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NCOP Economic and Business Development
Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill [B12- 2015] : deliberations & adoption
1 Sep 2015
The Committee considered and finalised the Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill. Members were unanimous in their support of the Bill and it was adopted without amendments. Clauses 7, 8,9,14,15,18,27 and 28 that were of interest to members during the Committee’s briefing on the Bill were highlighted. Members did ask whether the ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Codes & Act implementation: Department of Trade and Industry briefing, Deputy Minister in attendance
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti), in the presence of the Deputy Minister, briefed the Committee on its Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Codes, and the implementation of the BBBEE Act. It was noted that there was still a need to increase the pace of transformation in the ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill [B12-2015]: Department of Transport briefing
11 Aug 2015
The Bill sought to give effect to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (“MLC, 2006”) and Work in Fishing Convention 2007 (“C188”) and to provide for matters connected therewith. The MLC, 2006 and C188 were adopted under the auspices of the International Labour Organisation, (“ILO”) a United Nations body aimed at ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Tourism Incentive Programme (TIP): Department of Tourism briefing
29 Jul 2015
Formal apologies were tendered for Minister Derek Hanekom, Deputy Minister Tokozile Xasa and Mr Victor Tharage Acting Director General for not being able to attend the meeting.
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its Tourism Incentive Programme (TIP). The briefing spoke to the focus areas of ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
International Convention on Standard of Training, Certification & Watch keeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel: Department of Transport briefing
23 Jun 2015
The Select Committee on Economic Development met to receive a briefing from the Department of Transport (DOT) on the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel, 1995(STCW-F) in terms of Section 231 (2) of the Constitution. The Department provided Members with details of ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Consumer Tribunal on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
17 Jun 2015
The National Consumer Tribunal (NCT) said its mandate had been expanded by the National Credit Amendment Act, No 19 of 2014. The definition of prohibited conduct had been amended and through this amendment it had expanded the number and types of prohibited conduct that can be brought before the NCT. ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
South African Tourism on its 2015 Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan
27 May 2015
South African (SA) Tourism briefed the Committee on its Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan noting that the presentation was quite abridged, but later offering to send through more details to the Committee. Its three main areas of focus were leisure tourism business, the National Convention Bureau and the Tourism ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Labour on its 2015 Annual Performance and Strategic Plans
26 May 2015
The Department of Labour briefed the Select Committee on Economic and Business Development on its 2014/15 Annual Performance and Strategic Plan for 2015/16. The report explained that there were six programmes, and that the main Administration comprised the Ministry; Deputy Minister, Director General’s Office; Corporate Services (CS), Chief Operations Officer ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Department of Trade and Industry on its 2015 Strategic and Annual Plans
13 May 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on its Strategic Plan for 2015-2020 and Annual Performance Plan. The presentation was first placed within the context of dti’s mission and vision, as well as the global economy. Dti highlighted industrial development and inclusive growth as the main objectives of ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Labour briefing on its Strategic Plan postponed
12 May 2015
The Department of Labour was scheduled to brief the Committee on its Stategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and budget for the current financial year. However the meeting was cancelled due to the absence of the Minister, Deputy Minister and the Director-General and without apologies from the two prinicipals. Members deemed ...