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Small Business Development
DSBD budget: Committee Report
9 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to continue its interrogation of the draft report on the Department of Small Business Development’s (DSBD’s) Budget Vote 31, focusing on the report’s recommendations. Although it deliberated thoroughly on the recommendations, it did not adopt the draft report as the Department had not yet presented its ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development & SEDA & SEFA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
25 Apr 2018
The Department of Small Business Development briefed the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development on its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plans and budget.
In order to be more effectively geared for roles it must play going forward to lead the construction of a vibrant and agile small business ecosystem, the Department ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
UN CSW Report: briefing; SALRC Report on Adult Prostitution Summit: way forward; Traditional Courts Bill: discussion
25 Apr 2018
The Steering Committee considered the replacement of one of the opposition party members and how it was to go about it procedurally. It discussed the Commission on the Status of Women report focusing on the key issues which affect rural women and girls that came up in the different sessions. ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development Annual Performance Plan: DPSA & DPME analysis
18 Apr 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) on the annual performance plan of the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD).
The DPSA outlined the background and progress that had been made in the establishment of an organisational structure for the DSBD, which had become ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development Quarter 3 performance; with Deputy Minister
14 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of Small Business Development to discuss the Department’s quarter 3 annual performance report. There was not enough time for the Department and the Portfolio Committee to engage about SEDA and SEFA and the Committee decided to move the discussion with the entities to ...
Small Business Development
R1,5 billion private sector support of small businesses: Department on its involvement
7 Mar 2018
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) met with the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development to give a briefing on its involvement in R1.5 billion private sector initiatives in support of small businesses as per resolution 68. Resolution 68 stated that the Department should use its transversal mandate agreement ...
Small Business Development
National Local Economic Development Conference & transversal agreements progress: DSBD report
28 Feb 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development met with the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) to discuss and adopt deliberations on the National Local Economic Development (LED) Conference Resolutions and transversal agreements.
Prior to the briefing and discussion, the Chairperson gave a report on an issue discussed in an ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development progress in aligning functions
21 Feb 2018
The Department of Small Business Development addressed the Committee on the progress it had made in aligning functions that were still located in other departments.
At the outset of the meeting, the Chairperson said that it was unacceptable that the Department’s Director General was not present, having prioritised traveling overseas ...
Small Business Development
Enterprise Development Fund establishment; transfer of payments: DSBD progress report; SEFA on its Business Rescue Strategy; with the Minister
14 Feb 2018
The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) admitted that it was unable to report positive progress on the establishment of the Enterprise Development Fund, as it had not obtained the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) facilitator status which it needed to establish the fund. The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) said ...
Small Business Development
Cooperative Bank Development Agency: Treasury progress report; Department reviewed funding models & Market Access Unit
31 Jan 2018
It was agreed to postpone next week’s meeting due to possible unavailability of the DA Members as the party and its Members would be preparing for the State of the Nation debate.
The Committee also agreed that both Vodacom and Ericson had shown gross disregard for Parliament and compromised the ...