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Small Business Development
Developmental status of all Cooperatives funded by Department: Department of Small Business Development briefing
1 Mar 2017
The Department said it could not brief the Committee on the subject matter due to inadequate capacity to collect the information from the cooperatives. Therefore, it proposed to be given time to come back to the Committee with the full report on the 400 cooperatives that it funded since its ...
Small Business Development
Socio-Economic Impact Assesment System: Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation briefing
22 Feb 2017
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation informed the Committee that the National Development Plan, Medium Term Strategic Framework and Outcome 4 priorities included a reduction in the burden placed on inclusive growth resulting from unintended consequences of government actions as well as inefficient and/or inappropriate regulations. There was a need ...
Small Business Development
Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill: Department Response; Process of establishing the National Small Business Council: update
15 Feb 2017
The Department of Small Business Development briefed the Committee on its perspective on the Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill.
Red tape continues to be a challenge in South Africa even in business registration. It takes 43 days in SA to register a business, even though the country has moved from ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Liquor Products Amendment Bill, National Forests Amendments Bill & National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill: Parliamentary officials' briefing; Armyworm outbreak: Department briefing, in presence of Minister
14 Feb 2017
The Committee was briefed, by the Parliamentary legal advisors, on three amendment Bills introduced in 2016 by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (the Department). The Liquor Products Amendment Bill [B10-2016] amended the Liquor Product Act 60 of 1989. The Parliamentary Legal Advisors were happy with the tagging as ...
Small Business Development
Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill: briefing
8 Feb 2017
Prior to a briefing on the Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill by the MP who had intoduced it, the Committee was briefed on the process to be followed in the tabling of a Private Member’s Bill, as well as the steps that the Committee would take moving forward with the ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on 2nd quarter 2016 performance of Department, Sefa and Seda; KZN Cooperatives implementation plans; iCat briefing on cooperative road models
7 Dec 2016
The Department of Small Business Development presented its Q2 performance report to the Committee and it was highlighted that with regards to overall Q2 performance, Programme 1: Administration and Executive Support functions achieved 64.3% or 9 of its 14 planned quarterly targets, and spent 37.2% of its budget by 30 ...
Small Business Development
Cooperatives Based Community Economic Development; KZN Cooperatives Development Model Pilot Project
30 Nov 2016
Documents handed out:
Integrated Framework for the implementation of agricultural cooperatives in KwaZulu-Natal
A Cooperatives Based Community Development Model prepared by the ANC Study Group on Small Business Development [awaited]
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) took the Committee through its integrated framework for the implementation of agricultural cooperatives ...
Small Business Development
Programmes Review Project implementation: progress report by Department of Small Business Development
23 Nov 2016
Documents handed out:
Progress on the implementation of the Programmes Review Project [awaited]
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) briefed the Committee on its progress with the implementation of the programmes review project, and indicated that it had had to undertake a restructuring process to ensure that it focused ...
Small Business Development
Development Finance Institution (DFI) workshop report; Committee Reports on Oversight Visits to KZN & Limpopo
16 Nov 2016
Documents handed out:
Committee Reports on Oversight Visits to Limpopo
Committee Reports on Oversight Visits to KZN
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee’s review of the report on the Development Finance Institution (DFI) workshop turned into a session of soul-searching over the reasons for ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
South Africa’s Fisheries resources: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries status report, with Deputy Minister present
15 Nov 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) briefed the Committee on the current status of the country’s marine resources, focusing on a sample of four species -- cape hake, pelagic fish, west coast rock lobster and abalone – and the three core areas of the Department’s involvement, which were ...