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Small Business Development
Implementation of Business Recovery Support Package; Merger of Seda, Sefa and CBDA; with Deputy Minister
8 Dec 2021
The Committee met with the Department of Small Business Development and its agencies, to receive briefings on the implementation of the Business Recovery Support Package (BRP) and on the progress of the proposed merger between the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) and the Cooperative ...
Tourism
First Term Committee Programme 2022
7 Dec 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee considered the draft Committee programme for the first term of 2022.
A Member said it was important for the Committee to visit tourism destinations that were of concern in the different provinces once the restrictions eased. As water and sanitation facilities, as well as ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development, SEFA and SEDA 2021/22 Quarter One and Two Performance Reports; with Deputy Minister
1 Dec 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development met with the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD), the Small Enterprise Funding Agency(SEFA) and the Small Enterprise Development Agency(SEDA) to be briefed on the Department and entities’ Quarter One and Quarter Two Performance Reports for the 2021/2022 financial ...
Tourism
Employment patterns in Tourism; with Deputy Minister of Employment & Labour
30 Nov 2021
The Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) briefed the Tourism Portfolio Committee on employment patterns in the sector and migration trends. Foreigners made up 7% of the workers in the South African labour force. Migration patterns showed that since 2000 there had been a “dramatic influx” of undocumented migrants. ...
Small Business Development
Small Business Development BRRR; with Deputy Minister
24 Nov 2021
2021 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
In a virtual meeting, the Committee considered and adopted its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) for 2020/21 on the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) and its entities, Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) and Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA). The BRRR ...
Tourism
Tourism BRRR; Tourism Quarter 4 2020/21 Performance Report
23 Nov 2021
2021 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism convened on a virtual platform to adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report for the 2020/21 financial year on the annual performance of the Department of Tourism and SA Tourism.
The Committee agreed that the report was ...
Small Business Development
DSBD, SEDA & SEFA 2020/21 annual reports; with Deputy Minister
17 Nov 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received briefings on the 2020/21 annual reports of the Department of Small Business Development, the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), and the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA).
The Department reported that it had received an unqualified audit with findings and had achieved 19 (86%) ...
Small Business Development
DSBD, SEDA, SEFA 2020/21 audit outcomes: AGSA briefing
10 Nov 2021
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) maintained an unqualified audit opinion with findings. The main obstacles preventing it from a clean audit is compliance in the Black Business Supplier Development Programme (BBSDP) and Cooperative Incentive Scheme (CIS) incentives environment and a material adjustment in the provision ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2020/21 audit outcomes: AGSA briefing
9 Nov 2021
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2020/21 audit outcomes of the National Department of Tourism (NDT) and SA Tourism (SAT). AGSA noted that there has been a regression in the last two years in performance reporting of NDT and SAT.
A ...
Tourism
Election of Chairperson; Tourism Transformation Council of South Africa
7 Sep 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism met virtually to be briefed by the Tourism Transformation Council of South Africa (TTCSA) on the state of transformation in the tourism sector. The Committee first elected Ms Tandi Mahambehlala as its Chairperson. In accepting her role, she stated the importance of an international ...