07 January 2020 - NW1649

Roos, Mr AC to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

With reference to his reply to question 1293 on 18 November 2019, wherein he indicated that the second phase of the Ekandustria Revitalisation Programme has not been initiated yet, pending funding approval, (a) why was budget for the Ekandustria Revitalisation Programme not set aside for the 2019-20 financial year, (b) what further phases and deliverables are planned for the (i) 2019-20 and (ii) 2020-21 financial years for the specified programme and (c) what are the budgetary estimates for expenditure for the specified financial years for the specified programme?

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Reply:

I have been advised by officials in the Department as follows:

(a) Funds for the Industrial Parks Revitalisation Programme projects derives from the Departments’ Critical Infrastructure Programme budget. The Department did not receive additional funding for the Industrial Parks Revitalisation Programme from the national fiscus, necessitating reallocation within existing budget. The outcome of an application for further expenditure related to the Ekandustria Revitalisation Programme will be relayed to relevant stakeholders once the application process has been completed.

(b)&(c) I refer to the response to the question of 18 November 2019. The second phase has been scoped and application for funding submitted. The work for subsequent phases will commence following implementation of each prior phase and subsequent strategic reviews completed. The outcome of the review will determine the extent of further phases and funding.

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07 January 2020 - NW1663

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What amount of funding did his department contribute towards the March to Freedom exhibition in the City of Cape Town on 15 November 2019 and (b) how has he found did this fulfil the mandate of his department?

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Reply:

I have been advised by officials that the department did not contribute funding to the event.

-END-

07 January 2020 - NW1718

Weber, Ms AMM to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1)Whether, with reference to the SA Energy and Metallurgical Special Economic Zone in Limpopo, he will furnish Ms A M M Weber with a copy of the (a) agreement between the President, Mr M C Ramaphosa, and the Chinese government for the investment of R145 billion in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and (b) environmental impact assessment for the SEZ Musina-Makhado in Limpopo; (2) apart from the Chinese government, who are all the investors into the SEZ; (3) whether there will be any hotel development; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) who is involved and (b) where will the hotel be built?

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Reply:

I have been advised that there is no agreement between the President and the Chinese government for investment in the SEZ Musina-Makhado. The honourable member may be referring to another agreement and is requested to clarify.

In respect of the environmental impact assessment, the Department reports that the assessment for the metallurgical cluster is currently underway and is targeted for completion in 2020.

The initial investor interest was from Chinese enterprises and it is expected that more enterprises, including locally-owned companies, will be encouraged to locate in the zone. I note that subsequent to the approval of this and other SEZs in past years, Cabinet reviewed the policy around SEZs during the latter part of 2019 and adopted a new approach, which formed the basis for the launch of the Tshwane Auto SEZ-hub and will be utilized in future. This includes a stronger role for national government in ensuring effective and higher-impact Special Economic Zones.

The Department notes that SEZs are aimed at attracting industrial investors and hotels would not be covered by the SEZ-designation in the area.

-END-

07 January 2020 - NW1719

Weber, Ms AMM to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1)On what date will the building of the Mulilo Power Station at the SA Energy and Metallurgical Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Limpopo start; (2) what is the relationship between the SEZ and MC Mining; (3) what is the name of each of the six working groups? NW3119E

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Reply:

I have been advised by the Director General, following consultation with the SEZ concerned, of the following:

1. “The SA Energy and Metallurgical Special Economic Zone has no knowledge nor association with building of Mulilo Power Station.

2. There is no standing or direct relationship between the Musina-Makhado SEZ and MC Mining, who is not an investor in the Zone.

(3) The titles of the 6 (six) working groups are:

Governance
Infrastructure
Environmental Management
Investments
Town Planning
Skills & Enterprise Development”

In addition to the above information, the honourable Member may wish to follow up further queries with the Province or SEZ concerned.

-END-

07 January 2020 - NW1738

Cuthbert, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1)Whether, with reference to his reply to question 567 on 16 September 2019, the Chief Director who had been suspended for 729 days was placed on suspension for dealings in information technology (IT) procurement with a certain company (name furnished); (2) what are the relevant details of the IT contract in terms of (a) costs, (b) procurement processes and (c) date on which the contract was awarded; (3) on what statutory grounds did his department rely when charging the Chief Director with fraud?

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Reply:

The Director-General of the Department of Trade and Industry has advised that the disciplinary matter is currently due to be heard through arbitration at a sitting scheduled for 16-17 January 2020, and some of the issues raised in the question may be the subject of dispute. Accordingly, to avoid prejudice in the matter, a fuller reply may be provided on conclusion of the current processes. Subject to the above, I am advised as follows:

The suspension relates to matters involving EOH Mthombo.

The original bid of EOH Mthombo amounted to R20 271 065.83 and was increased to R22 081 065.83 during September 2016. the dti only processed and made five (5) payments to the total amount of R11 154 846.47 as per deliverables. The remaining sum was the subject of a dispute and the Department has not paid this to EOH Mthombo.

Disciplinary action against employees are done in accordance with applicable laws and internal Departmental policies.

-END-

09 December 2019 - NW1603

Julius, Mr J to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(a) What amount did the National Empowerment Fund contribute towards land reform and agricultural projects in each year since 2016, (b) were the amounts in the form of loans and/or grants and (c) what is the success rate of the investment?W2959E

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Reply:

I am advised that since 2016, the NEF has provided R60 million in funding to four companies in relation to agriculture or land reform projects. The NEF provides business funding as a combination of loans and equity and does not provide grant funding. A supplementary reply will be provided with additional information.

-END-

02 December 2019 - NW1546

Cuthbert, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(a) What number of Qualifying Small Enterprises (QSEs) passed broad-based black economic empowerment verification over the past year, (b) how does this compare to the number of companies in the past 10 financial years and (c) what number of QSEs from Level 1 to 8 (i) complied and (ii) did not comply with the verification in the past 10 financial years?

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Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows:

“A firm with an annual total revenue of between R10 million and R50 million is classified as a Qualifying Small Enterprise (QSE) under the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act 53 of 2003) (the B-BBEE Act).

QSE’s which are majority-owned by black people, do not require verification by a B-BBEE verification professional, and can instead self-certify their status through a standard affidavit. Any misrepresentation in terms of the above constitutes a criminal offence as set out in the B-BBEE Act as amended. A QSE which is 100% owned by black people qualifies automatically for Level 1 B-BBEE status recognition. A QSE which is 51% owned by black people qualifies automatically for Level 2 B-BBEE status recognition.

If 50% or less of an entity’s issued share capital is held by black people, as defined under B-BBEE Act, the entity is required to verify their B-BBEE status using a B-BBEE verification professional.

The B-BBEE Commission became operational in 2016 and one of their functions is to monitor the trends on B-BBEE implementation in the economy. Before the operation of the B-BBEE Commission there was no centralised database which monitor B-BBEE implementation in both the private and public sector. Therefore, the only reliable data on verification for QSEs is for the 2017 and 2018 financial year (Financial year runs from April to March) when the B-BBEE Commission became operational and commenced with the collection of data. This data on QSEs is captured on the B-BBEE Commission’s Portal by the Verification Agencies.

According to the B-BBEE Commission’s National Status and Trends on Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Report published on 31 March 2019, for the 2018 financial year, there were 588 verified QSEs. QSEs which self-certify are not required to file their status with the B-BBEE Commission and hence are not captured in the Report. There were 851 verified QSEs captured in 2017. The decrease is explained to be largely due to the expansion of the self-certification process for QSEs with 51% or higher ownership by black people.”

The table below provided by the Commission shows the distribution of QSEs by B-BBEE status for those that have been verified by B-BBEE verification professional:

Overall Contribution Levels: QSE Entities

Overall Contributions Levels: QSE Entities B-BBEE Status	Percentage of certificate B-BBEE Level (2018)	Percentage of certificate B-BBEE Level (2017)
Level 1	9.69%	12.74%
Level 2	11.05%	10.33%
Level 3	8.33%	6.43%
Level 4	7,48%	9.64%
Level 5	4.42%	3.21%
Level 6	2.72%	4.36%
Level 7	4.76%	4.94%
Level 8	12.76%	10.91%
Non-Compliant	38.78%	37.43%
Grand Total	100%	100%

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02 December 2019 - NW1479

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What (a) further work has a certain legal firm (name furnished) done for the Competition Commission (i) in the (aa) 2017-18 and (bb) 2018-19 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2019 and (b) was the nature and value of the work done?

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Reply:

I have been furnished with a reply by the Commissioner of the Competition Commission, Mr Tembinkosi Bonakele, to the question, which follows below:

a) “Ndzabandzaba Attorneys assisted the Commission on litigation of cartel cases, which are currently before the Competition Tribunal and higher courts in respect of which the law firm was briefed or engaged by the Commission in the previous financial years.

b) Please refer to the table below for responses to (i)-(aa)- (bb) and (ii) – (b).”

(i)-(aa), (bb) & (ii) Financial Year	(b) Nature of Work	(b) Value
2017/2018	Litigation of cartel cases	R 27 746 004,33
2018/2019	Litigation of cartel cases	R 32 344 202,95
2019/2020	Litigation of cartel cases	R 5 943 501,84

-END-

18 November 2019 - NW1208

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What (a) has been the basic salary of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Empowerment Fund in each of the past three financial years, (b) benefits has the CEO been entitled to and (c) bonus has been paid to the CEO in each financial year?

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Reply:

The NEF remunerates employees on a total cost to company basis and publishes the CEO’s remuneration annually in the Integrated Report.

The total cost to company salary of the CEO of the NEF over the last 3 years can be found in the Integrated Reports 2017, 2018, 2019 which have been tabled to Parliament. In the 2019 Integrated Report, the disclosure may be found in pages 147 and 148.

-END-

18 November 2019 - NW1379

Hill-Lewis, Mr GG to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Whether his department did business with certain (a) persons, (b) companies and (c) trusts (names and details furnished in each case) (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2019; if so, (aa) on what date(s) did his department do business with the specified persons, companies and trusts and (bb) what was the (aaa) nature and (bbb) monetary value of each business arrangement?

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Reply:

I am informed by the Director-General that the department has not conducted business with any of the companies and trusts specified nor any of the specified persons in their personal capacity.

-END-

18 November 2019 - NW1306

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What are the details of all international trips that were undertaken by officials of his department since 2014, in each case, including the (a) date of the trip, (b) destination, (c) duration of the trip, (d) name of each official on the trip, (e) job title of each official on the trip, (f) purpose of the trip, (g) name of the conference or event attended and (h) name of each sponsor of the (i) trip and (ii) conference/event attended?

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Reply:

The Director-General of the Department of Trade and Industry, Mr L October, has advised me of the following:

“The department was able to obtain limited information from the travel agents for the last two years as reflected in the table below.

Information in respect of sponsorships is contained in the department’s Annual Reports for the respective financial years.”

Date of Trip	Destination	Job Title
20171003	New York	Chief Director
20171003	New York	Chief Operating Officer
20171006	Morocco	Chief Director
20171007	Geneva	Director
20171007	Germany	Director
20171007	Germany	Chief Director
20171009	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20171011	Morocco	Deputy Director
20171012	New York	Deputy Director
20171012	New York	Director
20171012	New York	Deputy Director
20171013	Cuba	Deputy Director
20171013	Cuba	Director
20171013	Cuba	Deputy Director
20171014	Brussels	Deputy Director
20171014	Brussels	Director
20171014	Germany	Deputy Director
20171014	Germany	Director
20171014	Ireland	Director
20171014	Ireland	Chief Director
20171015	Indonesia	Chief Director
20171015	Indonesia	Director
20171016	Brussels	Chief Director
20171016	Brussels	Chief Director
20171019	Amsterdam	Director
20171021	Geneva	Assistant Director
20171021	Geneva	Deputy Director
20171021	Germany	Deputy Director
20171022	Denmark	Director
20171022	Moscow	Deputy Director
20171022	Moscow	Director
20171022	Moscow	Deputy Director
20171022	Moscow	Deputy Director
20171022	Moscow	Chief Operating Officer
20171022	Moscow	Director
20171022	Moscow	Assistant Director
20171022	Austria	Chief Director
20171027	Cuba	Director
20171027	Cuba	Assistant Director
20171027	Cuba	Trade and Industry Advisor
20171027	Cuba	Advanced Team Assistant
20171027	Miami	Deputy Director
20171028	Cuba	None Employee
20171029	Germany	Director
20171029	Munich	Chief Operating Officer
20171030	California	Deputy Director
20171031	France	Director
20171104	Germany	Deputy Director
20171104	Germany	Deputy Director
20171104	Ireland	Deputy Director
20171104	Ireland	Project & Office Manager
20171105	Geneva	Director
20171105	Geneva	Director
20171105	Geneva	Assistant Director
20171105	Philippines	Deputy Director
20171105	Philippines	Assistant Director
20171105	Philippines	Director
20171107	Pakistan	Deputy Director
20171111	Ireland	Director
20171111	Ireland	Trade and Industry Advisor
20171111	Istanbul	Assistant Director
20171111	Sydney	Assistant Director
20171111	Sydney	Deputy Director
20171111	Austria	Director
20171112	Germany	Personal Assistant
20171113	Brussels	Chief Director
20171113	Cuba	Assistant Director
20171115	New York	Chief Director
20171118	London	Trade and Industry Advisor
20171118	London	Senior Administration Clerk
20171119	Korea	Deputy Director
20171119	Korea	Advanced Team Assistant
20171119	Korea	Chief Director
20171119	Saudi Arabia	Deputy Director
20171119	Saudi Arabia	Director
20171120	Geneva	Deputy Director
20171121	China	Chief Director
20171121	China	Director
20171121	China	Deputy Director
20171121	China	Director
20171123	Munich	Advanced Team Assistant
20171123	Munich	Director
20171125	Amsterdam	Trade and Industry Advisor
20171125	Dubai	Assistant Director
20171125	India	Deputy Director
20171125	India	Chief Director
20171125	India	Chief Director
20171125	India	Director
20171125	London	Director
20171125	Sweden	Director
20171130	Austria	Director
20171202	Athens	Director
20171202	Athens	Deputy Director
20171202	Brazil	Deputy Director
20171202	Brazil	Chief Director
20171202	Brazil	Deputy Director
20171202	Istanbul	Deputy Director
20171202	Sao Paolo	Assistant Director
20171202	Sri Lanka	Deputy Director
20171205	London	Assistant Director
20171206	Argentina	Deputy Director
20171206	Sao Paulo	Secretary
20171206	Shanghai	Deputy Director
20171206	Shanghai	Director
20171209	Geneva	Director
20171214	Argentina	Deputy Director
20171214	Argentina	Assistant Director
20171214	Argentina	Chief Director
20171214	Argentina	Advanced Team Assistant
20171214	Argentina	Director
20171214	Argentina	Chief Operating Officer
20180107	Atlanta	Chief Operating Officer
20180107	Atlanta	Divisional Financial Advisor
20180107	Atlanta	Project Manager
20180107	Atlanta	Chief Operating Officer
20180120	Shanghai	Director
20180120	Singapore	Director
20180120	Zurich	Chief Of Staff
20180121	Zurich	Chief Director
20180122	London	Assistant Director
20180124	Italy	Assistant Director
20180126	Dubai	Personal Assistant
20180126	Dubai	Assistant Director
20180126	Austria	Chief Director
20180127	Dubai	Chief Director
20180127	Geneva	Chief Director
20180127	Geneva	Deputy Director
20180128	Comoro	Deputy Director
20180128	Comoro	Deputy Director
20180128	Comoro	Chief Director
20180128	Geneva	Director
20180128	Geneva	Deputy Director
20180129	Geneva	Director
20180203	Moscow	Assistant Director
20180204	Germany	Assistant Director
20180204	Germany	Director
20180204	Germany	Deputy Director
20180204	Germany	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180206	Argentina	Deputy Director
20180206	Argentina	Assistant Director
20180209	Istanbul	Director
20180209	Las Vegas	Deputy Director
20180209	Las Vegas	Director
20180210	Las Vegas	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180210	Austria	Deputy Director
20180210	Austria	Deputy Director
20180210	Austria	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180213	Germany	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180213	Germany	Deputy Director
20180214	Brussels	Assistant Director
20180214	Brussels	Director
20180214	Brussels	Deputy Director
20180214	Germany	Chief Director
20180214	Germany	Senior Administration Clerk
20180215	Brussels	Director
20180215	Dubai	Assistant Director
20180215	Dubai	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180215	Dubai	Assistant Director
20180215	Dubai	Director
20180215	Dubai	Director
20180215	Dubai	Assistant Director
20180217	Brussels	Chief Director
20180217	Brussels	Director
20180217	India	Chief Director
20180217	India	Deputy Director
20180217	India	Director
20180218	New York	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180218	New York	Deputy Director
20180218	New York	Chief Director
20180219	Brussels	Deputy Director
20180220	India	Director
20180221	Brussels	Director
20180225	London	Deputy Director General
20180225	London	Director
20180227	Saudi Arabia	Deputy Director
20180227	Saudi Arabia	Assistant Director
20180301	Canada	Assistant Director
20180301	Canada	Senior Communication Officer
20180301	Canada	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180302	Canada	Deputy Director
20180302	Canada	Director
20180302	Canada	Assistant Director
20180302	Tokyo	Director
20180302	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20180302	Tokyo	Communication Officer
20180303	Bahrain	Assistant Director
20180303	London	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180303	London	Assistant Director
20180303	London	Assistant Director
20180304	France	Assistant Director
20180310	France	Assistant Director
20180310	New Delhi	Deputy Director
20180310	New Delhi	Deputy Director
20180311	Vietnam	Deputy Director
20180311	Vietnam	Assistant Director
20180314	Germany	Deputy Director
20180314	Germany	Deputy Director
20180315	Los Angeles	Assistant Director
20180315	New York	Deputy Director
20180317	Colombia	Deputy Director
20180317	Colombia	Deputy Director
20180317	Colombia	Deputy Director
20180317	Colombia	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180317	Columbia	Deputy Director
20180317	Germany	Director
20180317	Germany	Chief Director
20180317	Los Angeles	Chief Director
20180317	New Delhi	Deputy Director
20180318	Geneva	Director
20180318	Geneva	Assistant Director
20180318	New Delhi	Chief Director
20180320	France	Director
20180320	Los Angeles	Assistant Director
20180321	Los Angeles	Deputy Director
20180323	Colombia	Director
20180324	Chengdu	Director
20180324	China	Director
20180324	France	Assistant Director
20180324	France	Director
20180324	Shanghai	Assistant Director
20180324	Shanghai	Assistant Director
20180325	Brazil	Deputy Director
20180326	Geneva	Director
20180328	Brazil	Assistant Director
20180330	Brazil	Deputy Director
20180402	New Delhi	Director
20180404	London	Director
20180404	London	Director
20180407	Dubai	Chief Director
20180407	Austria	Deputy Director
20180407	Austria	Director
20180407	Austria	Deputy Director
20180407	Austria	Chief Director
20180413	France	Chief Director
20180413	Germany	Deputy Director
20180413	Germany	Call Centre Manager
20180413	Germany	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180413	Malaysia	Deputy Director
20180413	Malaysia	Assistant Director
20180413	Malaysia	Assistant Director
20180414	Indonesia	Director
20180414	Ireland	Assistant Director
20180414	London	Director
20180414	London	Chief Director
20180414	London	Chief Director
20180414	London	Deputy Director
20180414	London	Director
20180415	Geneva	Deputy Director
20180415	London	Chief Director
20180415	London	Deputy Director
20180416	London	Director
20180416	London	Director
20180416	London	Director
20180420	Chile	Assistant Director
20180420	Chile	Assistant Director
20180420	Chile	Deputy Director
20180420	New York	Deputy Director
20180421	Geneva	Deputy Director
20180421	Geneva	Deputy Director
20180421	Geneva	Assistant Director
20180421	Germany	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180421	Indonesia	Deputy Director
20180421	New York	Director
20180422	Istanbul	Assistant Director
20180422	Istanbul	Assistant Director
20180424	Munich	Assistant Director
20180424	Munich	Director
20180424	New Delhi	Chief Operating Officer
20180424	Sydney	Deputy Director
20180424	Sydney	Deputy Director
20180424	Sydney	Chief Director
20180424	Sydney	Deputy Director
20180424	Sydney	Deputy Director
20180424	Sydney	Chief Director
20180424	Sydney	Director
20180425	New York	Deputy Director
20180425	New York	Director
20180427	Texas	Director
20180427	Texas	Assistant Director
20180427	Texas	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180428	London	Deputy Director
20180428	London	Director
20180502	Argentina	Deputy Director
20180502	Brussel	Director
20180503	Portugal	Chief Director
20180503	Portugal	Director
20180504	Argentina	Assistant Director
20180504	Dubai	Deputy Director
20180504	Dubai	Chief audit Executive
20180504	France	Advanced Team Assistant
20180504	France	Deputy Director
20180505	Argentina	Chief Director
20180505	Canada	Deputy Director
20180505	Greece	Assistant Director
20180505	Greece	Assistant Director
20180505	Greece	Deputy Director
20180508	Qatar	Assistant Director
20180513	Shanghai	Assistant Director
20180513	Shanghai	Assistant Director
20180513	Shanghai	Assistant Director
20180513	Shanghai	Deputy Director
20180517	China	Chief Economist
20180521	France	Director
20180521	France	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180521	Indonesia	Assistant Director
20180521	Indonesia	Director
20180522	Amsterdam	Chief Director
20180522	France	Director
20180522	France	Chief Director
20180522	Munich	Chief Operating Officer
20180522	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20180523	Indonesia	Deputy Director
20180523	Indonesia	Deputy Director
20180523	Indonesia	Assistant Director
20180523	Indonesia	Chief Director
20180523	Indonesia	Deputy Director
20180523	Indonesia	Chief Director
20180525	Texas	Chief Director
20180526	Amsterdam	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180526	Shanghai	Director
20180529	Las Vegas	Deputy Director
20180529	Las Vegas	Chief Director
20180601	Hong Kong	Deputy Director
20180601	Sydney	Deputy Director
20180601	Sydney	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180602	Athens	Director
20180602	Athens	Chief Director
20180602	Boston	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180602	Boston	Chief Director
20180602	Boston	Director
20180602	Boston	Director
20180602	Moscow	Deputy Director
20180603	Argentina	Director
20180603	Argentina	Director
20180604	Canada	Director
20180605	Canada	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180605	Canada	Assistant Director
20180609	Latvia	Director
20180609	Latvia	Chief Director
20180609	Paris	Director
20180609	Paris	Assistant Director
20180615	Austria	Director
20180615	Austria	Chief Director
20180616	Latvia	Director
20180617	Geneva	Assistant Director
20180617	Geneva	Director
20180617	New York	Deputy Director
20180617	New York	Director
20180617	Austria	Director
20180617	Austria	Senior Communication Officer
20180618	Paris	Chief Director
20180622	China	Deputy Director
20180622	China	Deputy Director
20180622	China	Assistant Director
20180622	New Delhi	Chief Director
20180622	Austria	Assistant Director
20180623	Dubai	Director
20180623	India	Director
20180623	Philippines	Assistant Director
20180623	Philippines	Deputy Director
20180626	London	Chief Director
20180626	London	Director
20180630	Milan	Deputy Director
20180630	Milan	Deputy Director
20180630	Shanghai	Chief Director
20180630	Shanghai	Assistant Director
20180707	Malaysia	Assistant Director
20180707	Washington	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180707	Washington	Assistant Director
20180707	Washington	Director
20180707	Washington	Advanced Team Assistant
20180707	Washington	Deputy Director
20180709	Atlanta	Project Manager
20180710	Abu Dhabi	Director
20180710	Atlanta	Chief Operating Officer
20180710	Atlanta	Deputy Director
20180710	Dubai	Chief Director
20180710	Saudi Arabia	Chief Director
20180710	Saudi Arabia	Chief Financial Officer
20180711	Brazil	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180711	Brazil	Deputy Director
20180717	Xiamen	Deputy Director
20180717	Xiamen	Intern
20180720	London	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180721	Seoul	Assistant Director
20180804	London	Director
20180805	Geneva	Assistant Director
20180821	Argentina	Deputy Director
20180823	France	Advanced Team Assistant
20180823	France	Deputy Director
20180824	Austria	Director
20180826	Oslo	Deputy Director
20180826	Australia	Deputy Director
20180826	Singapore	Director
20180826	Singapore	Director
20180827	Australia	Director
20180829	Beijing	Assistant Director
20180829	China	Chief Operating Officer
20180829	China	Deputy Director
20180829	China	Assistant Director
20180830	Bangkok	Director
20180830	Bangkok	Assistant Director
20180830	Beijing	Chief Director
20180830	Beijing	Deputy Director
20180830	China	Director
20180830	Indonesia	Chief Director
20180830	Peru	Director
20180830	Peru	Director
20180830	Peru	Assistant Director
20180830	Peru	Deputy Director
20180901	China	Assistant Director
20180901	China	Assistant Director
20180901	China	Deputy Director
20180904	Canada	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180904	Canada	Assistant Director
20180904	China	Director
20180904	China	Deputy Director
20180904	Austria	Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
20180906	Hong Kong	Chief Director
20180910	Argentina	Director
20180911	Argentina	Chief Director
20180911	Argentina	Deputy Director
20180913	Dubai	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180913	Dubai	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180914	Moscow	Call Centre Manager
20180914	Moscow	Communication Officer
20180914	Moscow	Assistant Director
20180914	Paris	Assistant Director
20180914	Paris	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180914	Sao Paulo	Deputy Director
20180915	Denmark	Director
20180915	France	Deputy Director
20180915	France	Chief Audit Executive
20180915	Paris	Assistant Director
20180915	Tokyo	Senior Communication Officer
20180915	Tokyo	Director
20180915	Tokyo	Director
20180916	Germany	Deputy Director
20180916	Tokyo	Chief Director
20180917	France	Chief Director
20180917	France	Executive Assistant
20180917	France	Director
20180917	France	Director General
20180917	France	Chief Director
20180920	New York	Deputy Director
20180920	New York	Assistant Director
20180920	New York	Deputy Director
20180920	New York	Advanced Team Assistant
20180921	Saudi Arabia	Chief Director
20180922	Poland	Director
20180923	Geneva	Deputy Director
20180923	Geneva	Deputy Director
20180923	Thailand	Assistant Director
20180924	Canada	Trade and Industry Advisor
20180924	Italy	Deputy Director
20180924	Italy	Assistant Director
20180925	Colombia	Director
20180926	Dubai	Director
20180927	Saudi Arabia	Chief Director
20180928	Dubai	Deputy Director
20180928	Miami	Advanced Team Assistant
20180929	Belgium	Chief Director
20180929	Belgium	Deputy Director
20180930	Houston	Deputy Director
20180930	Houston	Deputy Director
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20181004	Dubai	Chief Director
20181004	Tokyo	Assistant Director
20181004	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20181004	Tokyo	Assistant Director
20181007	Geneva	Director
20181009	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20181010	Florida	Deputy Director
20181013	Florida	Chief Operating Officer
20181014	Canada	Trade and Industry Advisor
20181014	London	Trade and Industry Advisor
20181014	Oslo, Norway	Assistant Director
20181014	Oslo, Norway	Deputy Director
20181014	Sri Lanka	Deputy Director
20181015	China	Communication Officer
20181016	China	Advanced Team Assistant
20181016	London	Trade and Industry Advisor
20181016	Miami	Personal Assistant
20181016	Zurich	Director
20181017	France	Deputy Director
20181018	France	Deputy Director
20181018	France	Assistant Director
20181019	Canada	Deputy Director
20181019	Cuba	Chief Financial Officer
20181020	France	Director
20181020	Geneva	Director
20181020	Geneva	Deputy Director
20181022	Brussels	Chief Of Staff
20181022	Brussels	Chief Director
20181022	Brussels	Personal Assistant
20181022	Mexico	Assistant Director
20181022	Mexico	Director
20181022	Mexico	Chief Director
20181026	Cuba	Assistant Director
20181026	Dubai	Director
20181026	Dubai	Assistant Director
20181027	California	Deputy Director
20181027	California	Chief Operating Officer
20181027	Cuba	Deputy Director
20181028	California	Director
20181028	California	Deputy Director
20181028	California	Trade and Industry Advisor
20181029	Shanghai	Assistant Director
20181031	California	Chief Of Staff
20181031	Shanghai	Chief Director
20181031	Shanghai	Assistant Director
20181101	China	Deputy Director
20181101	Oslo, Norway	Chief Director
20181103	Cuba	Assistant Director
20181103	Shanghai	Chief Director
20181104	Amsterdam	Chief Director
20181106	Geneva	Chief Economist
20181110	Los Angeles	Trade and Industry Advisor
20181110	Sweden	Trade and Industry Advisor
20181111	Geneva	Assistant Director
20181111	Istanbul	Chief Director
20181117	Amsterdam	Assistant Director
20181117	Geneva	Director
20181118	Moscow	Personal Assistant
20181122	Moscow	Personal Assistant
20181124	Italy	Deputy Director
20181125	London	Deputy Director
20181126	Atlanta	Chief Director
20181126	Atlanta	Chief Operating Officer
20181129	Bangkok	Deputy Director
20181201	Geneva	Assistant Director
20181201	Geneva	Deputy Director
20181202	Bangkok	Chief Director
20181202	Bangkok	Director
20181202	Geneva	Deputy Director
20181208	Dubai	Administrative Officer
20181208	Dubai	Assistant Director
20181208	Dubai	Deputy Director
20181209	Guangzhou	Deputy Director
20181209	London	Deputy Director
20181210	Dubai	Assistant Director
20181212	London	Deputy Director
20181212	London	Director
20190112	Shanghai	Chief Of Staff
20190112	Shanghai	Deputy Director
20190112	Shanghai	Deputy Director
20190112	Tokyo	Chief Director
20190112	Tokyo	Director
20190112	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20190115	New Delhi	Director
20190115	New Delhi	Chief Director
20190119	New Delhi	Deputy Director
20190119	New Delhi	Assistant Director
20190121	New Delhi	Deputy Director
20190121	New Delhi	Chief Director
20190121	New Delhi	Assistant Director
20190122	New Delhi	Deputy Director
20190122	New Delhi	Chief Director
20190122	Zurich	Chief Director
20190123	New Delhi	Deputy Director
20190125	Germany	Chief Director
20190126	Dubai	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190127	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20190131	New York	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190131	New York	Deputy Director
20190202	Germany	Assistant Director
20190202	Germany	Director
20190202	Germany	Call Centre Manager
20190202	Germany	Assistant Director
20190202	Germany	Assistant Director
20190210	Brazil	Deputy Director
20190210	Brazil	Chief Director
20190210	Geneva	Legal Officer
20190210	Geneva	Director
20190210	Germany	Intern
20190210	Germany	Deputy Director
20190213	Abu Dhabi	Deputy Director
20190213	Abu Dhabi	Assistant Director
20190213	Abu Dhabi	Assistant Director
20190214	Dubai	Assistant Director
20190214	Dubai	Senior Communication Officer
20190215	Dubai	Deputy Director
20190215	Dubai	Personal Assistant
20190215	Dubai	Director
20190215	Dubai	Assistant Director
20190215	India	Chief Director
20190215	India	Deputy Director
20190217	Dubai	Deputy Director
20190217	Dubai	Assistant Director
20190217	Mumbai	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190217	Mumbai	Director
20190217	Mumbai	Director
20190217	Mumbai	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190218	New York	Assistant Director
20190218	New York	Chief Director
20190220	Sydney	Team Assistant
20190222	Sydney	Chief Director
20190223	Brisbane	Deputy Director
20190223	Brisbane	Deputy Director
20190223	Brisbane	Director
20190223	Australia	Deputy Director
20190223	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190223	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190223	Mumbai	Chief Director
20190224	Colombia	Director
20190224	Colombia	Deputy Director
20190226	Colombia	Chief Director
20190228	Canada	Assistant Director
20190301	Canada	Director
20190301	Canada	Deputy Director
20190301	France	Director
20190301	France	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190301	Tokyo	Intern
20190301	Tokyo	Assistant Director
20190301	Tokyo	Assistant Director
20190301	Tokyo	Senior Communication
20190301	Tokyo	Assistant Director
20190302	France	Communication Officer
20190303	Geneva	Director
20190303	Geneva	Assistant Director
20190306	Texas	Assistant Director
20190308	Brazil	Intern
20190308	Brazil	Chief Director
20190308	Brazil	Deputy Director
20190309	France	Deputy Director
20190311	Italy	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190311	Italy	Call Centre Manager
20190311	Italy	Director
20190313	Malaysia	Assistant Director
20190314	Germany	Intern
20190316	Dubai	Assistant Director
20190316	Dubai	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190316	Hong Kong	Deputy Director
20190316	Hong Kong	Director
20190319	Geneva	Director
20190319	Geneva	Legal Officer
20190319	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190319	Germany	Director
20190319	Germany	Deputy Director
20190319	Germany	Deputy Director
20190319	Germany	Chief Director
20190323	Argentina	Assistant Director
20190323	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190323	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190324	France	Director
20190324	France	Chief Director
20190324	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20190324	Austria	Director
20190324	Austria	Chief Director
20190326	Morocco	Intern
20190326	Morocco	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190326	Tokyo	Director
20190326	Tokyo	Chief Director
20190329	Brazil	Deputy Director
20190329	Brazil	Assistant Director
20190329	Brazil	Deputy Director
20190330	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190330	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190331	Nepal	Director
20190331	Nepal	Chief Director
20190403	Miami	Deputy Director
20190403	Miami	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190405	Dubai	Director
20190405	Dubai	Chief Director
20190405	Dubai	Deputy Director
20190407	Tokyo	Director
20190409	Colombia	Chief Director
20190412	Moscow	Director
20190412	Russia	Chief Director
20190412	Russia	Deputy Director
20190414	Saudi Arabia	Deputy Director
20190414	Saudi Arabia	Chief Director
20190414	Saudi Arabia	Chief Director
20190414	Saudi Arabia	Deputy Director
20190417	Moscow	Chief Director
20190421	Moscow	Advanced Team Assistant
20190421	Moscow	Deputy Director
20190423	Canada	Deputy Director
20190423	China	Chief Director
20190423	China	Deputy Director
20190423	China	Director
20190424	Istanbul	Deputy Director
20190424	Istanbul	Chief Director
20190427	Canada	Deputy Director
20190427	Canada	Deputy Director
20190427	Geneva	Director
20190427	Geneva	Assistant Director
20190427	Morocco	Chief Director
20190502	Texas	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190502	Texas	Director
20190502	Texas	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190503	Texas	Communication Officer
20190503	Texas	Senior Communication Officer
20190503	Washington	Deputy Director
20190504	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190504	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190504	Portugal	Chief Director
20190504	Portugal	Director
20190504	Texas	Deputy Director
20190506	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20190506	Tokyo	Assistant Director
20190511	New Delhi	Chief Director
20190511	New Delhi	Chief Director
20190511	New Delhi	Deputy Director
20190511	New Delhi	Deputy Director
20190513	France	Deputy Director
20190513	France	Director
20190513	France	Chief Director
20190513	Tokyo	Director
20190518	Geneva	Director
20190518	Tokyo	Chief Director
20190519	China	Assistant Director
20190519	Korea	Assistant Director
20190519	Korea	Assistant Director
20190521	Amsterdam	Chief Director
20190521	France	Deputy Director
20190525	Germany	Director
20190525	Germany	Chief Director
20190527	Brazil	Director
20190527	Denmark	Chief Director
20190527	Denmark	Director
20190527	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190527	Indonesia	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190527	Indonesia	Director
20190528	Portugal	Chief Director
20190528	Portugal	Director
20190530	Sudan	Deputy Director
20190601	Pennsylvania	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190602	Oslo	Deputy Director
20190603	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20190603	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20190603	Tokyo	Chief Director
20190604	Geneva	Director
20190604	Geneva	Legal Officer
20190604	St Petersburg	Director
20190604	St Petersburg	Chief Director
20190604	St Petersburg	Deputy Director
20190606	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20190608	Brazil	Director
20190608	Brazil	Chief Director
20190608	Dubai	Deputy Director
20190608	Dubai	Assistant Director
20190608	Dubai	Assistant Director
20190608	Dubai	Media Liaison Officer
20190608	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190608	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190608	Geneva	Director
20190608	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190608	Geneva	Chief Director
20190608	London	Advanced Team Assistant
20190608	London	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190608	London	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190609	Washington	Chief Director
20190609	Washington	Deputy Director
20190610	Edinburgh	Senior Specialist
20190610	Geneva	Director
20190610	Manchester	Director
20190610	Vienna, Austria	Chief Director
20190613	Germany	Director
20190614	France	Advanced Team Assistant
20190614	France	Director
20190614	New York	Chief Director
20190615	Malaysia	Personal Assistant
20190615	Malaysia	Deputy Director
20190615	Moscow	Assistant Director
20190615	Moscow	Assistant Director
20190615	Moscow	Deputy Director
20190615	Munich	Director
20190615	Munich	Deputy Director
20190615	Munich	Deputy Director
20190615	Munich	Deputy Director
20190615	New York	Assistant Director
20190615	New York	Deputy Director
20190616	Finland	Deputy Director
20190616	Finland	Non dti Official
20190616	Geneva	Assistant Director
20190616	London	Director
20190618	Istanbul	Deputy Director
20190618	Istanbul	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190622	Kazakhstan	Director
20190622	Kazakhstan	Deputy Director
20190622	Kazakhstan	Chief Director
20190623	Geneva	Legal Officer
20190624	Korea	Director
20190624	Osaka, Japan	Director
20190624	Osaka, Japan	Deputy Director
20190624	Osaka, Japan	Deputy Director
20190624	Osaka, Japan	Assistant Director
20190624	Osaka, Japan	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190625	New York	Assistant Director
20190625	New York	Deputy Director
20190625	New York	Chief Director
20190625	New York	Director
20190626	Germany	Assistant Director
20190626	New Delhi	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190626	New Delhi	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190626	New Delhi	Director
20190626	New Delhi	Director
20190626	Osaka, Japan	Chief Director
20190627	Geneva	Director
20190627	Geneva	Director
20190627	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190627	London	Deputy Director
20190628	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190630	Geneva	Chief Director
20190702	Switzerland	Chief Director
20190702	Switzerland	Deputy Director
20190702	Switzerland	Assistant Director
20190702	Switzerland	Deputy Director
20190702	Zurich	Director
20190702	Zurich	Director
20190705	Los Angeles	Chief Audit Executive
20190705	Los Angeles	Assistant Director
20190705	Zurich	Deputy Director
20190706	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190709	London	Deputy Director
20190710	New Delhi	Deputy Director
20190710	New Delhi	Director
20190712	New York	Assistant Director
20190713	Brussels	Assistant Director
20190713	Australia	Director
20190713	Australia	Deputy Director
20190715	Seychelles	Director
20190717	India	Assistant Director
20190717	New Delhi	Assistant Director
20190717	New Delhi	Assistant Director
20190718	London	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190718	London	Deputy Director
20190722	London	Director
20190727	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190727	Geneva	Chief Director
20190727	Geneva	Assistant Director
20190729	Abu Dhabi	Director
20190729	Las Vegas	Assistant Director
20190729	Las Vegas	Deputy Director
20190729	Tokyo	Chief Operating Officer
20190808	New York	Intern
20190808	New York	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190809	New York	Personal Assistant
20190824	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20190824	Tokyo	Chief Director
20190824	Tokyo	Deputy Director
20190824	Tokyo	Assistant Director
20190825	Brazil	Deputy Director
20190825	Tokyo	Chief Director
20190826	Brazil	Deputy Director
20190826	Japan	Deputy Director
20190826	Japan	Assistant Director
20190826	London	Chief Director
20190826	Shanghai	Chief Director
20190829	Tokyo	Director
20190829	Tokyo	Director
20190829	United Kingdom	Assistant Director
20190829	United Kingdom	Deputy Director
20190831	China	Intern
20190831	China	Assistant Director
20190831	China	Deputy Director
20190831	Australia	Director
20190901	Chengdu	Assistant Director
20190901	Chengdu	Director
20190901	Chengdu	Advanced Team Assistant
20190901	Chengdu	Assistant Director
20190901	China	Assistant Director
20190901	Australia	Assistant Director
20190903	Canada	Director
20190903	Chengdu	Deputy Director
20190903	Chengdu	Private Secretary
20190903	Chengdu	Technical Assistant
20190903	Chengdu	Deputy Director
20190905	London	Director
20190905	London	Trade and Industry Advisor
20190905	London	Assistant Director
20190906	Canada	Director
20190906	Canada	Director
20190907	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190907	Geneva	Director
20190912	Brazil	Chief Director
20190914	Brazil	Director
20190914	Brazil	Chief Director
20190914	Kuwait	Deputy Director
20190914	Kuwait	Assistant Director
20190915	Pennsylvania	Deputy Director
20190915	Pennsylvania	Deputy Director
20190915	Turkey	Deputy Director
20190915	Turkey	Chief Director
20190915	Turkey	Assistant Director
20190918	Brazil	Deputy Director
20190918	Brazil	Deputy Director
20190918	Peru	Deputy Director
20190920	Moscow	Assistant Director
20190920	Moscow	Assistant Director
20190920	Moscow	Call Centre Manager
20190921	Moscow	Director
20190921	Moscow	Assistant Director
20190925	Atlanta	Chief Operating Officer
20190925	Atlanta	Chief Director
20190928	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190928	Geneva	Deputy Director
20190929	Philippines	Deputy Director
20190929	Philippines	Assistant Director
20190930	Philippines	Communication Officer
20191002	Prague	Deputy Director
20191002	Prague	Private Secretary
20191002	Prague	Intern
20191002	Prague	Deputy Director
20191005	London	Deputy Director
20191005	London	Deputy Director
20191009	California	Assistant Director
20191009	California	Trade and Industry Advisor

-END-

18 November 2019 - NW1293

Roos, Mr AC to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

With reference to his reply to question 802 on 14 October 2019, wherein he indicated that the first phase of the Ekandustria Revitalisation Programme was completed on 27 March 2019, what (a) are the deliverables for the second phase of the programme, (b) is the progress of the second phase as at the latest specified date for which information is available, (c) is the envisaged completion date of the second phase and (d) amount has been budgeted or allocated to the second phase in the 2019-20 financial year? NW2504E

Source
Link

Reply:

The revitalization of Ekandustria Industrial Park for Phase 2 has been scoped and the application has been submitted for funding but not yet processed. I am advised that part of the scope includes the following:

Refurbishment of fire hydrants
Refurbishment of Buildings and roofs
Solid Landfill refurbishment and compliance
Storm water refurbishment
Electrical Reticulations and refurbishment of high mast lights
Construction of Pre -Treatment Plant
Completion of fencing.

b) The second phase has not been initiated as yet pending funding approval.

c) The completion date will be determined following the initiation of the project.

d) The budgeted allocation for the second phase is dependant on budgetary approval.

-END-

18 November 2019 - NW1259

Mhlongo, Mr TW to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1)What (a) is the current total cost of renovating the Credo Mutwa museum and library in Kuruman, Northern Cape and (b) amount was (i) allocated for the specific library, house and museum project by (aa) the Northern Cape government and (bb) his department and (ii) donated by the National Lotteries commission towards the construction of the Credo Mutwa museum; (2) (a) on what date was the museum and library renovation project supposed to be completed and (b) by what date will the project be completed; (3) whether any investigation was conducted regarding mismanagement and/or maladministration of the project; if not, why not; if so, (a) what is the status of the investigation, (b) will he furnish Mr T W Mhlongo with a progress report and (c) what is the case number allocated to the investigation? NW2471E

Source
Link

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows:

“(1) (a) Only NLC funded the project.

(b) (i) (aa) no funding from the Northern Cape Government (bb) no funding from the department and (ii) the NLC approved R19 Million for the following key items: construction of a new Library and Museum, operational cost (including free Wi-Fi to the public), appointment of the Librarian and a Curator. The project relating to the renovation of Mr Mutwa’s home was sanctioned by the Northern Cape Department of Sports, Arts and Culture and NLC did not play a role.

(2) (a) The construction of the Library and Museum commenced in December 2017 and was completed in September 2018. The project was launched/handed over to the community on the 15th April 2019.

(b) The project is fully completed in line with the budget allocated by the NLC, the project was handed over and since then it has been fully utilized by the community.

(3) No (a) Not applicable (b) Not applicable (c) None “

-END-

18 November 2019 - NW1307

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(a) Which international trips that were undertaken by officials of his department since 1 April 2014 were (i) related to the (aa) SA Copyright law and (bb) International Copyright law and (ii) sponsored by international corporations and (b) what is the name of each international corporation that sponsored each trip?

Source
Link

Reply:

The Director-General of the Department of Trade and Industry, Mr L October, has advised as follows:

In 2013/14 a dti official attended the Intellectual Property Conference in Brazil representing the former Minister Dr Rob Davies.
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), together with the dti officials in April 2019 attended the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in particular the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). SCCR is an expert committee of WIPO responsible for global norm setting in the area of copyright. the dti officials also attended the WIPO General Assembly meeting in 2018 and 2019.
In November 2015 a dti official attended the African Ministerial Conference on Intellectual Property in Senegal.
In March 2018, a dti official attended the Africa Internet Academy in Mauritius.
In October 2018, a dti official attended the Advanced International Certificate on Intellectual Property in South Korea.
In 2019, the CIPC attended a Regional Conference on Copyright in Kenya, Nairobi.

The African Ministerial Conference on Intellectual Property in Senegal was sponsored by World Intellectual Property Organization. The Africa Internet Academy in Mauritius was sponsored by the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) at Strathmore University and Google. The Intellectual Property training in South Korea was sponsored by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The Regional Conference on Copyright in Kenya was sponsored by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Costs incurred for the above-mentioned trips were budgeted for and paid for by the department.

-END-

28 October 2019 - NW1132

Cuthbert, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

With reference to his reply to question 567 on 16 September 2019, what is the total amount that his department paid in remuneration to each of the 10 suspended employees who are currently facing disciplinary action?

Source
Link

Reply:

I am advised that the suspended employees referred to in Parliamentary Question 567, received payments totalling R5 867 579.

I noted in the previous reply as follows: Clearly, it is necessary to review the systems relating to disciplinary matters to enable a fair and expeditious process of completing such cases, as lengthy periods of suspension of staff on full pay is not in the interest of the public nor of the employees concerned. I have asked the Director General to consider appropriate ways, within the legislative framework and prescripts to avoid lengthy suspensions in future.

-END-

28 October 2019 - NW1182

Khanyile, Ms AT to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Whether his department incurred any costs related to the (a) inauguration of the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, held in Pretoria on 25 May 2019 and (b) State of the Nation Address held in Cape Town on 20 June 2019; if so, in each case, (i) what costs were incurred and (ii) for what reason?

Source
Link

Reply:

The departments of Trade and Industry and Economic Development advise that they did not incur any additional costs related to the Presidential inauguration as well as the State of the National Address, other than the normal travel costs applicable in the Ministry.

-END-

28 October 2019 - NW1133

Cuthbert, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1)With reference to the second quarter report of the 2019-20 budget of his department, what are the reasons for the (a) 20,2% variance from projected expenditure, (b) 55,5% variance from projected expenditure in Programme 6 and (c) 88,2% variance in projected expenditure under the payments for capital assets line item; (2) What are the details of the (a) conditions attached to the R 17,4 million transfer to nonprofit institutions and (b) plans of his department to improve expenditure on Programme 1; (3) What are the reasons for no expenditure on incentives for (a) special economic zones, (b) manufacturing development and (c) services sector development; (4) What are the reasons for expenditure levels on the (a) investment and interdepartmental clearing house and (b) investment support and aftercare being 94% and 99% respectively lower than expected?

Source
Link

Reply:

My office has requested the Honourable member to provide us with a copy of the second quarterly report referred to in this question. Both the departments of Trade and Industry and Economic Development have only tabled Q1 Performance and Financial Reporting to the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry.

-END-

14 October 2019 - NW787

Yako, Ms Y to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1)(a) What amount was spent on advertising by (i) his department and (ii) state-owned entities reporting to him in the (aa) 2016-17, (bb) 2017-18 and (cc) 2018-19 financial years; (2) What amount of the total expenditure incurred by (a) his department and (b) state-owned entities reporting to him went to (i) each specified black-owned media company and (ii) outdoor advertising in each specified financial year and (c) on outdoor advertising by his department and state-owned entities reporting to him went to each black-owned media company in each specified financial year? NW1902E

Source
Link

Reply:

The information below was received from the two Departments and entities reporting to the two Departments. Information on the extent of spending on BEE companies will be provided as soon as these have been verified.

Department / Entity	Amount spent on advertising: (aa) 2016 /17 FY	Amount spent on advertising: (bb) 2017/18 FY	Amount spent on advertising (cc) 2018/19 FY
Economic Development Department	R 220 518	R 356 287	R 97 013
Trade and Industry	R 15 993 642	R 22 094 642	R 28 577 752
Competition Commission	R 3 244 317.42	R 1 905 866.09	R 494 598. 80
International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC)	R 194 080.33	R 137 584.18	R 315 926. 54
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)	R 33 833 07.89	10 363 571.88	R 19 078 519. 27
Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)	R 7 435 437.40	R 8 595 490.27	R 579 996.38
South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	449 122.45	1 121 816.08	1 358 675.38
National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)	1 260 501.00	1 382 577.00	3 061 068.00
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)	751 865.00	1 604 679.00	1 023 288.00
National Lotteries Commission (NLC)	13 948 668.43	18 306 877.37	11 776 821.34
National Empowerment Fund (NEF)	7 406 327.62	1 570 355.22	2 923 305.91
National Gambling Board (NGB)	670 445.05	104 738.30	2 543 786.49
National Regulator For Compulsory Specifications (NRCS)	281 974.26	37 969.54	887 353.00
National Consumer Tribunal (NCT)	117 197.00	84 444.00	42 961.00
Companies Tribunal (CT)	692 703.17	727 881.87	549 533.99
National Consumer Commission (NCC)	861 940.00	549 478.00	R24 094.00
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)	9 482 000.00	4 159 000.00	8 520 000.00
National Credit Regulator (NCR)	5 791 823.30	5 159 683.74	5 361 274.54
Competition Tribunal	0	0	0

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16 September 2019 - NW632

Yako, Ms Y to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What (a) total amount has (i) his department and (ii) each of the entities reporting to him spent on (aa) cleaning, (bb) security and (cc) gardening services in the (aaa) 2017-18 and (bbb) 2018-19 financial years, (b) amount was paid to each service provider to provide each specified service and (c) total amount was paid to each of the service providers?

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Reply:

The Department of Trade and Industry does not pay for these services individually to service providers, since it is participating in a Public Private Partnership Agreement as approved by the National Treasury. A unitary payment for an all-inclusive campus office accommodation, including services such as security, cleaning, gardening, is paid to the concessionaire party.

The Economic Development Department, Competition Tribunal, Companies Tribunal, and the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) occupy space at the dti campus and pays the dti a monthly facility fee which covers all expenses related to occupation, including cleaning, security and gardening.

In addition, we have requested information from public entities. Five of the replies are set out below. Additional information will be provided shortly.

The entities:

Entity	(a)(ii)(aa) (aaa) Cleaning	(a)(ii)(bb)(aaa) Security	(a)(ii)(cc)(aaa) Gardening	(a)(ii)(aa)(bbb) Cleaning	(a)(ii)(bb)(bbb) Security	(a)(ii)(cc)(bbb) Gardening	(b) Amount paid to each service provider for each specified service
	(aaa) 2017-2018			(bbb) 2018-2019
Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)	R417 089	R584 674	Not Applicable	R458 933	R658 775	Not Applicable	Cleaning Masana cleaning service – R849 446 Zwito cleaning – R26 576 Security Tactical gardening – R773 668 Selkirk security services- R469 781
South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	R176 825	R53 981	Not Applicable	R237 333	R281 346	Not Applicable	Cleaning Monabo – R398 321 Serra – R15 837 Security Mode – R249 783 Chubb – R14 696 Hestritix- R70 847
National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)	R124 459	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	R135 658	R467 517	Not Applicable	Cleaning Sanitech Hygiene – R260 118 Security Rhinoforce protection services R467 517
National Empowerment Fund (NEF)	R906 522	R1 562 124	N/A	R915 531	R1 932 148	N/A	Cleaning Botho Ubuntu Cleaning – R630 577 Masana Hygiene Services (Pty) Ltd – R953 820 Neledzi Cleaning Services R52 457 F And O Specialised Cleaning – R56 190 PSU Services – R129 007 Security ADT Nothern Cape – R24 505 ADT Security Guarding Division – R21 225 ADT Security FS, NW and Nelspruit – R33 245 Chubb Security SA (Pty) Ltd – R6 664 Corporate Business Security – R11 538 Marshal Nights Security Service (NEF HQ) – R3 388 415 Enforce Security Services – R430 Fohla Security – R368 National Security & Fire T/A Chubb Security SA (Pty) Ltd – R7 879
National Gambling Board (NGB)	R83 323	R4 104	N/A	R72 053	R115 120	N/A	Cleaning Plus Infinity Office Cleaning – R98 042 Bidvest Prestige Cleaning – R57 334 Security Fidelity Security – R5 427 ADT – R2 550 Bidvest Protea Coin Security – R111 247

16 September 2019 - NW567

Cuthbert, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1)With reference to the 10 disciplinary cases and three suspensions in the Annual Performance Plan for 2019-2022 of his department, (a) what are the reasons for each (i) disciplinary action and (ii) suspension being instituted against each person, (b) what is the job title of each person in each case, (c) what are the reasons each disciplinary case has not been finalised and (d) how long has each person been suspended; (2) has each person in each case been receiving a monthly salary; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW1564E

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Reply:

The Director General’s Office has compiled a detailed list in response to the question, as well as the reasons for delays, which I attach below, and I have taken note of the challenges the Department notes with regard to completion of some cases of disciplinary action.

Clearly, it is necessary to review the systems relating to disciplinary matters to enable a fair and expeditious process of completing such cases, as lengthy periods of suspension of staff on full pay is not in the interest of the public nor of the employees concerned. I have asked the Director General to consider appropriate ways, within the legislative framework and prescripts to avoid lengthy suspensions in future.

The response of the Corporate Management Services Division of the Department to the question is as follows:

“It should be noted that there is a general challenge in the Public Service with regard to acquiring experienced chairpersons for disciplinary proceedings. The reasons provided by trained chairpersons are due to the shortage of staff in their own areas, reluctance to deal with complex cases as well as the fact that the chairperson needs to be on a more senior level than the employee who is being charged.

Cases cannot proceed before forensic reports are concluded as thorough work needs to be done prior to an employee being charged for misconduct. In a number of cases, the forensic reports were awaited for the Department to have a sound case.”

	Reason for Disciplinary Action	Job Title	Reasons why matter has not been finalised	Length of suspension
1	Gross Negligence	Deputy Director	Reasons: The disciplinary enquiry was scheduled shortly after the charges were laid. However, the Employee party requested postponement for the recordings to be availed and software had to be procured for the reproduction of the recordings. Challenges were experienced with the recordings and the disciplinary enquiry was scheduled for 13 June 2018 and 5 July 2018 but had to be postponed. The matter was escalated to the Director-General for a decision. Status: The matter has been finalized.	N/A
2	Disgraceful Conduct	Deputy Director	Reasons: The disciplinary enquiry was scheduled shortly after the charges were laid. However, the Employee party requested postponement. The matter was postponed to 14 and 27 March 2018, 7 June 2018, 22 June 2018, 27 June 2018. The sanction was issued. Status: The matter has been finalized.	N/A
3	Dereliction of duties	Deputy Director	Reasons: The disciplinary enquiry was scheduled shortly after the charges were laid. However, the Employee party requested postponement as he challenged the level of the initiator. The matter was responded to in writing and the hearing took place on 13 April 2018. Another request was received for postponement by the employee and postponement was granted until 9 May 2018. Further hearings were conducted on 29 May 2018 and 16 July 2018. The matter was withdrawn. Status: The matter has been finalized.	N/A
4	Alleged fraud	Assistant Director	Reasons: A forensic investigation was conducted and the final report was issued during October 2018. Non-availability of an experienced chairperson and initiator posed challenges. Status: Counsel has been appointed and consultation took place on 4 April 2019. The Department is in the process of sourcing the services of a chairperson and initiator in the matter.	N/A
5	Disgraceful Conduct	Deputy Director	The employee has resigned shortly after he was charged. The matter has been finalized.	N/A
6	Dereliction of duties	Deputy Director	Reasons: The employee was suspended pending the disciplinary process. Challenges were experienced to acquire the services of a chairperson as well as initiator. The precautionary suspension was lifted and he resumed duties. Counsel was appointed to advise on the matter and a legal opinion was received. Status: The Department is in the process of appointing the initiator and chairperson.	N/A
7	Gross Negligence and Dishonesty	Chief Director	Reasons: The Department appointed on two occasions, chairpersons to chair the internal disciplinary enquiry and the employee requested the matter to be referred to the GPSSBC for appointment of an arbitrator. The disciplinary enquiry chaired by an arbitrator from GPSSBC took place on 8 and 15 May 2017. The Commissioner recused himself because he had foreknowledge about the case. Another Commissioner was secured. The enquiry took place on 4 and 5 July 2017 and a referral to CCMA was received. The arbitration at the CCMA was concluded on 20 November 2017. The matter was set down at the GPSSBC on 26-28 March 2018. The employee party requested the Commissioner to recuse herself from the proceedings, because they were of the opinion that the Commissioner was biased. The Commissioner recused herself from the proceedings and the GPSSBC appointed a new Commissioner. The matter has been set down for 3 August 2018, 20 May 2019, 24 June 2019 and 2-4 July 2019. Status: The parties are awaiting the outcome.	N/A
8	Disgraceful/ unprofessional conduct	Chief Director	Reasons: The employee referred the matter to the GPSSBC after suspension and various postponements were experienced. The Director-General notified the GPSSBC of the delays and the need to expedite the process. They are, however, of the view that there is a need to strictly follow due process. Status: The disciplinary enquiry took place on 3-5 April 2019, 24-25 April 2019, 15 May 2019 and 11-12 June 2019. The Department concluded the testimonies of all its witnesses and the employee also concluded the testimony of one (1) of his witnesses. The employee is currently on the stand and the matter has been postponed until 14 and 18 October 2019.	729 days
9	Alleged Fraud	Trade and Invest Advisor	Reasons: A forensic investigation was conducted and the final report was issued during October 2018. Non-availability of an experienced chairperson and initiator posed challenges. Status: Counsel has been appointed and consultation took place on 4 April 2019. The Department is in the process of sourcing the services of a Chairperson and Initiator in the matter.	325 days
10	Alleged Fraud	Director	Reasons: A forensic investigation was conducted and the final report was issued during October 2018. Non-availability of an experienced chairperson and initiator posed challenges. Status: Counsel has been appointed and consultation took place on 4 April 2019. The Department is in the process of sourcing the services of a Chairperson and Initiator in the matter.	235 days

2. Each of the officials mentioned above received their monthly salaries, in line with the provisions of Clause 7.2(a) of PSCBC Resolution 1 of 2003: “Disciplinary Code and Procedures for the Public Service” and Clause 2.7(2)(a) of Chapter 7 of the SMS Handbook of 2003, as amended: “Disciplinary Code and Procedures for Members of the SMS”.

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16 September 2019 - NW562

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Whether the Industrial Development Corporation has given any loan since 1994 to certain persons (names furnished) and/or any company of which each of the specified persons is a shareholder, direct or indirect, or director; if so, (a) on what date was each loan granted, (b) to which company, (c) for what amount and (d) what amount of the loan has been repaid to date in each case?

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Reply:

The CEO of the IDC, Mr Tshokolo P. Nchocho, has provided me with the following response:

“The IDC has undertaken a search of its IT systems which go back to 2001 regarding the persons for whom names were furnished. Only two individuals were identified as having received funding from the IDC. These are set out below:

Tokyo Sexwale

In February 2005, the IDC provided funding to a BEE consortium to which Mvelaphanda Strategic Investments was party to. Mvelaphanda Strategic Investments is a subsidiary of Mvelaphanda Holdings, in which the individual in question is the Chairman. The funding amount provided was R126 388 617.50 to Mvelaphanda. R287 276 627.50 was repaid, which includes dividends and interest on the facility.

In 2006, IDC provided a funding amount of R4 million to Business Century Publishing (Pty) Ltd. The individual in questions is the chairman of Mvelaphanda Holdings which is a 35% shareholder in Business Century. R 832 500 was repaid. The company ceased operation and was liquidated in or about October 2008.

During the period 2013/14, the IDC provided a funding amount of R30 590 000 to Delimazi (Pty) Ltd in which the person in question was a Private Equity Investor. R 23 440 000 has been repaid to date. The film performed poorly as a result of strong competition.

Iqbal Surve

The IDC has found records of funding captured in October 2002 for an amount of R50.6 million. It relates to a facility that was signed in July 1998, provided for the acquisition of Premier Fishing Group Ltd’s 80% shareholding in Premier Fishing (Pty) Ltd. The individual has 51% shareholding in Sekunjalo Investments (Pty) Ltd and is a Director of Premier Fishing (Pty) Ltd. An amount of R65 million was repaid on the facility as full and final settlement to the IDC’s exposure.”

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16 September 2019 - NW636

Yako, Ms Y to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(a) What is the status of the B-BBEE Commission investigation into the case number: 3/7/2017 between certain entities (details furnished), (b) on what date was the case first brought forward to the commission and (c) when will the (i) investigation be completed and (ii) findings released?

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Reply:

The B-BBEE Commission has advised me that the complaint was lodged on 31 July 2017; that the Respondent in the matter requested that alternative dispute resolution processes be used, which was agreed to by the complainant and that this process has not resulted in an agreed outcome. The Commission issued its preliminary findings on 2 September 2019. The respondent has 30 days to respond and thereafter the B-BBEE Commission will issue its findings.

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16 September 2019 - NW564

De Villiers, Mr JN to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Whether, since 1994, the Industrial Development Corporation has given any loan to (a) certain persons (names furnished) and/or (b) any company of which any of the specified persons is a direct or indirect shareholder or director; if so, in each case, (i) on what date was each such loan granted, (ii) to which company was the loan granted, (iii) for what amount was the loan and (iv) what amount of the loan has been repaid to date?

Source
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Reply:

The CEO of the IDC, Mr Tshokolo P. Nchocho, has provided me with the following response:

“The IDC has undertaken a search of its IT systems which go back to 2001 regarding the persons for whom names were furnished. None of the persons in question have been identified as having received funding from the IDC over the period in question.”

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16 September 2019 - NW563

De Villiers, Mr JN to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Whether, since 1994, the Industrial Development Corporation has given any loan to (a) certain persons (names furnished) and/or (b) any company of which any of the specified persons is a direct or indirect shareholder or director; if so, in each case, (i) on what date was each such loan granted, (ii) to which company was the loan granted, (iii) for what amount was the loan and (iv) what amount of the loan has been repaid to date?

Source
Link

Reply:

The CEO of the IDC, Mr Tshokolo P. Nchocho, has provided me with the following response:

“The IDC has undertaken a search of its IT systems which go back to 2001 regarding the persons for whom names were furnished. Only two individuals were identified as having received funding from the IDC. These are set out below:

Siyabonga Cwele

On 23 November 2007, the IDC approved a funding amount of R3.1 million and a R5 million performance guarantee to Prop 5 Corporation. The person in question was listed as a director, at the time. The R5 million performance guarantee was never called on and it expired in 2009. R 5 027 769,75, which includes interest, has been repaid on the loan provided.

Gwen Ramakgopa

Between 2012 and 2018, the IDC provided funding totalling R110.45 million to Kiaat Private Hospital. Dr Ramakgopa was appointed by Nozala as a director to Kiaat Private Hospital but she subsequently resigned. No repayment has been made yet as the hospital faced several operational and financial challenges. The facility has been restructured.”

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12 September 2019 - NW446

Mulder, Mr FJ to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1) What (a) total amount has been set aside for the Nkomazi Special Economic Zone destined to improve the lives of the communities beyond the southern border of the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga and (b) are the relevant details of the individual projects that make up the specified amount; (2) What (a) will his department’s perceived total contribution towards the economic hub be and (b) time frames are envisaged for the project; (3) Whether his department is aware of the proposed mining project on 18 000 hectares of prime property, which is destined to interfere with his department’s plans; if so, what are his departments intentions in this regard; (4) Whether he will make a statement on the matter?

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Reply:

Funding is allocated on approved applications received. In the case of the Nkomazi Special Economic Zone (SEZ), the Province of Mpumalanga is currently establishing an SEZ company to develop, plan and operate the Economic Zone. One of the responsibilities of the entity will be to develop an SEZ implementation plan with clear timelines. The Province has been given twelve (12) months to establish a fully functioning entity. Funding will be allocated on approved applications once this process has been completed.

I have requested the Department to obtain further details about the proposed mining project referred to in the question and will consider the matter once the information has been obtained.

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12 September 2019 - NW566

Cuthbert, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1) Whether there are tariff exemptions on goods imported with the intention of doing humanitarian work; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) Whether there are any (a) provisions within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) agreements that prevent the tariffs from being removed and (b) future plans within his department to remove tariffs on goods that are intended for humanitarian use; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

Source
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Reply:

Provision is made under Schedule 4 of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964, that allows for tariff exemptions on goods imported under certain circumstances, including for charitable and welfare organisations. Attention is drawn on rebate item 405.04 as an example of this. The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) administers this provision to ensure that local jobs are not negatively affected and that markets are not disrupted. This is achieved through the application of set criteria.

South Africa is a Member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) that establishes a common customs area amongst Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. SACU has a common external tariff for imports coming into common customs area, and goods within SACU circulate freely without any tariffs. Changes to the external tariff – either increases or reductions - can be effected through the due process established under South Africa’s International Trade Administration Act. Nothing in the SACU Agreement prevents tariffs from being removed following the agreed process under the Act.

In terms of the Trade Protocol in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), over 99% of goods imported from the other SADC countries that are party to the SADC Trade Protocol enter South Africa/SACU free of any duty if those goods meet the terms of the agreed rule of origin.

Provision is already made for the rebate of duty for goods imported for humanitarian use. I am advised that the department currently has no plans to make any changes to this dispensation.

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12 September 2019 - NW599

Langa, Mr TM to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Which South African companies with manufacturing capacity in the Republic are able to produce (a) train carriages and (b) train lines?

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Reply:

A number of companies, both domestic and foreign-owned, have local manufacturing or related factories in South Africa. The following are some of the key local companies that assemble; refurbish; and/ or maintain locomotives, wagons and passenger trains:

Transnet Engineering (TE) manufactures, refurbishes and maintains all classes of rail rolling stock at its various facilities across South Africa.2
Gibela Rail Consortium is manufacturing the new trains for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) at their facility in Dunnottar, Nigel.
Alstom Ubunye is previously known as Union Carriage and Wagon (UCW). They have capacity to manufacture and refurbish both locomotives and passenger coaches.
TMH Africa is previously known as DCD Rolling Stock plant. This facility has the capacity to do the assembly, maintenance and modernisation of locomotives and wagons.
Naledi Rail Engineering (Pty) Ltd has the capacity to refurbish passenger coaches for PRASA at their facility in Germiston.
Wictra Holdings (Pty) Ltd has the capacity to refurbish passenger coaches for the PRASA and locomotives at their facilities in Cape Town (Brackenfell) and Boksburg (Dunswart).
Traxtion Sheltam is involved in locomotive rebuild and overhaul at their facility in Rosslyn.
African Rail and Traction Services (Pty) Ltd – the previous Grindrod facility – is involved in the repair, reconditioning and upgrading of locomotives and track-mobiles at their facility in Pretoria West.
Amsted Rail (formerly owned by SCAW Metal) based in Boksburg produces cast wheels for the domestic rail industry
Highveld Structural Steel produces rail-lines currently supplying to the mining industry.

There is a further number of companies in the supply chain at various levels that support the above mentioned companies with sub-systems; components; materials and associated services.

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12 September 2019 - NW722

Kruger, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Whether his department has invested or intends to invest money in the Highveld Industrial Park near Emalahleni in Mpumalanga; if so, (a) what amount (i) was spent in the previous financial year and (ii) does his department intend to spend in the next financial year, (b) what number of (i) new businesses are assisted and (ii) new jobs are created in the project and (c) what (i) development and (ii) support measures is his department planning for entrepreneurs who are interested to start-up businesses in the industrial park? NW1767E

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Reply:

The departments of Trade and Industry and Economic Development have not invested money in the Highveld Industrial Park. The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) provided loan funding to the structural steel mill located at Highveld Industrial Park during Business Rescue.

The Industrial Park currently has 51 tenants and 1 141 are jobs created.

Government through the IDC, sefa and the various incentive schemes on offer will consider suitable support upon request from individual businesses planning to locate or those that are located at the industrial park.

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12 September 2019 - NW757

Khanyile, Mr S to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1) Whether his department hosted any event and/or function related to its 2019 Budget Vote debate; if so, (a) where was each event held, (b) what was the total cost of each event and (c) what is the name of each person who was invited to attend each event as a guest; (2) Whether any gifts were distributed to guests attending any of the events; if so, (a) what are the relevant details of the gifts distributed and (b) who sponsored the gifts?

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Reply:

The departments of Economic Development and Trade and Industry did not host any event or function for the 2019 Budget Vote. No gifts were distributed.

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12 September 2019 - NW598

Yako, Ms Y to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(a) How many tonnes of Rooibos tea were produced in the country in each of the past five years and (b)(i) how many of the total produced tonnes were exported and (ii) at what Rand value?

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Reply:

Neither the Department nor Statistics South Africa, the national statistics agency of South Africa collects data on the production or export of Rooibos tea.

The South African Rooibos Council, is an independent organization, which collects information from its stakeholders on the industry. According to the Rooibos Council, South Africa has produced and exported the following amounts of rooibos in each of the last five years:

Produced Rooibos tea during the past 5 past years:

	Quantity in tonnes
Year	Annual production	Annual export
2014	12 500	7 057
2015	11 500	6 561
2016	12 700	6 417
2017	13 000	7 728
2018	14 000	7 235

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19 August 2019 - NW421

Cuthbert, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What (a) has he found to be the causes of the Republic’s decline in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report from position 32 in 2009 to position 82 in 2019 and (b) steps has his department taken to ensure that the Republic turns around its continued decline?

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Reply:

The rankings of countries in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business are a relative measure in that it measures a country’s performance relative to the number of regulatory changes that other countries have undertaken. Johannesburg is used as the proxy for South Africa.

While South Africa has undertaken some reforms over the past decade, its ranking declined over the period. As the World Bank Survey at times affect investor perceptions of a country, there has been a focus on country improvement in the rankings. More importantly, some of the indicators used in the Survey coincides with our own domestic goals to make it easier for small and medium businesses to start up and stay in business.

President Ramaphosa announced South Africa’s commitment to improving its investment climate and ease of doing business, and set a target to be in top 50 of the Ease of Doing Business Rankings. This goal was set in order to make South Africa an attractive investment destination. the dti through InvestSA signed a co-operation agreement with the World Bank on the 11th March 2019 to address issues of investment climate reform over the next 2-3 years.

The national reform effort is being carried out collaboratively with relevant government departments, agencies and the private sector.

In order to operationalise the national reform initiative, Invest SA with the technical support of the World Bank prioritised five of the ten indicators based on the Doing Business report. The prioritised indicators are: (i) Starting a Business; (ii) Registering Property; (iii) Paying Taxes; (iv) Trading Across Borders and (v) Dealing with Construction Permits.

Specific reforms for each of the prioritisation indicators have been identified. These indicators were selected on the basis of their comparative low ranking in the World Bank’s Survey as well as usefulness to local entrepreneurs. Technical Working Groups have been established on these indicators and comprise of members from both business and government, for the following indicators:

Enforcing of contracts
Getting access to electricity
Resolving insolvency
Getting credit
Protection of minority shareholders

A road map has been developed with short term reform action plans (6-8 months) and medium to long term (18-24) months.

the dti together with National Treasury have been working with the World Bank and the private sector to increase the pool of respondents and have hosted workshops to familiarise respondents with the survey questionnaire as it is detailed and requires an understanding of the case study and the core assumptions related to the methodology.

We are further pioneering E-Government Services and to improve the process to starting a business.

Government is expected to go live with a business portal by October 2019. The new business portal will allow domestic firms to get company registration, domain name registration, B-BBEE certificate and SARS registration online at the same time. In addition, Invest SA is working with UIF and the Compensation Fund to integrate these processes into a single online platform which will be a first for South Africa.

Annex: How the World Bank Doing Business survey rank is measured

The annual World Bank Doing Business survey measures Johannesburg as the proxy city for SA and it surveys private sector practitioners responsible for engaging in business regulatory procedures in each of the 10 indicators measured in the Johannesburg geographic area (SA’s largest city in terms of population density).

The Doing Business report presents results for two aggregate measures: the distance to frontier score and the ease of doing business ranking, which is based on the distance to frontier score.

The ease of doing business ranking, ranks economies against each other in terms of reforms implemented; the distance to frontier (DTF) score benchmarks economies with respect to regulatory best practice, showing the absolute distance to the best performing economy on each Doing Business indicator. When compared across years, the distance to frontier score shows how much the regulatory environment for local entrepreneurs in an economy has changed over time in absolute terms, while the ease of doing business ranking only shows how much the regulatory environment has changed relative to that in other economies.

More information on South Africa’s ease of doing business scores may be found in the latest World Bank Doing Business 2019 report: https://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/doingBusiness/media/Annual-Reports/English/DB2019-report_web-version.pdf.

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19 August 2019 - NW395

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1) (a) What amount has been spent to date on the Industrial Parks Revitalisation Programme run by his department, (b) what concessions by provincial or local governments for businesses that have invested in the parks have been secured to date, (c) what incentives are available for businesses that (i) are conducted in the parks and (ii) want to invest in the parks, (d) what investment promotion is done by his department for businesses in the parks, (e) what support does his department provide to businesses that have invested in or plan to invest in the parks and (f)(i) what new businesses have invested in the parks since the programme began and (ii) to what value; (2) whether there is a business plan available for the programme; if not, why not; if so, will he provide Mr D W Macpherson with a copy of the business plan? NW1367E

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Reply:

I am advised by the Department that the industrial parks initiative will be scaled up, based on work that has been done to date; and I have been furnished with the information that follows:

To date (until 31 March 2019) the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) has spent R 511 million on the Industrial Parks Revitalisation Programme.

No concessions have been made available from provincial or local government as yet.

The Revitalisation Programme was instituted because of insufficient resources available at local and provincial government to maintain the Industrial Parks. the dti has been facilitating annual symposia involving all the Industrial Parks as well as the local municipalities and provincial representatives, to strengthen collaboration across the different spheres of government, including the development of future funding models for the sustainability of the Industrial parks. Concessions and other forms of support from local and provincial governments are envisaged to form part of the funding models. However modalities for such funding still requires appropriate consultation.

There are no special incentives available to business in Industrial Parks, other than the suite of incentives available to businesses through the dti. A number of workshops have been hosted by the dti in Industrial Park to raise awareness of these incentives. The Department is also considering the viability of extending some of the incentives available to investors in the Special Economic Zones to existing and potential investors in Industrial Parks.

Investment promotion for the Industrial Parks falls under the investment promotion drives for Special Economic Zones, as well as the investment promotion services provided by the dti in general. The Department is currently developing an investor handbook for the various Industrial Parks, and an investment promotion trip has been planned to parts of Asia for October 2019.

Support is provided to businesses in Industrial Parks by Invest SA. This complements the work done by various provincial agencies.

the dti has also initiated the Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production Programme whose objective is to optimize the use of water and energy and thus improve the competitiveness of the businesses in Industrial Parks.

An exercise is currently underway to obtain a list of the new businesses that have invested in the Industrial Parks. This will be made available when completed.

The revitalization of the Industrial Parks was initiated following a call by the President to address the infrastructure needs of the rural and township industrial economy. The implementation of the programme was informed by a scoping exercise in 2015 which was followed by a detailed assessment conducted in 2016. Funding is awarded to applicants based on successful applications by the respective Industrial Parks. In this context therefore, no business plan has been drawn up at national level to support the industrial parks, as each park has to operate with its own business plan and this has in the past been associated with provincial and local government. The dti initiatives have been aimed at improving existing industrial parks. However, as the Department increases its level of support for industrial parks, it will be necessary to ensure that the business plans for individual parks are improved, so that the social and industrial return increases.

The program is a developmental initiative with the objective of decentralizing industrialization and improving the industrial capacity of the rural and township economy.

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19 August 2019 - NW376

Gumbi, Mr HS to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

What (a) number of official international trips is (i) he and (ii) his deputies planning to undertake in the 2019-22 medium term expenditure framework, (b) will the (i) destination, (ii) date, (iii) purpose and (iv) number of persons who will travel with the delegation be and (c) is the detailed breakdown of the expected cost of (i) flights, (ii) accommodation and (iii) any other expenses in each case?

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Reply:

The Ministry is required to undertake international travel to carry out the core mandate on trade, industry and competition. These will normally focus on areas such as export promotion, investment promotion and showcasing South African products and companies, participation at Summits with economic partners, participation in international trade negotiations, attendance at multilateral economic engagements and bilateral relations missions and promoting economic South Africa’s interests.

At the request of the President, the Minister and Deputy Ministers may be requested to attend to international engagements and accompany the President and/or Deputy President on State and Working visits abroad, in accordance with the protocols normally followed by national states.

International travel is not planned three years in advance. Costs pertaining to international travel is provided in the Annual Reports for the specific year concerned. Attendance by officials will depend on the nature of the national economic interests being pursued during a given visit and the nature of the events and engagements.

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19 August 2019 - NW396

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of the Trade and Industry

What was the total cost for the investigations, including legal fees and travel with respect to case (a) 2/3/2018, (b) 3/3/2018, (c) 4/3/2018, (d) 5/3/2018 and (e) 6/3/2018 investigated by the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) commission into fraudulent BEE certificates by certain companies (names furnished)?

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Reply:

I am advised by the B-BBEE Commission and the Director-General for Trade and Industry that no costs that are separately-accounted for were incurred for the investigations on the above mentioned cases.

They advised further that the cases were investigated internally by the investigator who was already on the payroll, no legal fees were incurred as no external advisors were used and no separately accounted-for travel costs were incurred as the pool car of the dti was used to conduct site visits and to serve documents.

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19 August 2019 - NW175

Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

Whether the Government subsidises in any way the (a) import and/or (b) production of electric vehicles; if not, why not in each case; if so, in each case, what (i) are the relevant details, (ii) number of companies involved in the import or production of electric vehicles receive such subsidies and (iii) is the current volume of electric vehicles (aa) produced locally and (bb) imported?

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Reply:

Support for the importation and production of motor vehicles, under which electric vehicles would ordinarily fall, is covered under the Automotive Production and Development Program (APDP).

Under the APDP, light motor vehicles including electric vehicles can be imported into the country with the use of rebate credit certificates earned. Such certificates allow the importer to offset import duties, where the importer assembles vehicles locally. This incentivizes the development and expansion of vehicle production in South Africa.

The Department advises that fewer than 1 000 electric vehicles have been imported to date; and no auto manufacturer currently assembles electric or hybrid vehicles in South Africa.

I am in discussion with the automobile sector in South Africa regarding the production of electric or hybrid vehicles locally. We are keen to ensure that South Africa develops production capacity in what is anticipated to be a growing part of the car market. On conclusion of the discussions, a formal statement will be made.

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05 August 2019 - NW242

Lotriet, Prof A to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(1)(a) Whether, with regard to the testing of electrical equipment by the SA Bureau of Standards (SABS), the high voltage laboratory is functional, (b) what number of tests on individual electoral equipment has SABS conducted over the past seven years, (c) what income has been generated from the tests, (d) what number of persons work on the electoral equipment testing facility and (e) what is the annual cost of running the unit; (2) whether any equipment in the unit needs to be (a) repaired and/or (b) replaced; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (i) which equipment in each case and (ii) what is the estimated cost in each case?

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Reply:

I am advised by the SABS as follows:

The high voltage laboratory is currently functional, though with capabilities principally in alternating current testing.

The number of test reports conducted by the facility for the past seven years is provided in the following table:

Financial year	Number of reports
2012/13	149
2013/14	108
2014/15	110
2015/16	80
2016/17	76
2017/18	47
2018/19	50

The income generated from the tests is provided in the following table:

Financial Year	Revenue
2012/13	R8 893 421
2013/14	R9 467 604
2014/15	R13 070 036
2015/16	R10 456 255
2016/17	R10 023 898
2017/18	R6 739 603
2018/19	R6 433 130

Between 4 and 7 employees have worked at the facility at any time. The annual running cost of the laboratory is provided in the table below:

Financial Year	Annual running costs (expenditure)
2012/13	R7 019 826
2013/14	R7 650 153
2014/15	R9 776 543
2015/16	R7 730 499
2016/17	R6 244 888
2017/18	R4 369 121
2018/19	R5 352 030

A number of equipment items need to be repaired, at an estimated cost of R23 million, while equipment items that need to be replaced have an estimated cost of R32.2 million, both sums inclusive of equipment and the linked engineering, project management and operational alignment services.

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05 August 2019 - NW309

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of the Trade and Industry

On what date (a) will the investigation by his department into the National Lotteries Commission, as requested by the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry in December 2018, be finalised and (b) does he intend to present the outcome of the investigation to the specified committee?

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Reply:

This matter arose during the 5th administration. I am informed by the Director General of the dti that the investigation was conducted by the forensic investigators appointed by the NLC Board. The former Minister of Trade and Industry received the report on 5 March 2019 and requested that additional matters be investigated. The NLC has since requested their investigators to conduct further work and a report was submitted on 9 May 2019. The dti is currently engaging with the Board regarding the implementation of the recommendations. The NLC will be in a position to provide a report to Parliament.

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22 July 2019 - NW168

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

By what date will he release the report to the public of the investigation into allegations of corruption at the Competition Commission which he commissioned in or around February 2019?

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Reply:

Following consultations between the National Treasury and the Economic Development Department, an investigation on the issues that were raised by the Auditor-General as findings in the 2017/18 Financial Year Audit was conducted.

The investigations are not yet completed. On completion of the investigation, the findings will be made public.

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22 July 2019 - NW167

Macpherson, Mr DW 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?

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Reply:

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 available in 2006. The company subsequently experienced financial difficulty when a key customer contract was cancelled. To date, the IDC has been repaid R7 982 848.43, which includes accrued interest and fees. An amount of R2 235 746.98 has been written off by the IDC.

The second company is Dartingo Trading 178 (Pty) Ltd, in which the person had an indirect shareholding. A loan of R115 500 000 was made available by the IDC to the company in 2009. The loan was used to purchase a share in a listed company on the ALTX board of the JSE. The company subsequently went into liquidation. As a result, to date no principal has been repaid to the IDC, and the IDC has taken the decision to write off the entire loan amount. The IDC is currently pursuing legal action against the directors of the company for recovery of funds.

Mr Nchocho has further advised that to the best of the IDC’s knowledge, no other funding has been made available to the person referred to, nor any family member.”

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15 July 2019 - NW96

Singh, Mr N 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

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Reply:

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.

04 July 2019 - NW53

Yako, Ms Y 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?

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Reply:

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 in production for longer utilise more locally sourced parts.

Table 1

Number of locally produced parts utilised in Local Vehicle Assembly
Isuzu	853
MBSA	2 199
BMW	3 298
Ford	20 217
Toyota: Hilux & Fortuner	2 635
: Corolla (New)	646
: Corolla (Quest)	547
: Quantum	125
Nissan: N/A
VWSA: N/A

However, in value terms, the local vehicle assemblers sourced local components or parts to the value of R51.1 billion in 2018. Additionally, components or parts worth R51.3 billion were exported from South Africa with the top ten exports listed below;

Table 2

Component category	2018 export value (R’000)	% of total export value
Catalytic converters	19 220	37.5%
Engine parts	4 162	8.1%
Tyres	2 547	5.0%
Engines	1 874	3.7%
Radiators/parts thereof	1 659	3.2%
Transmission shafts/cranks	1 112	2.2%
Automotive tooling	1 056	2.1%
Filters	637	1.2%
Gauges/instruments/parts	635	1.2%
Shock absorbers/suspension parts	618	1.2%
Total (R million) including BLNS data	51 296		100%

A total of 610 854 vehicles were produced in South Africa in 2018. Below is a list of light motor vehicles (LMVs) produced in 2018 excluding medium and heavy commercial vehicles (MHCVs).

Table 3

Vehicle Make	Units Produced in 2018
BMW 3-series	10 365
BMW X3	40 870
FORD Everest	5 284
FORD Ranger	102 508
ISUZU KB	20 237
Mercedes Benz C-Class	105 040
Nissan NP200	19 962
Nissan NP300	15 359
Toyota Corolla	6228
Toyota Corolla Quest	11889
Toyota Fortuner	14683
Toyota Hilux	89095
Toyota Quantum	14100
VW Polo	99687
VW Polo Vivo	26694

04 July 2019 - NW54

Yako, Ms Y 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?

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Reply:

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 Trade and Industry’s Trade Statistics portal reports the value of furniture imports and exports (HS94) for 2018, respectively.

(b) Total value of all furniture sold to South African consumers in 2018

According to StatsSA Statistical Release P3041.2: Manufacturing Production and Sales, downloaded on 26 June 2019, furniture sales in 2018 amounted to R16.5 billion (R16,546,529,000).

26 March 2019 - NW812

Ntlangwini, Ms EN 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?

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Reply:

Microchips are produced mainly in Asia and the United States for the global market by companies such as Samsung, Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor manufacturing company. Due to economies of scale considerations, coupled with the quantum of investment required, the capability and the capacity to produce microchips anywhere else in the world is limited. There are therefore no microchips produced in the Republic.

26 March 2019 - NW813

Ntlangwini, Ms EN 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?

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Reply:

Even though South Africa has capabilities in computer manufacturing, the Intellectual Property (IP) rests with the Original Equipment Manufacturers, all of which are foreign. Companies which are involved in computer manufacturing are mainly involved in assembly and contract manufacturing. There is a huge downstream opportunity in the value chain for some parts which could be sourced from local manufacturers for components which make up a computer. For example, the casings are made of plastic which could be sourced locally.

26 March 2019 - NW819

Mashabela, Ms N 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?

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Reply:

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 must apply trade descriptions disclosing the country of origin of the goods and any prescribed information;

c) An importer, producer, retailer or supplier in RSA must label Israeli goods that emanate from East Jerusalem, Gaza and West Bank as emanating from these areas as “Israeli Goods”

d) The labels must be permanent, legible and conspicuous.

20 March 2019 - NW720

Rabotapi, Mr MW 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?

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Reply:

(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 mentioned financial years.

20 March 2019 - NW545

Khubisa, Mr NM to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry [Interdepartmentally transferred from Economic Development with effect]

(1) What number of (a) direct and (b) indirect jobs were created as a result of the investment at the (i) Dube Trade Port and (ii) Durban Harbour. (2) Whether small, medium and micro-sized enterprises owned by women and youth benefitted from the investment; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details? NW667E

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Reply:

In terms of direct jobs, Dube TradePort (DTP) SEZ has to date created a total of 3246 direct jobs. During Financial year 2017/18 alone, 429 new direct jobs and 974 construction jobs were created. During the current financial year 2018/19, as at 18 March 2019, 184 new direct jobs and a total of 2020 construction jobs have been created. In addition, more than 250 new direct jobs are expected to be created during 2019 by a newly signed investor that is expected to operate by April 2019.

Based on the Economic-wide impact study conducted by DTP, a total of 130009 were created in KwaZulu-Natal as results of investments made at DTP.

The Small, Medium and Micro-Sized Enterprises (SMME) empowerment, integration and development is one of the key pillars of the SEZ programme. Dube TradePort is one of the SEZs that have successfully been and continue to support SMMEs, particularly with regards to infrastructure development, provision of services and manufacturing.

During 2016/17 financial year, approximately 40 % of the DTP’s spend on infrastructure was paid to SMMEs. During financial year 2017/18, 67.3% of the total expenditure on suppliers was on black owned businesses. The current financial year, as at 18 March 2019, the infrastructure spend committed to SMME was R157.4 million.

In addition, DTP is currently constructing 18 mini factories within the zone, and they are at 88% complete. These mini factories will serve as a platform to house strategic SMMEs looking for manufacturing or office space. The size of each mini factory is around 249 m². To date DTP has spent R9.3 million on infrastructure development and R1.7 million on SMMEs creating 264 addition construction jobs through this project.

18 March 2019 - NW549

van der Westhuizen, Mr AP 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

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Reply:

1(a) An amount of: R97 948 634.00 was paid by CIPRO to Valor IT.

1(b) No amount was recovered from Valor IT as the litigation is still pending.

1(c) Amount lost by CIPRO: R97 948 634.

(2) There was no monetary value derived from the contract.

(3) Consultations regarding the investigation and institution of charges of fraud took place with the Special Investigations Unit of the South African Police Services. To the best of my knowledge these investigations never resulted in criminal prosecution being instituted.

(4) Suspension notices were served on the then CEO of CIPRO Mr Keith Sendwe and the CIO of CIPRO Mr Micheal Twum Darko.

Mr Sendwe passed away during the course of the investigation and Mr Twum Darko’s contract expired prior to any disciplinary processes being completed.

(5) Since 2010, content management requirements of the CIPC were addressed by innovating and developing extensions to the existing legacy systems using internal resources. This has been limited to specific and identified development using digital image file extensions and the use of email to replicate workflow processes. This is served by an eServices portal, self service terminals, USSD and mobility applications that permit customer interfacing and identified biometric/DHA authentication in a digital/dematerialised format. CIPC also recently concluded a number of tenders that provide the base software and data components that will enable procurement, development and deployment of the CIPC ECM requirements.

“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 for any other purpose neither in its intent or existence. It must not be disclosed to any other person without prior written approval other than by law. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the rights of the dti to defend or oppose any claim or action against the dti."

08 March 2019 - NW419

Madisha, Mr WM 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?

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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 for any other purpose neither in its intent or existence. It must not be disclosed to any other person without prior written approval other than by law. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the rights of the dti to defend or oppose any claim or action against the dti."

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07 March 2019 - NW486

Ntlangwini, Ms EN to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry

(a)What is the status of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission’s investigation into the dispute between a certain person (name furnished) and a certain company (name and details furnished), (b) on what date was the case first brought to the commission and (c) on what date will the (i) investigation be completed and (ii) findings be released?

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Reply:

According to the B-BBEE Commission:

(a) The matter has been investigated and the parties agreed to consider alternative dispute resolution in terms of regulation 15 (11) of the BBBEE Regulations. The draft alternative dispute resolution agreement was sent to the parties following a round-table meeting on 4 December 2018 and the B-BBEE Commission still has not received input on the draft alternative dispute resolution agreement from the complainant.

(b) The B-BBEE Commission received the complaint on 31 July 2017 from Mr. Aobakwe Tabe on behalf of his ailing mother Ms Ida Tabe.

(c) During the investigation, Hotazel Motors (Pty) Ltd requested the B-BBEE Commission to facilitate the resolution of this through regulation 15(11) of the B-BBEE Regulations. The complainant was consulted, both parties agreed to consider alternative dispute resolution, and it was made clear that in the event that this process fails to resolve the matter, the B-BBEE Commission will proceed to finalise the investigation and issue its findings, with or without recommendations. A round-table was held with all the parties, and the draft alternative dispute resolution agreement was drafted by the B-BBEE Commission as agreed and sent to all parties for their input and response on 4 December 2018. The alternative dispute resolution agreement was signed by Hotazel Motors (Pty) Ltd on 12 December 2018, however, Mr Aobakwe Tabe requested several additional documents which were duly furnished to him. The B-BBEE Commission still awaits feedback from Mr Aobakwe Tabe despite numerous follow-ups to date. If the B-BBEE Commission concludes that Mr Aobakwe Tabe has been afforded sufficient opportunity to respond but has not done so, the B-BBEE Commission will have no choice but to declare the alternative dispute resolution process unsuccessful and proceed to make its findings, with or without recommendations, on the matter as required in the B-BBEE Regulations and the B-BBEE Act.

(c)(i) The B-BBEE Commission will make its findings any time after the alternative dispute resolution process is declared unsuccessful. Meanwhile, the B-BBEE Commission has been affording indulgence to Mr Aobakwe Tabe to provide his input and response to the alternative dispute resolution agreement.

(c)(ii) The B-BBEE Commission is required to afford the respondent thirty (30) days to respond to the findings in terms of regulation 15 (13) of the B-BBEE Regulations prior to issuing its final findings, and thereafter it may publish its findings. The B-BBEE Commission is, however, not permitted to publish its findings if the respondent institutes a judicial review or if the period allowed for such process has not lapsed.

“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 for any other purpose neither in its intent or existence. It must not be disclosed to any other person without prior written approval other than by law. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the rights of the dti to defend or oppose any claim or action against the dti."

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