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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
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
National Credit Regulator on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
10 Jun 2015
The National Credit Regulator mandate included promoting transparency and fairness within the South African consumer credit market. It presented the outputs and outcomes for its five programmes such as reducing the levels of over-indebtedness to improving compliance with regulations. These programmes included quarterly milestones, projected budget figures, organisation goals/targets and ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
National Youth Development Agency on its functional programmes & alignment to government policy objectives to create work for young people
9 Jun 2015
The Select Committee on Economic and Business Development was told that the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) had been established in 2009 following a merger between the Umsobomvu Youth Fund (UYF) and the National Youth Commission (NYC). Its role was to facilitate the development of South African youths in all ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Lotteries Board on its 2015/16 Annual Performance Plan and developments
3 Jun 2015
The National Lotteries Board (NLB) had distributed more than R18 billion to good causes since inception 16 years ago. The Lotteries Amendment Act came into effect on 14 April 2015 with the main changes being that the National Lotteries Board (NLB) was renamed the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), that there ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Transport 2015/16 Strategic and Annual Performance Plans, with Minister in attendance
2 Jun 2015
A large delegation from the Department of Transport (DOT), led by Ms Dipuo Peters, Minister of Transport, delivered its Annual Performance Plan for 2015/16 and its Strategic Plan for 2015/16-2019/20. It dealt, among other things, with four key service delivery areas: road rehabilitation, road safety, rural access and public transport. ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Public Works on its 2015/6 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
14 May 2015
Department of Public Works has received a budget allocation of R20,7 billion over this medium term.
The Department announced this when it was presenting its annual performance plans and strategic plans to the Select Committee on Economic and Business Development.
In its strategic overview presentation, the Department of Public Works ...
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 ...