Department of Trade and Industry (South Africa)

The Department of Trade and Industry (also known as the dti) is the department of the South African government with responsibility for commercial policy and industrial policy. The dti and its subsidiary agencies are involved in promoting economic development, Black Economic Empowerment, implementing commercial law (including companies law and intellectual property law), promoting and regulating international trade, and consumer protection.

Department of Trade and Industry
Logo of the department
Department overview
JurisdictionGovernment of South Africa
HeadquartersThe dti Campus, 77 Meintjies Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria
25°45′02″S 28°12′00″E
Employees1,140 (2009)
Annual budgetR6,150.1 million (2010/11)
Ministers responsible
Department executive
  • Lionel October, Director-General of Trade and Industry
Websitewww.thedti.gov.za

The political head of the department is the Minister of Trade and Industry, who is assisted by a Deputy Minister. As of 2009, the minister is Rob Davies and the deputy minister is Mzwandile Masina. The executive head of the department is the Director-General of Trade and Industry; as of 21 April 2011 this is Lionel October.

In the 2010 national budget, the department received an appropriation of 6,150.1 million rand, and had 1,140 employees.[1]

Subsidiary agencies

The dti Group includes various subordinate agencies which perform specific functions. These agencies are classified in three "clusters", as follows.[2]

Development Finance and Small Business Development Institutions

Regulatory Institutions

Standardisation, Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Metrology Institutions

See also

References
  1. "Vote 35: Trade and Industry" (PDF). Estimates of National Expenditure 2010. Pretoria: National Treasury. 17 February 2010. ISBN 978-0-621-39079-7. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  2. "Overview of the dti Group". Department of Trade and Industry. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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