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Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill and Policy
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At long last, South African Intellectual Property System will be able to protect and commercialise the traditional
knowledge of local communities. Read more
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Export Marketing & Investment Assistance Scheme (EMIA) New rules, guidelines
and forms applicable 1 April 2008. Read more
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South Africa Expos in Celebration of the 10th Anniversary
of diplomatic relations between the Republic
of South Africa and the People's Republic of China.
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The Capital Projects Feasibility Programme
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) is pleased to announce the
amendments to the Capital Projects Feasibility Programme (previously the SA Capital Goods
Feasibility Study Fund).
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Technology for Women in Business (TWIB) Awards
Nominations for 2008 can be made from 15 March - 30 June 2008.
The TWIB awards were instituted to award women achievers. the dti Gender unit
is calling on South African communities to nominate women who have successfully used
distinctive technology to operate, innovate and develop new business products and services.
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Revised Film and Television Production Incentive
The revised film production incentive, which is intended to increase local content
generation and improve location competitiveness for foreign film productions in South Africa,
comes into effect on 01 February 2008.
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Prohibition on the use of certain words and emblems for 2010 FIFA World Cup
South Africa.
I, Mandisi Mpahlwa, Minister of Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Notice
published on 21 June 2007, hereby prohibit the use of certain words,
letters emblems, devices and numerals in terms of section 15(1)(b),
read together with section 15(2) and 15A(2), (3), (4) and (5), as
depicted in the attached document.
Government Gazette no. 30595
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The Corporate Laws Amendment Act, 24 of 2006
Finally, the Corporate Laws Amendment Act, 24 of 2006 is coming into force.
The Corporate Laws Amendment Act was assented to by the President and
published in Government Gazette no. 29804, Notice no. 348 of 17 April
2007. The effective implementation of the Act was nevertheless reserved
for a later date to be proclaimed by the President. The Minister and the
President approved the President's Minute and the Proclamation on 12 November
2007. The Proclamation now comes into legal force on the date of publication
in the Government Gazette.
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National Industrial Policy Framework
the dti unveiled the National Industrial Policy Framework
and the Industrial Policy Action Plan to stakeholders
on Monday 6 August 2007. Read more
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Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Government Assistance & Support Programme
On the 06th December 2006, the South African Government approved a Cabinet memorandum recommending
substantial Government Assistance and Support for the accelerated development of the
BPO (business process outsourcing) sector.
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Developmental Electricity Pricing Programme (DEPP)
This incentive, developed in consultation with Eskom and the Department of Public
Enterprises aims at attracting industrial investment projects to the Republic,
which would in the absence of DEPP not invest in the Republic, through providing
them with electricity tariffs that will, where justified in terms of competitive
international electricity prices.
For further information on the qualifying criteria and procedures to
apply, please see the DEPP Guidelines.
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Small Medium Enterprise Development Programme (SMEDP)
the dti Announces the Temporary Suspension of Small Medium Enterprise
Development Programme (SMEDP) Incentive Scheme.
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| The dti News and events |
| Enforcement of the Notice on “Country of Origin Labeling” | | It is a year since the promulgation of the Notice on “Country of Origin Labeling” in terms of the Merchandise Marks Act 17 of 1941. The Notice came into effect in April 2007. The first twelve months were to be used for an educational drive to inform and educate businesses about the importance of complying with the notice. During this period, contravening stakeholders were not punished; instead information on how to comply was furnished. Businesses need to be aware that the 12-month grace period has come to an end, and it is now compulsory for them to comply with the Notice. Read more | | | | Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa's welcoming address at the 23rd Southern African Development Community (SADC) Standards, Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Metrology (SQAM) meeting
| | In his opening address Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa said over the last two decades SADC and countries elsewhere in Africa have been repositioning their economies for sustainable growth, and the results are showing because economic growth has increased steadily in most instances and rapidly in others.
Read more | | | | Statement by the leader of the South African Delegation, Deputy-Minister Dr Rob Davies, to
the UNCTAD XII, In Accra, Ghana: 22 April 2008
| | On the occassion of his address to the UNCTAD XII, in ACCRA, GHANA Deputy Minister Dr Rob Davies said during the past 8 rounds of trade negotiations, the GATT continued to ignore the legitimate concerns and interests of developing countries, and over time, institutionalized an asymmetry of economic power in favour of developed countries.
Read more | | | | Keynote Address 5th Biennial Gambling Conference and Exhibition. | | In his address at the 5th Biennial Gambling Conference and Exhibition, Deputy Minister Dr Rob Davies said since 1994 the gambling industry has made a sizeable contribution towards capital investment, infrastructure development, tax payments and employment. The years between 1997 and 2000 saw the gambling industry making fixed capital investments of around R 10 billion, representing 2.1% of total South African fixed capital investment over that period.
Read more | | | | Chemicals Sector Summit Agreement signed | | Minister Mandisi delivered a speech at the signing of the Chemicals Sector Summit Agreement at the dti Campus. He said the measure of the importance of the chemical sector was that it was one of the four sectors identified in the industrial policy action plan .
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