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Small Business Development
DSBD & entities Q1 2023/24 Performance; with Minister and Deputy Minister
6 Sep 2023
The Committee engaged with the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA), the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) in a virtual meeting on their 2023/24 first quarter performance reports.
The Minister said there had been an improvement in the Department's performance compared to ...
Tourism
Implementation of Committee recommendations; SA tourism Q3 & 4 2022/23 Performance; with Minister
5 Sep 2023
At the Taj Hotel in Cape Town, the Portfolio Committee on Tourism received an update from the Department of Tourism on implementing the Committee recommendations tabled in the 2023 Vote 38 budget ...
Small Business Development
National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill: DSBD briefing; with Deputy Minister
30 Aug 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was taken through the National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill 2023. The Bill seeks to amend the National Small Enterprise Act, 1996 (Act No. 102 of 1996) ("the Act"), primarily to
Small Business Development
Memorandum of understanding with the German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation: DSBD briefing
7 Jun 2023
In this meeting, the Department of Small Business Development briefed the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development about the memorandum of understanding it had signed with the German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation (DGRV), the apex body for German cooperatives.
The memorandum was signed in August 2022 and would be ...
Small Business Development
DSBD, SEFA & SEDA Q4 2022/23 Performance
31 May 2023
During Quarter 4, the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) reported 51.8% female SMS representation against the target of 50%, and in partnership with its agencies implemented 21 public engagements within district municipalities with a target of 15. Its Quarter 4 expenditure was R509 000 against the projected R512 ...
Small Business Development
North West Oversight Report
24 May 2023
The Committee considered and adopted its report on its March 2023 North West oversight visit. Amongst the observations was that the Informal Traders Support Programme implemented at national level has insufficient information being cascaded down to the provinces to conduct monitoring and evaluation of those projects, ...
Tourism
South African Tourism 2023/24 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
23 May 2023
The Portfolio Committee told the Department of Tourism not to transfer any more money to South African Tourism (SAT) until all its vacancies were filled, its annual targets were revised, and the entity's leadership stabilised.
This followed the Committee's deliberations on the annual performance plans of SAT for ...
Small Business Development
DSBD Budget: Committee Report
10 May 2023
The Committee was briefed by its support staff on the Department of Small Business Development's (DSBD's) 2023/24 budget vote, with concerns being expressed over the effect of the cuts on the entities supporting small businesses, as support for them was vital in the current economic environment. ...
Tourism
SA Tourism developments; Tourism 2023/24 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
2 May 2023
The new Minister of Tourism, Patricia de Lille, in her first appearance before the Portfolio Committee briefed it on the future of the SA Tourism-Tottenham Hotspur Football Club deal, the disbanding of the SA Tourism (SAT) board and to explain her recent decision about a three-man temporary board. The ...
Small Business Development
DSBD & SEDA 2023/24 Annual Performance Plans; with Minister
19 Apr 2023