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Employment and Labour
Department of Labour, Unemployment Insurance Fund; Productivity SA; and Nedlac Quarter 3 & 4 performance
28 Jun 2017
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), Productivity South Africa (PSA) and the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) reported on their performances during the third and fourth quarters of the 2016/17 financial year. The meeting was a continuation of the Committee’s engagement with entities under the Department of Labour.
The ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Policy: Department of Justice and Constitutional Development briefing
27 Jun 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry was briefed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on the proposed amendments to the Insolvency Amendment Bill, as well as the rules of execution and the Debt Collector Amendment Bill. A firm of consultants provided insight into the role of Payment ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Repeal of Space Affairs Act; Debt Relief Committee Bill framework
20 Jun 2017
The Committee met to consider the repeal of the Space Affairs Act No. 84 of 1993, and was informed that after a new Space Council had been appointed by the Minister and Cabinet in 2016, various processes of consultation had been undertaken, and had culminated in the drafting of the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP); Debt Relief proposed policy: National Consumer Tribunal input, with Minister
13 Jun 2017
The Minister of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on the new iteration of the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) for 2017/18. The Minster said that IPAP facilitated economic restructuring by supporting radical economic transformation by focusing on patterns of ownership, management and control, with a central focus on the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Horse Racing Industry engagement about Grooms
7 Jun 2017
The South African Grooms Association (SAGA) said grooms in the horse racing industry were suffering badly. There were 4 000 grooms in the industry, and there was a crisis in their treatment. The matter had already been brought to the attention of the Committee in 2011, and the Minister had ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour response to Committee Report on KZN oversight visit
31 May 2017
The Committee heard the Department of Labour’s response on the Status Reports regarding the oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal.
According to the Executive Summary, a total of 13 employers were visited and all were found to be non-compliant with the provisions of the labour laws outlined in the presentation. All inspections ...
Employment and Labour
Accessing Workplaces for Unannounced Oversight Visits: legal opinion; DoL Update on Western Cape & KZN oversight recommendations; DoL Budget approval
17 May 2017
Apologies were received from the Director General and Deputy Director General inspection and enforcement services
The Department briefed the Committee on the Western Cape oversight visit on 22-24 March 2017. The Committee noted with concern, the absence of the Chief inspector of KwaZulu-Natal and the Chief Director Provincial Operations. The ...
Employment and Labour
Committee Report on Quarter 1 & 2 Performance of Entities; Committee Reports on oversight visits
10 May 2017
Draft Committee Minutes dated 8 March 2017
Draft Committee Minutes dated 3 May 2017
Draft Committee Reports dated 4 May 2017
The Chairperson informed the Committee of the presence of a new Member, Ms Lerato Theko (ANC).
The Committee considered and adopted draft minutes dated 8 March 2017, 3 May ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Manufactured goods: National Treasury briefing
10 May 2017
National Treasury spoke about the Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme (MCEP) consisting of two components. However, they focused on the Production Incentive Programme (PIP) component which was a cost-sharing grant to buy new equipment and upgrade enterprise processes which was managed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). National Treasury ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Poultry Industry: public hearings; National Empowerment Fund on its Annual Performance Plan
9 May 2017
This was the third in a series of public hearings about the poultry industry which was losing jobs in that sector and it was widely believed that job losses are the result of the quantities of chicken being imported at a lower cost than its local production cost in South ...