The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has furnished me with the following response to the question, received from Adv R Voller:

“(1) Prior to 2016, SAMPRA was accredited as a Collecting Society for owners of sound recordings in terms of Regulation 3(1)(a) of the Regulations on Collecting Societies. It was in 2016 that SAMPRA transited into a Collecting Society representing both owners of ...

The top export and import partners, and trade values are summarised below.

Exports reached an all-time high in 2022, surpassing ZAR 2 trillion for the first time, with notable growth in exports to markets including Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, India, and all neighbouring countries.

The existing EME threshold of R10 million annual revenue was set to exempt small businesses from mandatory compliance with B-BBEE.

While the exchange rate itself may not be sufficient grounds for a review, there may be other information that justifies a review. I am accordingly requesting the Department to consider the matter and advise me by the end of November 2023 whether there are ...

a) Announced at the 2023 Budget Vote of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), South Africa has representation through 116 diplomatic missions in 102 countries.

b) In terms of the above DIRCO missions, the dtic has 31 missions allocated for the transfer of officials to serve as Foreign Economic Representatives (FERs), fulfilling the roles associated with trade attachés or commissioners

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Based on SARS provisional data, the top 10 countries from which SA imported goods in the period 1 January to 31 March 2023 are:

1. China

2. Germany

3. USA

4. India

5. UAE

6. Thailand

7. Nigeria

8. Saudi Arabia

9. Japan

10. Oman.

Based on SARS provisional data, the top 10 countries to whose markets SA exported goods in the period 1 ...

The findings of the Competition Commission report are taken up in a number of ways. They include the following:

1. Market Inquiries/investigations in terms of the Competition Act.

2. Considerations applied during the assessment of merger applications.

3. Support for SMMEs through financing packages.

4. Measures to strengthen the competitiveness of smaller firms.

5. Promotion of supplier development funds and partnerships.

6. Measures in ...

a) The Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) is a programme of the African Union (AU) launched in 2012. It is coordinated through the AU Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) in cooperation with regional economic communities, regional and continental technical agencies, and participating countries. The Presidency acts as the focal point in South Africa for PIDA.

According to the Virtual PIDA Information Centre, the following ...

Through its procurement, the dtic group has a concerted effort to ensure that it procures from SMME, women, youth and people with disability, inclusive of township and rural enterprises.

The following information has been submitted by the dtic-group:

The National Lotteries Commission has furnished me with the following response to the question

The NLC paid the following amounts for copies of its annual reports:

2020: R1, 987, 926

2021: R2, 695,956

2022: R2, 600, 897

The supplier in all three years was INCE (PTY) LTD.

The number of copies printed were as follows:

2020: 205 copies printed;

2021: 200 copies printed;

2022: ...

Trade with the United States is regulated by two types of legal instruments: the first is the multilateral framework of the World Trade Organisation, under which the largest part of SA exports to the US is classified; and unilateral preferential market access arrangements, such as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP).

AGOA is a preference granted ...