2018-w3727 - 06 December 2018

Elsabe Natasha Ntlangwini to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

“Whether, his department subsidises any industries in the country; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) which industries, (b) where is each industry located, (c) what does each industry produce and (d) what is the monetary value of each subsidy?”

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 6 Dec 2018

The department does not subsidise industries in the country. The department does offer incentives to qualifying companies for manufacturing investment, services investment, broadening participation, competitiveness investment and infrastructure development in line with sectors under National Development Plan and the Industrial Policy Action Plan. An Incentive Report, showing the performance of incentives across provinces and sectors as well as a list of supported beneficiaries, is ...

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2018-w3652 - 28 November 2018

Elsabe Natasha Ntlangwini to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Whether, with reference to his reply to question 3292 on 12 November 2018, the values given are monthly payments or the total value of the contract?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 28 Nov 2018

 

Entity

(a)

Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)

The CIPC stipulated the total value of the contract

National Consumer Commission (NCC)

The NCC stipulated the total value of the contract

National Credit Regulator (NCR)

The NCR stipulated the total value of the contract

South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)

The SABS stipulated the total value of the contract

South African National Accreditation System ...

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2018-w3658 - 27 November 2018

Elsabe Natasha Ntlangwini to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What are the top five exports and imports in respect of each province?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 27 Nov 2018

The primary source of South Africa’s trade statistics is the South African Revenue Service (SARS). At present, SARS does not collect or distribute import or export statistics at provincial level.

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2018-w3579 - 20 November 2018

Deidre Carter to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Are white unemployed youth excluded from the Youth Employment Service (YES) programme; if so, on what basis?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 20 Nov 2018

Youth Unemployment is one of the largest challenges the world faces, with the challenge particularly high in South Africa. Young workers in South Africa face very low prospects of finding employment. Many job seekers are excluded from these social networks as a result of being in a non-working household, spatially isolated, or racial and gender issues.

The Youth Employment Service (Y.E.S) initiative aims to ...

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2018-w3464 - 19 November 2018

Chantel King to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1) (a) On what date did his department last conduct an audit of artwork owned by Government which is under his department’s curatorship and (b) what are the details of each artwork under the curatorship of his department according to the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 103; (2) whether any artworks under his department’s curatorship have gone missing (a) in each of the past five financial years and (b) since 1 April 2018; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 19 Nov 2018

 

(1)(a)(b) &(2)(a)(b)

There is no artwork owned by Government under the dti’s curatorship.

 

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2018-w3383 - 19 November 2018

Elsabe Natasha Ntlangwini to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

With reference to the reply of the President, Mr C M Ramaphosa, to question 2345 on 5 September 2018, what is the name of each (a) business person and (b) relevant company that accompanied the former President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, on business delegations in the period 1 January 2014 to 1 January 2018?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 19 Nov 2018

The Former President Jacob G Zuma undertook the following international trips. In these events the dti was responsible for coordinating the business delegation that participated in business forums. The list of RSVPs to the events are attached separately.

EVENT

PERIOD

LISTS

BRICS Summit – Brazil

July 2014

Attached

Algeria State Visit

March 2015

Attached

Iran State Visit

April 2015

Attached

China State Visit

December ...

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2018-w3359 - 19 November 2018

Elsabe Natasha Ntlangwini to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What are the country’s top 10 agricultural (a) exports and (b) imports?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 19 Nov 2018

The following data were downloaded from www.thedti.gov.za/tradestats. The original source is the South African Revenue Service (SARS). The table shows the Top 10 products at the Harmonised System (HS) 4-digit level.

  1. Exports

Country’s top 10 agricultural exports for the year 2017

2017 R' million

Fresh Oranges

10 001.7

Fresh Grapes

7 208.8

Other Maize (corn)

5 017.9

Apples

4 980.7

Fresh Lemons and ...

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2018-w3360 - 19 November 2018

Elsabe Natasha Ntlangwini to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What are the country’s top 10 exports currently by Rand value?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 19 Nov 2018

The following data were downloaded from www.thedti.gov.za/tradestats. The original source is the South African Revenue Service (SARS). The table shows the Top 10 exports by Rand value at the Harmonised System (HS) 4-digit level.

  1. Country’s top 10 exports currently by Rand value

2017 R' million

Ferro-chromium containing by mass more than 4 per cent of carbon

41 549.1

Other vehicles, with only spark-ignition ...

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2018-w3314 - 16 November 2018

Elsabe Natasha Ntlangwini to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1) (a) On what date was the information technology (IT) infrastructure of (i) his department and (ii) entities reporting to him last upgraded or updated, (b) what is the name of the company contracted to do the upgrades, (c) what was the monetary value of the contract and (d) what is the name of each IT system that was upgraded; (2) (a) what is the name of the company that is currently responsible for the maintenance of the IT systems of (i) his department and (ii) entities reporting to him and (b) what is the value of the contract?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 16 Nov 2018

Response from the Department

ICT Infrastructure

(a)

Date Upgraded

(b)

Name of Company responsible for upgrades

(c)

Monetary Value

Network Infrastructure

2014

Dimension Data

R10 282 962.96

Telephony

2015

ATIO

R20 523 626.31

Server Infrastructure

2017

Aptronics

R4 852 563.03

Backup Infrastructure

2017

XON

R21 134 379.99

ICT Infrastructure

(a)

Name of Company responsible for current maintenance

(b)

Monetary Value

Enterprise Content Management

We solve ECMS

R4 611 068.25

Novell / Email Infrastructure

Micro ...

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2018-w3464 - 15 November 2018

Chantel King to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1) (a) On what date did his department last conduct an audit of artwork owned by Government which is under his department’s curatorship and (b) what are the details of each artwork under the curatorship of his department according to the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 103; (2) whether any artworks under his department’s curatorship have gone missing (a) in each of the past five financial years and (b) since 1 April 2018; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Trade and Industry on 15 Nov 2018

(1) (a) On what date did his department last conduct an audit of artwork owned by Government which is under his department’s curatorship and (b) what are the details of each artwork under the curatorship of his department according to the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 103; (2) whether any artworks under his department’s curatorship have gone missing (a) in each of the past five ...

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