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Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Bill: deliberations on Subcommittee recommendations
7 Nov 2017
Debt Relief Committee Draft Bill not handed out to the public
The Sub-Committee on Debt Relief reported back to the Portfolio Committee on its 1 November meeting to address flagged concerns in the Debt Relief Committee Bill. The National Credit Regulator, National Consumer Tribunal and the Department of Trade and ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) Quarter 2 performance
1 Nov 2017
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) briefed the Committee on its Second Quarter financial and non-financial performance reports. For the first time in its history, and that of its predecessor CIPRO, CIPC had achieved a clean audit. CIPC had met 70% of its targets. The IKS target had been ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
DTI, National Consumer Commission & NRCS Quarter 2 Performance
31 Oct 2017
The Department of Trade and Industry and two if its entities: the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications and the National Consumer Commission briefed the Committee on their Quarter 2 Performance Reports for 2017/18.
The DTI achieved 83% of its target as per Annual Performance Plan. The achievements include the implementation ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: response to stakeholders; Localisation Inquiry terms of reference; SAFDA; Copyright Amendment Bill technical panel
24 Oct 2017
Draft documents not handed out to the public
The Committee considered feedback on concerns raised by stakeholders which included expenses incurred through credit obligation cannot be deductible for tax purposes; SARS and municipal debts should be excluded from debt relief because they are not credit agreements; and during the debt ...
Energy
Department of Energy Quarter 1 performance, with Deputy Minister
24 Oct 2017
Highlights for the First Quarter were 55 358 households connected to the electricity grid; 100 percent of invoices processed for payment within 30 days, and 28 municipalities signing contracts to implement energy efficiency measures. There was overspending on the Administration programme and the Nuclear Energy programme. Only R82.77 million from ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: deliberations; Localisation of procurement for Transnet and PRASA: terms of reference
4 Oct 2017
Draft Framework Bill not made available to the public yet
In discussing the Committee terms of reference for its agreed inquiry into localisation of procurement for Transnet and PRASA, Memebers were asked to submit name of those who should come before the Committee. An evidence based enquiry was needed of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief policy: National Treasury on terms of reference for data research
2 Aug 2017
National Treasury recapped its support for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) proposals:
• The rules governing debt relief should be strict and clear to limit potential for moral hazard and abuse;
• Improving the regulatory and enforcement capability of the National Credit Regulator (NCR) in line with regulator ...
Energy
Sale of strategic fuel stock by Strategic Fuel Fund: Minister of Energy, Central Energy Fund & SSF input
30 May 2017
Presentation document not made available
Lies, theft and dishonesty surround the mysterious sale of the country’s fuel stock reserves. This emerged during the Portfolio Committee on Energy’s discussion when the Minister of Energy was presenting the findings of a preliminary report into the controversial sale of the fuel stock.
It ...
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 ...