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NCOP Economic and Business Development
National Land Transport Amendment Bill [B7B-2016]: public hearings
11 Sep 2018
The Select Committee was briefed by stakeholders in the South African taxi industry – including e-hailing operators and metered taxi organisations -- on their views on the National Land Transport Amendment Bill.
Uber welcomed the Bill, but had three main concerns. These concerned the punitive measures, the vehicle markings and ...
NCOP Economic Development & Trade
Department of Tourism progress & interventions to stimulate domestic tourism
5 Sep 2018
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) and SA Tourism briefed the Committee on progress and interventions to stimulate domestic tourism.
The challenge at hand was SA’s lack lustre domestic tourism performance and on how to grow domestic tourism on the back of tough economic conditions in SA. The NDT had ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
AARTO Amendment Bill: proposed amendments; National Land Transport Amendment Bill: stakeholder inputs
4 Sep 2018
The State Law Adviser took the Committee through the proposed amendments to the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill. These would be sent to the provincial legislatures for consideration of their final mandates.
In the public hearings on the National Land Transport Amendment Bill, the South African ...
NCOP Economic Development & Trade
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) on economic priorities
15 Aug 2018
The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) briefed the Committee on its role in promoting coordinated and accelerated implementation of government’s economic vision and priorities.
The NRCS explained that its mandate was to promote health, safety and environmental protection through the development and enforcement of technical/compulsory specifications. The NRCS regulated ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
AARTO Bill [B38B-2015]: negotiating mandates
14 Aug 2018
The Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo Provincial Legislatures voted in favour of the Bill with proposed amendments. Mpumalanga abstained from voting on the Bill. The Northern Cape and the North West Provincial Legislatures also voted in favour of the Bill inclusive of their recommendations. The Western Cape ...
NCOP Economic Development & Trade
COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area agreement: ratification
8 Aug 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on the ratification of the Agreement establishing a Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) amongst the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The briefing outlined ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Labour Bills (NMW; BCEA; LRA & LLA): finalisation
7 Aug 2018
The Committee met to deliberate and finalise four labour bills: Labour Laws Amendment Bill; Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill; National Minimum Wage Bill; and Labour Relations Amendment Bill. The four Bills were adopted, without any amendments, though the DA and the EFF objected to some aspects of the draft ...
NCOP Economic Development & Trade
National Empowerment Fund 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
27 Jun 2018
The Committee was briefed on the 2018/19 Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the National Empowerment Fund (NEF). The briefing covered the background of the NEF, milestones, deliverables and financial information. Members were provided with insight into the NEF’s investment process as well as detail on its investments ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Labour Bills: Department of Labour response to submissions
27 Jun 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Labour for a briefing on responses to comments from the public on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Bill; Labour Relations Amendment (LRA) Bill, and the Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment (BCEA) Bill.
The Department indicated its responses were in the context of its understanding ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Labour Bills: public hearings day 3
26 Jun 2018
The Committee held the last tranche of public hearings on the three labour bills, namely: Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill; National Minimum Wage Bill; and Labour Relations Bill. The Free Market Foundation, the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Labour and Enterprise Policy Research Group (UCT), Moodie & Robertson ...