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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 ...
Tourism
South African Tourism (SAT) on Quarter 4 performance
25 Aug 2017
SA Tourism briefed the Committee on its Quarter 4 Performance for 2016/17.
On the key performance indicator about the number of holiday trips achieved, the entity recorded 974 291 trips achieved versus a target of 1 152 521. The main deterrent for people not taking domestic holiday trips was affordability. On total revenue ...
Small Business Development
Vedanta Mining on elbowing of small enterprises by big companies; National Business Advisory Council appointment: update
23 Aug 2017
A dispute between Vedanta Zinc International, a large mining corporation, and two small construction firms -- 3C Projects and ChadCon -- formed the basis of the proceedings. The issues related to the scaling down of a housing project for a mining operation in the Northern Cape, allegations of sub-standard work ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on its Quarter 4 performance
21 Jun 2017
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) and its agencies, the Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) and the Small Business Finance Agency (Sefa), came before the Committee to present their fourth quarter performance reports. The DSBD focused its presentation on the performance indicators and targets achieved in the fourth quarter, ...
Small Business Development
Minister of Small Business Development on Department Written Responses required by Committee
7 Jun 2017
The Minister of the Department of Small Business Development appeared before the Committee to respond to criticisms of poor performance by her Department.
The Minister expressed her apologies for her non-attendance at meetings of the Committee in the past, and said that she never intended to disrespect the Members as ...
Tourism
Internal Committee Business
1 Jun 2017
The Committee adopted outstanding Draft Committee Reports and Committee Minutes.
Small Business Development
Abalimi Cooperatives progress report by Department of Small Business Development
31 May 2017
The Abalimi Cooperatives project is a pilot project of 12 agricultural cooperatives in KwaZulu-Natal, an initiative which will guide the future model of cooperatives in South Africa to develop communities with the aim of uplifting them from poverty.
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) outlined the tasks it had ...
Small Business Development
Committee Report on Mpumalanga Oversight
17 May 2017
The Committee commended the drafting of the report by the Content Advisor in terms of its details. The report called upon the Director-General to report to the Committee by the end of May on the status of the cooperatives and that this was imperative since the Director-General had declined to ...
Tourism
South African Tourism on its Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy Minister
12 May 2017
South African Tourism briefed the Committee on its Annual Performance Plan. SA Tourism had the Five in Five Strategy which aimed to bring in 5m tourists within the next five years ie 4m international tourist arrivals and 1m domestic holiday trips. It informed SA Tourism’s Annual Performance Plan and its ...