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Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill [B23-2018]: deliberations
4 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Economic Development held a sitting after the completion of the public hearings phase on the Competition Amendment Bill. The objective of the meeting was to obtain feelers from Committee Members on their personal experiences and what other suggestions they might proffer.
Most Members felt that the ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill: public hearings day 2
29 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Economic Development received briefings from various stakeholders on the second day of public hearings on the Competition Amendment Bill, which had officially been introduced to the National Assembly last month. Its primary objective was to address the structural challenges that were considered by the Minister of ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill: public hearings day 1
28 Aug 2018
On the first of two days of public hearings, the Committee was briefed by nine entities, including organised business, trade unions, manufacturers, retailers and legal representatives, on their opinions of the proposed amendments to the Competition Act.
The Law Society of South Africa supported the objectives of the Bill to ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Legislative review of Parmed: briefing
22 Aug 2018
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme was supposed to be briefed by the Office of the Chief Justice – the Office informed the Chairperson that it was unable to deliver the presentation today.
Members discussed the possible need to reduce the size of the ...
Economic Development
Competition Amendment Bill [B23-2018]: briefing by Minister
21 Aug 2018
The Minister of Economic Development briefed the Committee on the Competition Amendment Bill. The Bill sought to clarify certain key aspects of the Competition Act of 1998 such as market enquiry, abuse of dominance, national security and public interest issues.
There were two aspects to the meeting - the Minister ...
Economic Development
SAB Miller & Anheuser-Busch InBev merger conditions
13 Jun 2018
This meeting was convened by the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development so that it could be kept abreast of the developments that had happened since the merger of SABMiller and AB InBev. There was an agreement between the government and AB InBev in which certain conditions were set and upon ...
Economic Development
Textile Industry: IDC briefing; Economic Development Department Quarter 4 performance with Minister & Deputy Minister
12 Jun 2018
The Minister of Economic Development, Mr Ebrahim Patel, presented the fourth quarter report of the Economic Development Department to the Committee and he was accompanied by his Deputy, Mr Madala Masuku.
The Minister reported that the country’s GDP declined 2.2 percent during the quarter with agriculture taking the biggest hit ...
Economic Development
Import Regulations: briefing by ITAC
30 May 2018
The Committee was briefed on import control and enforcement by the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC). The meeting was also attended by stakeholders from the sugar and poultry industries.
Members had requested the briefing when they were considering ITAC’s annual report, because they felt they needed to understand the status ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Technical Support Team briefing; Committee Programme
24 May 2018
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme met recently to discuss and adopt the Draft Strategic Plan and Draft Committee Programme documents for the implementation of the terms of reference regarding the review process of the Parmed Act of 1975.
Members agreed they need to ...
Economic Development
Economic Development Budget: Committee Report
8 May 2018
The Committee considered its Report on Budget Vote 25: Economic Development Department. No substantive changes were made to the Report. Grammatical and minor technical changes were made to the Report where necessary. The Committee did agree to include in the Report if it was not already covered in existing recommendations, ...