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Small Business Development
Telkom, Huawei vs Screamer Solutions: elbowing small enterprises by big companies
6 Sep 2017
The Committee commenced the meeting by deliberating on the behaviour of senior officials of the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD). was noted with dismay by the Chairperson, as well as by other Members, that DSBD officials had not complied with deadlines set by the Committee in respect of a ...
Small Business Development
Vedanta Mining on elbowing of small enterprises by big companies; National Business Advisory Council appointment: update
23 Aug 2017
A dispute between Vedanta Zinc International, a large mining corporation, and two small construction firms -- 3C Projects and ChadCon -- formed the basis of the proceedings. The issues related to the scaling down of a housing project for a mining operation in the Northern Cape, allegations of sub-standard work ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Mpumalanga response to Committee concerns; Avian Influenza; DAFF Quarter 4 performance
1 Aug 2017
The Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Administration (DARDLA) had discarded the tractors it had bought from China because they were meant for soft soil, not the hard soil of Mpumalanga. This was what the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries heard during the discussion when ...
Small Business Development
Chad Construction; 3C Projects; Vedanta Mining- Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd; Inyanda Chambers of Business; Screamer Telecoms-Molapo Technology, Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA)
28 Jun 2017
The Committee received briefings from various constituencies around their problems in how they are operating their small businesses against big companies.
Molapo Technology was liquidated late last year and merged with Screamer Electronic Services; Molapo Technology owned 62% of the shares. Molapo Technology had been operational for fifteen years ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Avian Influenza outbreak; South African Veterinary Council on its Strategic Plan
27 Jun 2017
Avian flu presentation [not released; see updated version of 1 August 2017: Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza H5N8: DAFF presentation]
The South African Veterinary Council (SAVC) presented its 2017-2019 strategic plan stating its three major goals for the next two years. One is to drive veterinary professions to address the ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on its Quarter 4 performance
21 Jun 2017
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) and its agencies, the Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) and the Small Business Finance Agency (Sefa), came before the Committee to present their fourth quarter performance reports. The DSBD focused its presentation on the performance indicators and targets achieved in the fourth quarter, ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agenda 2063 and Malabo Declarations; Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme: NEPAD briefing; with Deputy Minister
20 Jun 2017
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development reported that Agenda 2063 has 20 goals divided into four sub areas: Industrialisation and Wealth Creation, Shared Prosperity and Transformed Livelihoods, Human Capital Development and Transformed Institutions, and Natural Resources Management and Environment Resilience. The Malabo Declaration has seven overarching targets which include recommitment ...
Small Business Development
400 cooperatives supported since inception: DSBD progress report & intervention plan
14 Jun 2017
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) presented a report on the assessment of the Cooperatives Incentives Scheme (CIS), which had adopted an approach premised on the training of cooperatives and market access. The CIS supported 400 cooperatives to the tune of R124.7 million. The Department described the processes involved ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries response to Committee oversight & BRRR, with Minister & Deputy
13 Jun 2017
No words, not in questions and accusations from the Committee or in apologies from the Department, were spared in the meeting between the Portfolio Committee and the Department on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries that went well over its allocated time.
The long-awaited organogram was again not presented. Progress on two ...
Small Business Development
Minister of Small Business Development on Department Written Responses required by Committee
7 Jun 2017
The Minister of the Department of Small Business Development appeared before the Committee to respond to criticisms of poor performance by her Department.
The Minister expressed her apologies for her non-attendance at meetings of the Committee in the past, and said that she never intended to disrespect the Members as ...