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Small Business Development
Committee Legacy Report; Committee 2023 Annual Report
27 Mar 2024
The Portfolio Committee met on a virtual platform to consider and adopt the Legacy Report covering its activities during the Sixth Parliament.
The draft recommended that the Seventh Parliament should develop a tool that could facilitate, monitor and track the responses by the Executive to the Committee's recommendations and ...
Finance Standing Committee
Committee Legacy Report
27 Mar 2024
Small Business Development
Update on Committee resolutions emanating from the oversight visits
20 Mar 2024
The Portfolio Committee of Small Business Development convened virtually to consider a briefing by the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) on the status of issues raised by the Committee during its oversight visit to the North West province.
SEFA's presentation focused on implementing the Committee's recommendation concerning the Spaza ...
Finance Standing Committee
Pension Funds Amendment Bill: National Treasury response to public submissions
19 Mar 2024
Finance Standing Committee
Pension Funds Amendment Bill: public hearings
12 Mar 2024
Small Business Development
Cannabis and Hemp Industry: Challenges and Opportunities
6 Mar 2024
The meeting focused on opportunities and challenges faced by small-scale cannabis and hemp farming industry, as highlighted in the briefing by Hemp 4 Life, House for Hemp and South African Health Products Regulatory Agency (SAHPRA). Key points included:
• No start-up funding: Land Bank funding requires a water licence ...
Small Business Development
DSBD, SEFA and SEDA Q2 &3 of 2023/24 Performance
28 Feb 2024
The Department of Small Business Development and its entities, the Small Enterprises Development Agency (SEDA) and Small Enterprises Finance Agency (SEFA), met with the Portfolio Committee in a virtual meeting to present their respective performances in the second and third quarters of the 2023/24 financial year. Generally, the 2nd ...
Finance Standing Committee
2024 Budget: PBO & FFC briefing
27 Feb 2024
Finance Standing Committee
2024 Budget: Treasury briefing (with Minister)
22 Feb 2024
Small Business Development
Election of Chairperson; 2024 First Term Committee Programme; Germany Study Tour Report
21 Feb 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development met to deal with several in-house matters, including the election of a chairperson and the consideration of its official documents.
The position of Committee Chairperson had been vacant since the passing of former Chairperson, Ms V Siwela (ANC). ...