Deputy Chairperson, just to respond to the issues raised by the hon member, unfortunately, the Minister does not go around checking the political membership of all the individuals that the Minister works with. All those we feel like they deserve to be given an opportunity, as the government, we give them an opportunity despite their colour and political affiliation, we never ask that.
The ICT SMME Chamber is one of the entities that were established when we were undergoing the policy review process because there was no integration and unity over the small, macro and medium enterprises, SMMEs, themselves which this sector we talk about requires transformation because most black and underprivileged people are not given an opportunity.
We then said, as SMMEs, it is important that we work together so we can help develop the sector because part of developing this sector also talks to address the imbalances of the past by providing capacity-building to those that are in need and market opportunities. And that is why you see our logo being mentioned on the ICT SMME Chamber. We are not going to shy away from that but it doesn't mean that we have given them money.
Like all the stakeholders we work with as the department we interact and we all provide support to all of them despite where they come from and who owns them and that also refers to ANC members that cannot be excluded from the process because they are the majority in the country. Sita has informed us, hon member, that they came up with a selection process in relation to the grant that we are talking about and the ICT SMME Chamber has responded in terms of providing information in relation to how they have spent the R1 million that has been given to them.
On quarter 1 on 31 March, they submitted the report that the information that they needed to gather they have gathered it and Sita was happy with that because of the information they needed to gather was to determine the scope of operation and therefore the opportunities that are presented and the government is the first client that we have to tap into.
On the second quarter which was on 30 June, the high-level solution design was completed and thus paired the work and the agreements that the ICT SMME Chamber and Sita have agreed on when they gave them the grant that they issued. The project plans are to be completed in 36 months and the report that I gave above is
the report of just this financial year which is the first year that we spoke about. Thank you so much, Deputy Chairperson.
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