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Small Business Development
Value & impact of direct selling: Direct Selling Association of SA briefing; NCASA on role in resuscitating and formalisation of cooperatives movement
1 Sep 2021
The Committee met virtually to be briefed by the Direct Selling Association of South Africa on the role of the association had in the direct selling sector, and by the National Cooperatives Association of South Africa and its role on the resuscitating and formalisation of cooperatives movement. A key concern ...
Tourism
Engagement with Tourism Policy Review Panel
31 Aug 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism convened in a virtual meeting to engage with the Ministerial Advisory Panel for Policy Review, consider the draft Committee programme for the third term of 2021, and to consider outstanding draft minutes. The Committee was advised that the election of the new Chairperson would ...
Small Business Development
DSBD on Impact of Recent Unrest on SMMEs and Informal Traders & Plans to Assist Them; with Minister and Deputy Minister
25 Aug 2021
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD), including the Minister and Deputy Minister of the Department, following an assessment of the impact during the recent unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, which impacted grossly on small enterprises and informal traders. The briefing also encompassed ...
Small Business Development
Report on Oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng prompted by recent unrest; with Deputy Minister
18 Aug 2021
The Portfolio Committee for Small Business Development sat in a virtual meeting to consider and adopt its Draft Third Term Programme. The Committee was also briefed by the Portfolio and Select Committees on Trade and Industry after a fact-finding visit to KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng and made recommendations ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2020/21 Quarter 4 performance
17 Aug 2021
The National Department of Tourism (NDOT) presented on their Quarter 4 performance. At the end Quarter 4, NDOT achieved 64 of its 56 targets for an 87.5% overall achievement. Of the eight targets unachieved, three targets had significant work done, whilst five posed a serious challenge and needed intervention. The ...
Small Business Development
Planned Oversight visit to KZN & Gauteng to assess impact of destruction and looting on small businesses
24 Jul 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development, 24 July 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development convened virtually to deliberate on its planned visit to the affected areas in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng as a result of the recent destructions and looting that had taken place in the past week. ...
Small Business Development
Small Enterprise Finance Agency 2020/21 Quarter 4 Performance, with Deputy Minister
2 Jun 2021
The Portfolio Committee met virtually to receive a briefing on the 2020/2021 Quarter Four Performance of the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) for the 2020/21 financial year. Sefa’s amortised Total Loan Book as at 31March 2021 stood at R2.5 billion (including funds). The total approvals for Q4 were R532 million, ...
Tourism
Support provided by banking sector to tourism industry, especially SMMEs
1 Jun 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Tourism, 01 June 2021
The Portfolio Committee (PC) on Tourism received a briefing from the Banking Association South Africa (BASA) on its perspective of the support provided by the banking sector to the tourism industry, especially to small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs).
The Committee ...
Small Business Development
DSBD and SEDA 2020/21 Quarter 4 performances; with Minister
26 May 2021
The Portfolio Committee met virtually to receive a briefing on the 2020/21 fourth quarter performance of the Department of Small Business Development (DSDB) and Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA). The Minister said there had been improvements in the Department, and its challenges were being dealt with.
For DSBD, in the ...
Small Business Development
Committee Reports: Covid-19 Debt Relief Fund oversight; DSBD 2021/22 Budget
12 May 2021
The Committee considered its Committee Report on DSBD of Small Business Development (DSBD) 2021/22 Budget. It highlighted the conflicting interests at play, with the President calling for the empowerment of the small business sector in the State of the Nation Address, whereas Treasury injected significant budget ...