Transport
Department of Transport on 2015/16 Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
24 Mar 2015
The Department of Transport (DoT) briefed the Committee on its Strategic and Annual Performance Plans (APP) 2015/16. The Minister said the Road Infrastructure Network had the potential to unlock the economic potential in South Africa, particularly in rural areas. The National Transport Master Plan 2050 (NATMAP) was part of the ...
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 ...
Transport
Mpumalanga Transport Campaign Steering Committee briefing
10 Mar 2015
The Portfolio on Transport received briefings from ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) and Mpumalanga Transport Campaign Steering Committee (TCSC). The AMSA presentation was to provide insight into its operations in the local steel industry, and to identify areas where challenges needed to be addressed. The TCSC presentation aimed to highlight the ...
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 ...
Transport
Draft Road Accidents Benefit Scheme (RABS) Bill; Legislative Programme, 2nd and 3rd quarter performance reports: Department of Transport briefings, in presence of Minister
3 Mar 2015
The Minister of Transport, Ms Dipuo Peters, was present for the first part of the meeting, when she briefed the Committee shortly on the fact that the Department was in the course of preparing the Road Accidents Benefit Scheme (RABS) Bill, but it was not yet ready for presentation to ...
Small Business Development
Access to Market by SMMEs & Cooperatives: briefing by BUSA & Retail Industry: Massmart; KOHWA; Woolworths
25 Feb 2015
The Committee received a briefing from four players in the retail and food processing industries -- Massmart, KOHWA Holdings, Woolworths and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA). The purpose of the meeting was to get an understanding of factors hindering the retail and food processing sectors in their Issues raised from ...
Transport
Department of Transport 2015 legislative programme briefing; Committee Programme
24 Feb 2015
The Committee convened to hear a presentation from the Department of Transport (DoT) on the legislative programme for 2015. It was noted that there were three Bills that had received priority and that
would hopefully be presented to Parliament in the first quarter of 2015. They were the Merchant Shipping ...
Small Business Development
Solar Geysers Rollout Programme: Opportunities for SMMEs and Cooperatives
18 Feb 2015
The Committee met to hear about the progress made by the Department of Small Business Development (DBSD) and Department of Energy (DOE) towards the signing of the transversal agreements aimed at the opening of market space for small and medium enterprises (SMMEs) and cooperatives. After summarising the main points made ...
Small Business Development
Plastics companies role in supporting SMMEs & cooperatives: Plastics SA briefing
19 Nov 2014
Plastics SA, the mouthpiece of the South African plastics industry, stated that this industry contributed 14.2% to local manufacturing and its It is worth noting that the GDP multiplier effect of plastics as a growth driver for the economy is approximately 2,7 and the employment multiplier is 3,5. It briefed ...
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 ...