2019-w167 - 22 July 2019

Dean William Macpherson to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Whether (a) a certain person (name and details furnished), (b) any family member(s) of the specified person and/or (c) any company, that the specified person is a (i) shareholder or (ii) director of, received any loans from the Industrial Development Corporation since 1 April 2005; if so, (aa) on what date was the loan granted, (bb) to which company or person, (cc) for what amount and (dd) what amount of the loan has been repaid to date in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 22 Jul 2019

The CEO of the IDC, Mr Tshokolo P. Nchocho, provided the following response to the question:

“The IDC has made funding available to two companies where the person referred to has either a shareholding or directorship therein.

The first company is Ruslyn Minerals (Pty) Limited, in which the person had an indirect shareholding. A loan from the IDC of R6 849 800 was made ...

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2019-w96 - 15 July 2019

Narend Singh to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What are the full relevant details of the steps he is taking, together with the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, to ensure that the commercial cultivation of hemp in the Republic is legalised? NW948

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 15 Jul 2019

The response provided by my predecessor in August 2018, to a question by the Honourable Member, is still relevant.

I will request that updates be obtained from a task team led by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (“DALRRD”) looking at regulation for hemp and that further work be done to explore the commercial cultivation of hemp.

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2019-w53 - 04 July 2019

Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What number of (a) car parts were produced in the Republic in 2018 in terms of (i) make of car and (ii) part and (b) cars were assembled in the Republic in 2018 in terms of each car make?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 4 Jul 2019

 

  1. South Africa produces millions of vehicle components or parts that find their way into locally built vehicles, export markets for fitment into the assembly of vehicles as well as domestic and foreign replacement and aftermarket parts.

The number of local parts utilised ranged from 800 to 20 000 units per klocally assembled model, as reflected in table 1 below. Models that have been ...

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2019-w54 - 04 July 2019

Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What is the total value of all furniture (a) produced in the Republic in 2018 and (b) sold to South African consumers in 2018?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 4 Jul 2019

 

  1. Total value of all furniture produced in the Republic in 2018

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) is the national statistics agency of South Africa established under the Statistics Act (Act No. 6 of 1999). StatsSA does not collect data on the value of furniture production. However, StatsSA does provide statistics on the total value of furniture sales in South Africa.

The Department of ...

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2019-w813 - 26 March 2019

Elsabe Natasha Ntlangwini to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Whether any computer parts are produced in the Republic; if so, (a) what computer parts are produced in the Republic, (b) where are the computer parts produced, (c) what is the value of computer parts produced and (d) what number of people are employed in the production process?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 26 Mar 2019

Whether any computer parts are produced in the Republic; if so, (a) what computer parts are produced in the Republic, (b) where are the computer parts produced, (c) what is the value of computer parts produced and (d) what number of people are employed in the production process?

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2019-w812 - 26 March 2019

Elsabe Natasha Ntlangwini to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Are any microchips produced in the Republic; if so, (a) where are the microchips produced, (b) what is the value of microchips produced and (c) what number of people are employed in the production process?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 26 Mar 2019

Are any microchips produced in the Republic; if so, (a) where are the microchips produced, (b) what is the value of microchips produced and (c) what number of people are employed in the production process?

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2019-w819 - 26 March 2019

Ngwanamakwetle Reneiloe Mashabela to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

With reference to goods imported from Israel, how is his department able to differentiate between goods produced in the occupied territories and those that are not?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 26 Mar 2019

Response from the NCC:

1. In terms of Notice 380 of 2013 published in Government Gazette No: 36364, on 12 April 2013:

(i) In terms of Section 24 of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008,:

a) No persons may apply a trade description to any goods that is likely to mislead a consumer;

b) The producer or importer of goods ...

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2019-w720 - 20 March 2019

Mponeng Winston Rabotapi to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What is the (a) make, (b) model, (c) price and (d) date on which each vehicle was purchased for use by (i) him and (ii) his deputy (aa) in the (aaa) 2016-17 and (bbb) 2017-18 financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2018?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 20 Mar 2019

(a) (b) (c) (d) (i) (ii) (aa) (aaa) (bbb) (bb)

Minister Davies

Make

Model

Price

Date Purchased

Financial Year

Toyota

Fortuner

R 623 788.94

19 May 2016

2016/17

Toyota

Fortuner

R 625 718.94

19 May 2016

2016/17

No vehicles were procured for the Deputy Minister during the above ...

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2019-w549 - 18 March 2019

Andricus Pieter Van der Westhuizen to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1) What are the details of the amounts (a) paid to, (b) recovered by and (c) lost by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), formerly known as the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO), due to the irregular tender awarded to Valor IT in 2010 for the development of content management software; (2) what monetary value did CIPRO derive from the specified tender; (3) were any charges of fraud and/or theft laid and followed-up with the SA Police Service regarding the tender; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) were disciplinary charges ever formulated and served on any employees of his department or CIPRO; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (5) (a)(i) what type of software and (ii) at what cost has software been developed for and implemented by the CIPC to meet the content management needs of the CIPC as envisaged in the 2010 tender

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 18 Mar 2019

(1) What are the details of the amounts (a) paid to, (b) recovered by and (c) lost by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), formerly known as the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO), due to the irregular tender awarded to Valor IT in 2010 for the development of content management software; (2) what monetary value did CIPRO derive from the specified ...

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2019-w419 - 08 March 2019

William Mothipa Madisha to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Whether (a) his department and/or (b) the National Lotteries Commission investigated matters related to the National Lottery’s alleged fraudulent funding of a Denzhe Primary Care as reported by GroundUp in an article published on 22 November 2018 under the heading “How a Hijacked organisation scored million from the Lottery”; if not, why not; if so, what was the outcome of the investigation?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 8 Mar 2019

The report was received by the department and is currently being reviewed.

Except as explicitly state herein the Ministry: Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) does not express an opinion in respect of any factual representations. The opinion /memo provided is limited to the matters stated in it and may not be relied on upon by any person outside the dti or used ...

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