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Employment and Labour
Department of Labour; Supported Employment Enterprises; NEDLAC; Compensation Fund Annual Performance Plans
3 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee received presentations from the Department of Labour, the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC), the Compensation Fund and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on their annual performance plans (APPs) for the 2017/18 financial year. The entities provided details of their objectives and the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Illicit Financial Flows & Base Erosion and Profit Sharing: input by government agencies
15 Mar 2017
The Standing Committee on Finance, the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and Mineral Resources held a joint meeting on illicit financial flows to hear the views of the following stakeholders in the battle to stop the harmful effects of illicit financial flows (IFFs), transfer pricing and base erosion and ...
Employment and Labour
National Minimum Wage: Committee Report on National Minimum Wage
8 Mar 2017
The issue of minimum wage was brought to life when the President Zuma first mentioned it in the 2014 State of the Nation Address. Following the address by the President, the Committee embarked on an information gathering exercise in order to ascertain what the nation’s views were. A total of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Amended Financial Services Sector Code: DTI briefing & B-BBEE Commission response
8 Mar 2017
The Committee was briefed on the draft Amended Financial Services Sector Code. The meeting was convened in preparation for the Transformation of the Financial Sector hearings with the Finance Standing Committee the following week.
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) directorate on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment highlighted that B-BBEE Sector ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Ford Kuga recall: hearing
7 Mar 2017
Ford SA told the Committee that an increase in engine compartment fires on the Ford Kuga 1.6 litre model was reported in January 2016. A maintenance check was initiated in December 2016 with more than 1 000 Kugas inspected and a definitive cause was established. A safety recall of 4 ...
Employment and Labour
Minister on National Minimum Wage; Department inspections: feedback
1 Mar 2017
The Minister of Labour briefed the Committee on the progress made on the national minimum wage. She explained the national minimum wage will not take over or review the previous signed wage agreements nor will it review the sectoral determinations except where the sectoral minimum wage is less than the ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund, Unemployment Insurance Fund, Supported Employment Enterprises: Quarter 1 and 2 financial and performance briefings
22 Feb 2017
The Department of Labour (DOL) briefed the Committee on the first and second quarter performance for the Compensation Fund, Unemployment Insurance Fund and Supported Employment Enterprises. Detailed figures and descriptors were provided, target by target. For the Compensation Fund, it was noted that in quarter 1, 58% (20 183) of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Performers' Protection Bill: briefing; Advisory Centre on WTO Law Agreement: ratification
21 Feb 2017
The Performers Protection Amendment Bill sought to address challenges facing the creative industry from non-payment of royalties; as well as lack of formalisation of the industry which exposed it to abuse, and piracy. The Bill was informed by various treaties. Issues introduced by the Bill included transfer of rights; equitable ...
Employment and Labour
Nedlac, Productivity SA, Nedlac, Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, on their Quarter 1 and 2 2016 Reports
15 Feb 2017
Productivity SA (ProdSA), the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), and National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) presented their 2016/17 quarter 1 and quarter 2 performance reports to the Committee.
ProdSA noted under-performance in both quarters, with particularly poor performance in Q1 against the targets of supporting enterprises ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
DTI & National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications on Quarter 3 performance
14 Feb 2017
The highlights of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) achievements included the official opening of upgraded workshop facilities by MTU South Africa in Cape Town (where local assembly of diesel engines for 232 diesel locomotives for Transnet took place); formation of the Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Association of South Africa to ...