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Small Business Development
Small Business Development Budget Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
During the budgetary review presentation, the Content Advisor pointed out that the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) had under-spent by R23 million, despite previous complaints relating to the lack of funds available. The report referred to the failure of the Department to establish the Co-operatives Development Agency and the ...
Small Business Development
SEFA + SEDA 2016/17 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister in attendance
5 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development met to discuss the 2016/17 performance of the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) and Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), with the Deputy Minister of Small Business Development in attendance. The Committee stated that it used a tracking tool to ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development 2016/17 Annual Report, with DPME input
4 Oct 2017
The DPME conducted a performance assessment for the First Quarter of the 2017/18 MTSF as well as an assessment of the first draft of the 2017/18 APP of the Department in conjunction with National Treasury. The DPME spoke to the current economic context in South Africa which ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development: Auditor-General input; with Deputy Minister
3 Oct 2017
The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) presented a progress report on the organisational structure for the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD), covering the structure review process, transferrals from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the macro organisational structure and functions, job evaluations and policy units. Questions ...
Small Business Development
Small Enterprise Finance Agency internal audit outcomes and litigation matters
13 Sep 2017
The Committee received presentations from three small enterprises, headed by black women, who had experienced some challenges because of their interactions with the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA), and claimed that approaching the Committee was an option of last resort because they were all doing very badly as a result ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development, SEFA and SEDA Annual Performance Plan
3 May 2017
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) presented its 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan. The Department has been undergoing a structural organisational change as a result of the DPME and National Treasury’s proposal to change its strategic approach to its mandate. This triggered a new structure which will now focus on ...
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 ...
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 ...