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Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on Black Supplier Development Unit plans, in presence of Minister
13 May 2015
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) briefed the Committee on the Black Business Suppliers Development Unit, which had recently migrated to this Department from the Department of Trade and Industry. This Unit had created several new sub-programmes, including the Shared Economic Infrastructure Facility and the Youth, Women and People ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: public hearings
12 May 2015
Various stakeholders submitted their contributions to the Bill Amendment. Key issues that were raised were that the Bill was old and no longer fully served its purpose which was to protect the welfare and wellbeing of animals. There were issues on its lack of clarity in defining certain parameters and ...
Public Service and Administration
Committee Reports on DePME & Public Service & Administration budget & Oversight report on Thusong Service Centres & National Development Agency
30 Apr 2015
The Committee met briefly to discuss and adopt the Draft Committee Reports on Budget Votes 8 and 10, for, respectively, the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation and the Department of Public Service and Administration CHECK.
The Committee formally adopted that Report, with the DA Members recording that they were ...
Small Business Development
Adoption of Outstanding Minutes
22 Apr 2015
The Committee met briefly to consider and adopt three outstanding Minutes. Two of the minutes were approved with amendments, while the third was asopted with no changes.
Public Service and Administration
Centre for Public Service Innovation, National School of Governance, Public Service Commission and the Department of Public Service and Administration on their Strategic Plans and Budgets
21 Apr 2015
The Centre for Public Sector Innovation (CPSI) recently completed their transfer out of the parent company the Department of Public Sector and Administration and were now a stand-alone entity.
The Committee was generally dissatisfied with their performance stating their activities as none innovative. The Committee called for specific projects that ...
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 ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Biological Products. SA Veterinary Council: Strategic & Annual Performance Plan 2015/16
26 Mar 2015
Three entities of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) recently appeared before the Portfolio Committee to present their annual performance plans and budget for the 2015/16 period. Whilst the full budget plans were presented, there was little discussion on that aspect, other than noting that the budget of ...
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
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 ...