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Small Business Development
Small enterprises and cooperatives: risk analysis and proposed cooperatives model: Centre for Risk Analysis and Ms N Bhengu briefings
12 Nov 2014
The Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA) briefed the Committee on small business development and the risks over the next ten years. CRA explained the stages of economic growth in South Africa from the 1920s to date, using different economic indicators. The first analysis covered electricity supply which revealed that installed ...
Tourism
Local Government support for tourism development in SA: briefing by Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
7 Nov 2014
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (DCOGTA) briefed the Committee on local government support of tourism development in SA. Areas of emphasis included the legislative and policy context, including the Constitution and the White Paper on Local Government, and the link between local government and economic development. The ...
Small Business Development
Solar energy water heaters: rollout plans and opportunities for small business: Departments of Public Enterprises, Energy, Eskom, SA Bureau of Standards briefings
5 Nov 2014
The Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and Eskom briefed the Committee on the plans and progress in relation to the roll out of solar water heaters (SWHs) and how these plans specifically catered for the development of small, medium and ...
Tourism
Tourism Budget Review and Recommendations Report
29 Oct 2014
The Committee considered its Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). In the interest of time the Committee Content Advisor briefly took the Committee through the Report, with greater emphasis being placed on deliberations by Members on the recommendations contained in the Report. Overall there seemed to be agreement amongst ...
Small Business Development
Small Business Development Budget Review and Recommendations Report
29 Oct 2014
The Committee considered the second draft of its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR), noting that section 77(3) of the Constitution stipulates that an Act of Parliament must provide for a procedure to amend money bills before Parliament. The Report spoke to the mandate and methodology of the Committee, as ...
Small Business Development
Small Business Development on its 2014 Strategic Plan, in presence of Minister & Deputy Minister
22 Oct 2014
The Department of Small Business Development outlined the state of Small Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) and cooperatives in South Africa under the mandate of Department of Trade and Industry which was characterized by a fragmented approach, misalignment with government resolutions and decisions on economic transformation, lack of specialised and focused support ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on its 2014/15 Strategic Plan, 1st and 2nd quarter 2014 performance; Third Term Committee Programme
15 Oct 2014
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) presented its Strategic Plan for 2014 to 2019, as well as the performance against the Annual Performance Plan for Quarters 1 and 2 of the 2014/15 Financial Year. It was noted that the DSBD was a new department that had taken over certain ...
Tourism
Social Responsibility Implementation programme: Department of Tourism on briefing
12 Sep 2014
The National Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on its Social Responsibility Implementation programme. At the outset of the meeting members were provided with a broad overview. The Committee was informed that it was common practise for upfront payments to be made to project implementers on Expanded Public Works Programme ...
Small Business Development
National Treasury, Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut, Pick n Pay & Small Enterprise Development Agency on their support to SMMEs and co-operatives
10 Sep 2014
The National Treasury and three other entities supporting SMMEs and co-operatives made presentations to the Portfolio Committee about their focus areas, challenges and successes in working closely with small businesses, in order to provide information which could be used in formulating a strategy plan for the Department of Small Business ...
Tourism
Tourism Grading Council of South Africa on its grading system
28 Aug 2014
The Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) briefed the Committee on its grading system. The focus currently of the TGCSA was on the grading of accommodation but in the future it intended to move on to restaurants and other tourist attractions. The strategic objectives of the TGCSA were to ...