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Small Business Development
MCV International Forwarding on export promotion strategy for SMMEs; Small Enterprise Finance Agency on its mandate
6 May 2015
MCV International Forwarding told the Committee that small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) had to gain international experience and look for business beyond the borders of South Africa to succeed. SMMEs did not play an active role in the international market due to lack of financial resources, export experience and ...
Home Affairs
Violence against foreign nationals: Police/Home Affairs report with Home Affairs Deputy Minister & Small Business Development Minister
28 Apr 2015
Document awaited: National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure Report on violence against foreign nationals
The Departments of Police, Home Affairs and Small Business Development briefed a joint meeting of the Home Affairs, Police, International Relations and Cooperation, Justice and Small Business Development Portfolio Committees about the recent attacks against foreign ...
Small Business Development
Small Enterprise Development Agency & Small Enterprise Finance Agency on their Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
15 Apr 2015
Small businesses are struggling to access finance, markets and adequate infrastructure. Consequently, they end up operating on pavements and in buildings that lack water supply and sanitation and have tripping electricity. The attitude of big businesses was exacerbating this problem because they are hell-bent on blocking the way for small ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on Strategic and Annual Performance Plan 2015, in presence of Minister
25 Mar 2015
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) briefed the Committee on its Strategic Plan for 2015 to 2019, and the Annual Performance Plans for 2015/16. It was noted, by way of context, that the mandate around promotion of small businesses and cooperatives had initially been with the Department of Trade ...
Small Business Development
Local procurement plans of Defence, Correctional Services, Health, Basic Education, Higher Education and Social Development Departments to ensure SMMEs / Cooperatives access to market
18 Mar 2015
The purpose of this meeting was to give the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development the opportunity to assess progress made by government departments in implementing the policy of ensuring that 30% of procurement was sourced from small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and cooperatives. The Committee also wished to ...
Small Business Development
SMMEs and Cooperatives: infrastructure support; Transversal agreements with Departments of Telecommunications, Water Affairs, Transport and Energy
11 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee for Small Business Development met with the Department of Water and Sanitation, the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services, the Department of Transport and the Department of Energy to discuss the support, initiatives and envisioned transversal agreements between these departments and the Department of Small Business Development ...
Small Business Development
Access to land for Agricultural SMMEs and Cooperatives in Sector: input by Contralesa, Ingonyama Trust, House of Traditional Leaders
4 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development invited the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (CONTRALESA) and the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) to engage on the issues of small business development in the rural communities and access to land for small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and ...
Small Business Development
Access to Market by SMMEs & Cooperatives: briefing by BUSA & Retail Industry: Massmart; KOHWA; Woolworths
25 Feb 2015
The Committee received a briefing from four players in the retail and food processing industries -- Massmart, KOHWA Holdings, Woolworths and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA). The purpose of the meeting was to get an understanding of factors hindering the retail and food processing sectors in their Issues raised from ...
Small Business Development
Solar Geysers Rollout Programme: Opportunities for SMMEs and Cooperatives
18 Feb 2015
The Committee met to hear about the progress made by the Department of Small Business Development (DBSD) and Department of Energy (DOE) towards the signing of the transversal agreements aimed at the opening of market space for small and medium enterprises (SMMEs) and cooperatives. After summarising the main points made ...
Small Business Development
Plastics companies role in supporting SMMEs & cooperatives: Plastics SA briefing
19 Nov 2014
Plastics SA, the mouthpiece of the South African plastics industry, stated that this industry contributed 14.2% to local manufacturing and its It is worth noting that the GDP multiplier effect of plastics as a growth driver for the economy is approximately 2,7 and the employment multiplier is 3,5. It briefed ...