Thank you hon Mbhele for the question. Lucky for the South African majority, the Department of Small Business Development is not going to be dissolved tomorrow; neither is it going to be dissolved next year and within this term.
But the importance of the Department for Small Business Development is that 50% of the Gross Domestic Product, GDP, of this country must be delivered through small businesses in the country. And in any other developing economy, 80% to 90% of the economy is driven by small businesses.
So, our responsibility as a department is to make sure that we support our small businesses to reach the target of ensuring that 50% of the GDP that set, of the country, must come from small businesses because the world over they are proven that they create jobs and alleviate