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22 May 2013

17 May 2013

FMF: Statement by the Free Market Foundation, independent policy organisation promoting economic freedom, on Leon Louw’s response to Minister Rob Davies announcement that business licensing bill would be redrafted (17/05/2013)

STATEMENT

FMF executive director Leon Louw’s response to Minister Rob Davies announcement yesterday that the business licensing bill would be redrafted is unequivocal: “If something is a bad idea, it's a...

16 May 2013

SA manufacturers have turned export attention to Africa - survey

MANUFACTURING

A new Manufacturing Circle survey shows that South African manufacturers are responding to the market opportunities opening up as a result of strong growth in the rest of Africa, which has already...

SA: Statement by Piet le Roux, Solidarity Senior economics researcher, asserts that Minister Davies must scrap Licensing of Businesses Bill (16/05/2013)

STATEMENT

The draft Licensing of Businesses Bill, 2013, must be scrapped in its entirety instead of being merely redrafted, trade union Solidarity said today. Statements by Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and...

SA: Statement by the Department of Trade and Industry, Draft Lotteries Amendment Bill open for public comment (16/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Members of the public have until 7 June 2013 to submit comments on the Draft Amendment Bill of the Lotteries Act of 1997. According to the Minister of Trade and Industry (the dti) Dr Rob Davies,...

Daily podcast – May 16, 2013.

PODCAST

Thomson Reuters head of business development for commodities and energy in Africa Michel Karera said Africa needed to invest heavily in its infrastructure if it is to grow its oil and gas...

SA: Ebrahim Patel: Address by the Minister of Economic Development, in the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town (16/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Thank you for the opportunity to introduce this Policy Debate on the Economic Development Budget Vote in this august house. It is appropriate that I do it with Minister Davies, whose department has...

15 May 2013

Licensing Bill will give officials too much power – FMF

TRADE LAW

Government’s proposed Licensing of Business Bill would provide local government officials with unconstrained discretionary power, creating massive bureaucratic empires and eroding rule of law,...

Davies says Azevedo’s WTO election offers new chance for trade deal

TRADE & INDUSTRY

Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies says the election of Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) offers a new opportunity to advance a...

08 May 2013

SA: Statement by Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to host Ministerial Breakfast meeting with Swedish counterpart (08/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane together with the Ministers of Trade, Dr Rob Davies, National Planning, Mr. Trevor Manuel and the Deputy Minister of...

SA: Statement by Rob Davies, Trade and Industry Minister, asserts that South Africa and Nigeria are vital cogs in Africa's industrialisation (07/05/2013)

STATEMENT

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies says Nigeria and South Africa will play a critical role in building the value-added production capacity of the African continent. Minister Davies...

07 May 2013

The Licensing of Business Bill – the government must come clean

INSIGHT AFRICA

Few pieces of legislation have drawn such fire as Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies’ Licensing of Businesses Bill – and with good reason. Contrary to some commentators’ view that it...

03 May 2013

SA to boost exposure as investment destination

ECONOMY

South Africa is preparing to promote itself as an attractive investment destination as leaders worldwide descend on Cape Town for the twenty-third World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa next week....

Daily podcast – May 3, 2013.

PODCAST

MPs and Public Protector Thuli Madonsela clashed on Thursday over the extent of her independence after the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance queried some of her decisions. ANC...

SA fighting to protect Rooibos trademark

Environmental law

Awarding geographical indication (GI) protection to the Rooibos trademark in South Africa could ensure that the country keeps benefiting from its natural resource production, states Spoor & Fisher...

02 May 2013

Govt launches plan to develop local electric vehicle industry

Electric vehicles

Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies, in collaboration with the Department Environmental Affairs (DEA), on Thursday launched the Electric Vehicle (EV) Industry Road Map initiative, which will,...

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