Mr Simphiwe George Mthimunye

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Simphiwe George Mthimunye

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour Final Special Economic Zones regulations: Department briefing
    2 Mar 2016

    The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Select Committee on Trade and International Relations on regulations in terms of the Special Economic Zones Act of 2014.

    The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) informed the Committee that the Special Economic Zones Act (SEZ) has been operational since February 2016 ...

  • NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour Black Industrialists Policy: Department of Trade and Industry briefing
    24 Feb 2016

    The Department of Trade and Industry provided a background to the Black Industrialists Policy (BIP) and described how it was expected to bolster economic development in South Africa. The DTI explained that the South African economy had experienced stunted growth as a result of the legacy of Apartheid, which excluded ...

  • NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour South African Development Partnership Agency (SADPA): progress report
    17 Feb 2016

    In its progress report, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) gave an overview of the objectives, core programmes, macro-functions and the progress made in the establishment of the South African Development Partnership Agency. DIRCO has completed the following steps necessary for the establishment of SADPA: the business case, ...

  • NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour South African Tourism on its 2014/15 Annual Report
    27 Jan 2016

    South African (SA) Tourism briefed the Committee on its Annual Report 2014/15. The briefing provided insight into the global environment as it affected tourism. Some of the challenges related to the difficult trading conditions globally, there was also global insecurity causing nervousness amongst travellers and delays in visa issuance impacted ...

  • NCOP Economic and Business Development Department of Public Works on its 2014/2015 Annual Report
    26 Jan 2016

    The presentation covered the mandate of the Department, the Ministerial priorities, a historical perspective and the strategic realignment of the Department, a high level look at the performance highlights of the Department, the performance of the various programmes of the Department and lastly a look at the financial statements of ...

  • NCOP Economic and Business Development Department of Energy on its 2014/15 Annual Report; Committee report on Protection of Investment Bill and Protocol on TRIPS
    25 Nov 2015

    The Department of Energy (DoE) briefed the Committee on its 2014/15 Annual Report. The Committee was provided with insight into the DoE’s non financial performance in relation to its service delivery environment, its service delivery improvement plan, its organisational environment and key policy development and legislative changes. Some key areas ...

  • NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour WTO Decision on Implementation of Paragraph 6 of DOHA Declaration on TRIPS Agreement and Public Health; Protection of Investment Bill [B18B-15]: briefing & adoption
    24 Nov 2015

    The Committee asked for legal advice as to what constituted a quorum. Legal advice given was that a majority of permanent Members was needed in a meeting in order for a quorum to exist. Taking into consideration the number of Members present it was noted that a quorum did exist. ...

  • NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour Department of International Relations & Cooperation on its 2014/15 Annual Report
    11 Nov 2015

    The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) briefed the Committee on its 2014/15 Annual Report, providing the Committee with insight into some of its key highlights. DIRCO’s African Agenda formed the backbone of its foreign policy objectives. It had recorded many successes in pursuit of regional peace initiatives such ...

  • NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour National Department of Tourism on its 2015 Annual Report, in presence of Deputy Minister
    4 Nov 2015

    The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its Annual Report 2014/15, with the Deputy Minister of Tourism giving an opening report and participating in answering questions. She noted that the NDT had received an unqualified audit report from the Auditor General. It had also met 85% of ...

  • NCOP Economic and Business Development Department of Labour on its 2014/15 Annual Report
    3 Nov 2015

    The Department of Labour (DoL) briefed the Committee on its Annual Report 2014/15.The Strategic Outcome Orientated Goals 1-5 of the DoL were highlighted. The Committee was provided with a brief overview of the DoL’s Programmes i.e. Administration, Inspections and Enforcement, Public Employment Services and lastly Labour Policy and Industrial Relations. ...