Trade, Industry and Competition
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications & National Credit Regulator on their 4th quarter 2015/16 performance
31 Aug 2016
The Committee was briefed by the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) on its fourth quarter performance for the 2015-16 financial year. Its strategic goals were stated to be to ensure an optimally capacitated institution, to develop, maintain and administer compulsory specifications and technical regulations, to inform and educate stakeholders ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local public procurement: Auditor-General input; DTI on its 4 Quarter 2015/16 performance
30 Aug 2016
The Committee was briefed on the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI’s) performance for the fourth quarter of the 2015/2016 financial year, which provided an outline of South Africa’s economic context, the DTI’s strategic goals and objectives, key achievements and financial performance.
As part of the DTI’s strategic imperatives, its ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund turnaround strategy
24 Aug 2016
The new Compensation Fund Commissioner noted that improvements had been made by the Compensation Fund in processing claims but the Fund was still not out of its troubled status. Prior to his appointment, the Fund had been in a chaotic financial state for many years, receiving repeated adverse opinions from ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: briefing
24 Aug 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The Department’s approach to trade negotiations was informed by support for the national development objectives set out in National Development Plan, the New ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Steel Industry interventions: Minister of Trade and Industry briefing
23 Aug 2016
The Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and Economic Development met jointly to be briefed by the Minister and the Department of Trade and Industry on Steel Industry interventions.
Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies, said that the Minister of Economic Development and he had been working together closely ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local Public Procurement Colloquium: day 2
18 Aug 2016
The Committee met to continue the colloquium on local public procurement, at which it was receiving and considering presentations from industry stakeholders.
The Manufacturing Circle (MC) said it had observed that the objectives of the DTI and public procurement entities were not always aligned, as the decision-making body in the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local Public Procurement Colloquium: day 1
17 Aug 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry held a colloquium on local public procurement. Those participating were the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Transnet, the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA), the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and the suppliers of locomotives to Transnet – Bombardier Transport (BT), ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill; Nedlac UIF proposals: Impact Assessment Report by Department of Labour
17 Aug 2016
The Department of Labour gave its view of the private member’s bill, Labour Laws Amendment Bill PMB6-2015, introduced by Ms Cheryllyn Dudley MP. It noted that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) currently has an accumulated surplus of about R120 billion. The Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill [B25-2015] currently before the National ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrialisation linkages with trade, procurement, investment & localisation drive
16 Aug 2016
The meeting consisted of three presentations from the Industrial Development Advisory Unit, The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications, and the South African Revenue Service, as well as discussion with Members.
Mr Nimrod Zalk, Advisor: Industrial Development Advisory Unit, Department of Trade and Industry, presented the workshop on Industrialisation and its ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: way forward; DoL Quarter 4 performance & Protected Employment Enterprises: status report
25 May 2016
The Supported Employment Enterprises was set up to create employment for ex-service persons who had disabilities that prevented them from entering the open labour market. The entity had preferential procurement status. A brief history of the former Sheltered Employment Factories and SEE was set out, including the turnaround strategies and ...