SAPVIA Manufacturing Working Group Meeting | 27 August 2025
Manufacturing Working Group Meeting
Date: 27 August 2025
Time: 11:30-13:00
Chairperson: Gareth Burley
Declaration of Interest and Prevention of Anti-Competitive Behaviour
Participants of all SAPVIA meetings agree not to engage in or discuss the following topics:
- Price-Fixing – current or future prices, pricing strategies, or price changes.
- Market Division – allocation of customers, suppliers, territories, or market shares. dividing markets by geographic areas or product lines.
- Collusive Tendering – bid-rigging, including agreements on who will submit bids or the terms of bids, information about tender processes or strategies.
- Production and Supply Control - agreements to limit or control production, supply, or distribution of products or services, capacity, production quotas, or inventory levels.
- Boycotts– agreements to boycott or refuse to deal with specific customers, suppliers, or competitors, collective actions against any market participant.
- Information Sharing – competitively sensitive information, including sales volumes, market shares, costs, marketing strategies, future business plans, research and development projects, or investment strategies.
- Exclusionary Practices – strategies to exclude competitors from the market or to create barriers to entry, exclusive dealing, tying arrangements, or predatory pricing.
- Anti-Competitive Agreements– discussions that could lead to anti-competitive agreements, whether formal or informal, conversations that could be interpreted as attempts to coordinate competitive behaviour.
Agenda
| 1. | Opening | Chairperson |
| Welcome and Introduction
Apologies Agenda Minutes Matters Arising from Previous Meeting (Action Items) |
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| 2. | Focus Areas | Deliverables | Key Initiatives | |
| 2.1 Protection and Promotion of Local Manufacturers
Challenges Faced by Local Manufactures (Roundtable Discussion with DTIC) |
Gareth Burley
Luigi Guerra Jan Kotze |
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| 2.2 Approved Equipment List and The Integration of Local Standards
Local Manufacturer Database |
Patrick G
Gareth B Luigi G Thabiso T Sinethemba M |
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| 2.3 Manufacturing Regulatory Compliance
NRS vs NRCS Follow-up Webinar |
Gareth B
Zimkita B Sinethemba M |
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| 3. | Any other matters | |
| 4. | Closure | Chairperson |
Action Items
| No: | Actions | By Whom |
| 1. | Challenges Faced by Local Manufactures Roundtable Discussion with the DTIC
1.1 Prepare a write-up and agenda outlining key discussion points, including local manufacturing support, regulatory frameworks, and potential collaboration opportunities. 1.2 Schedule a meeting with representatives from DTIC and Sapvia to discuss challenges and potential solutions. 1.3 Explore an engagement with the Presidency or Minister of Energy to push for broader support and policy changes that benefit local manufacturing. 1.4 Explore development of a concept note for a “1 million Rooftops” distributed solar programme, including manufacturing, skills development, and job creation potential. |
GB – Done
ZB
WS
WS |
| 2. | Finalise the current version of the Local Manufacturer Database and circulate it to SAPVIA members for review and comment. | SM – Done |
| 3. | NRS vs NRCS Follow-up Webinar
3.1 Publicize the March webinar’s outcomes further to keep the industry engaged. 3.2 Begin preparations for the follow-up webinar, targeting late July 2025. 3.3 Identify and confirm potential speakers, including BravoScan and other industry veterans. 3.4 Distribute the previously published article with the meeting minutes to reinforce the key messages. |
ZB/PG/SM |
| 4. | Send out a call for nominations for Deputy Chairperson of the Manufacturing Working Group. | ZB |
