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Small Business Development
Pick n Pay on Access to Retail Industry Market by Small Business
2 Sep 2015
The Committee Chairperson announced that the meeting was attended by delegations from Pick n Pay as a large retailer, an individual small entrepreneur, the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA), Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD), and the purpose of the meeting was to ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: deliberations; Committee Support Officials on Plant Improvement Bill [B8-2015] and Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill [B11-2015]
25 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries received a briefing from its support officials about issues that had arisen from the public hearings and the response the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) had given to the processing of the Plant Breeders’ Rights and Plant Improvement Bills before ...
Small Business Development
Committee minutes: adoption
18 Aug 2015
The Committee went over the backlog of minutes that needed to be adopted from the last three months of Committee meetings. This backlog was due to the large number of lengthy presentations to the Committee in this time. The Committee also discussed its approach to editing and adopting minutes in ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 4th Quarter 2014/15 & 1st Quarter 2015/16 Performance
17 Aug 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) highlighted that it had recorded the highest growth rate of 72% in the export of wood.
Some key highlights were that the Department has finalised the Integrated Development Finance Framework with the Land Bank and the Department of Rural Development and Land ...
Small Business Development
Local Procurement: Department of Defence plans; Departments of Transport, Energy & Telecommunications progress on transversal agreements
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Defence (DoD), the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) met with the Committee to discuss and report back on progress with their plans for local procurement from Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) and cooperatives.
The Department of Defence stated ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: deliberations; Plant Improvement [B8-2015] & Plant Breeders’ Rights Bills[11-2015]: Department response to public inputs
11 Aug 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) briefed the Committee on the Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill and the Department’s responses regarding public hearing comments on the Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill.
The Legal Administration Office of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) took the Committee through the ...
Small Business Development
Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development Oversight Report
24 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development considered and adopted the minutes of meetings held on 14, 15 and 22 April 2015.
The Committee unanimously adopted the minutes with amendments. The Committee noted an objection raised on reference to the Freedom Charter in the minutes of 14 April.
The following ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Deputy Minister on Forestry progress and challenges; Forestry Sector Charter Council update
23 Jun 2015
In his introductory remarks, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries stated that transformation in the forest sector is zero. There are those who are willing to push for transformation in this sector and those who are resisting it. He said his Department would through all available means push ...
Small Business Development
SMMEs challenges with non-financial support services, with Kings of Midlands as a case study
17 Jun 2015
The King of Midlands cooperative of taxi owners in Pietermaritzburg includes community development initiatives and a business model that aims to include a petrol station, tyre fitment centre, spares shop and cooperative bank. They had bought 26 taxis for their members on their own by putting their savings together and ...
Small Business Development
Retail Industry on Access to Market & Value Chain for SMMEs & Cooperatives (Massmart and Tiger Brand); Integrated approach on implementation of National School Nutrition Programme as a set-aside for SMMEs & Cooperatives
10 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development invited the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform, the Portfolio Committee on Social Development and the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education to a briefing by the retail industry on access to the market and ...