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NCOP Economic and Business Development
Economic Development Department on its 2015/16 Strategic and Annual Performance Plan, in presence of Minister
6 May 2015
The Minister, Deputy Minister and Department of Economic Development (EDD) briefed the Committee on the 2015 Annual and Strategic Plans. The Minister noted the importance of considering national and provincial development together, and said that NCOP was a key organ in ensuring oversight at provincial levels. The country had to ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Department of Tourism on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
6 May 2015
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan 2015/16 - 2019/20. The Committee was provided with an illustrative overview on the plan of the NDT leading up to the National Development Plan’s 2030 vision. The legislative and policy mandate of the ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Energy on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans, with Minister
5 May 2015
The Department of Energy (DoE) briefed the Committee on its annual performance plan (APP) and its strategic plan for 2015/16-2019/20. It had been experiencing a number of challenges, including generation capacity, distribution infrastructure, poor access to energy and volatility of petroleum prices. Other challenges concerned the aging energy infrastructure, escalating ...
Finance Standing Committee
Committee Report on Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals: consideration and adoption
5 Mar 2015
The Standing Committee and Select Committees on Finance adopted the draft report on the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals relating to the 2015 Budget. The draft report was adopted with amendments. The amendment related to tightening and rewording recommendation 4.18 that proposed centralised procurement. Members also agreed that a new ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Incentives Scheme: briefing by National Empowerment Fund (NEF)
25 Feb 2015
The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) presented its new initiative on driving economic growth across all provinces, and highlighted that black entrepreneurs were still largely left out of the economic mainstream because they lacked the capital to invest in large business ventures and penetrate large lucrative markets. Currently black entrepreneurs representation ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Public Sector Employment programme: Department of Public Works briefing
24 Feb 2015
The Department of Public Works (DPW) presented a progress report to the Select Committee, setting out, for the public works programmes, the details on financial performance, integrated incentive grant performance, the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) 3rd summit, progress on institutionalising the programmes and challenges faced. It was noted that ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Credit Regulator on its 2013/14 Annual Report
19 Nov 2014
The National Credit Regulator noted that it had received an unqualified opinion and had no findings on compliance, supply chain management and performance information. There was an under-expenditure of R 15.65 million. Key successes were to be found in its enforcement actions and its consumer education. The key challenges were ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Department of Labour on its 2013/14 Annual Report
18 Nov 2014
The Department of Labour (DoL) reported on its annual report for 2013/14, providing details of the highlights and challenges of the year under review. It said it was focusing on strengthening social protection by giving greater attention to the fund components of their work -- the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
Economic Development Department 2014 Annual Report briefing, with Deputy Minister present
11 Nov 2014
The Economic Development Department (EDD) presented its 2013/14 Annual Report to the Committee, with substantial input and explanations given by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and department officials. The mandate of the EDD was outlined, and emphasis placed on its role as secretariat to the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Committee ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Department of Tourism on its 2013/14 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
5 Nov 2014
The Deputy Minister of Tourism noted that tourism was a key growth sector for the economy. Important for tourism was the need for integrated planning between the three spheres of government. She noted the highlights for the NDT: the gazetting of the Tourism Act on the 2 April 2014; the ...