposal to enhance the powers of the National Credit Regulator (NCR) to prescribe debt relief measures by way of regulations. After the amendment of the National Credit Act (NCA), it had become clear that its ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Committee Report on Colloquium on Local Public Procurement
13 Oct 2016
The Committee considered its report on the colloquium on local procurement and its linkages to the industrialisation drive on a paragraph by paragraph basis. A few corrections were made to some parts of the report, after which Members of the Committee agreed on the information contained in the report, and ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Empowerment Fund on its 2015/16 Annual Report; Quarter 1 & 2 performance; Intellectual Property Consultative Framework; Procurement Report
11 Oct 2016
The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) supports the acceleration of economic growth, transformation and creation of decent jobs. The NEF is also involved in rural development and human resource development. The NEF a sector targeted approach in developing its portfolio of investment which included renewable energy, tourism, agri-processing, construction, transport and ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Law Amendment Bill: public hearings
22 Sep 2016
The Committee convened a hearing on the Labour Law Amendment bill, which had been proposed by Ms C Dudley (ACDP). The background to the bill was that only pregnant women could take maternity leave, and the father of the child was also entitled to some days of leave. The new ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrial Parks revitalisation: DTI progress report
21 Sep 2016
The Industrial Parks revitalisation programme was introduced as being a structured programme for the revitalisation of industrial parks in the old industrial areas across the country and was initiated in September 2015. The programme has identified the first ten state owned industrial parks to be revitalised.
The purpose of the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Minister & DTI on its 2015/16 Annual Report; Auditor-General on Department's Audit outcomes
13 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on its audit outcomes for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for the 2015-16 financial year. AGSA had found an improvement in the DTI’s audit outcomes over a period of three years. It also noted that the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
National Consumer Commission on its 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
9 Sep 2016
The National Consumer Commission (NCC) briefed the Committee on its 2015-16 annual report, which focussed on its achievements against planned targets, its financial management, progress against the findings of the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and key challenges. Due to time constraints, the 2016-2017 first quarter report was not ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
CIPC & SABS on their 2015/16 Annual Report & 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
7 Sep 2016
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) told the Committee that in the last 17 months, it had stabilised its labour environment and had had the highest number of company registrations in history. The digitisation of its highly demanded services may have been one internal factor, as ...
Employment and Labour
Mpumalanga farm inspections: Department of Home Affairs update; Department of Labour 1st quarter 2016 performance; Labour Law Amendment Bill
7 Sep 2016
The Committee noted that after visiting several farms in Mpumalanga, it had highlighted various problems around non-compliance with immigration laws by employers and had requested the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the Department of Labour (DOL) to look into the issues and conduct their own inspections into compliance with ...