Hon Deputy Speaker, the ANC believes that the development of entrepreneurs remains one of the key ways to boost job creation and can help government to reach its target of creating five million jobs by 2020. Thus, the ANC supports the Trade and Industry outreach campaign, which is taking the Department of Trade and Industry to the people, as was outlined by the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, the hon Elizabeth Thabethe, in Douglas in the Northern Cape.
She articulated that the campaign aimed to reinforce the ANC government's commitment to empowering rural and peri-urban communities so as to fast- track job creation. The Department of Trade and Industry was therefore keen to educate small business owners, as well as those aspiring to be entrepreneurs, about business opportunities, products and responsibilities.
As part of the campaign, small business owners and entrepreneurs were given workshops on how to start, register, grow and sustain their businesses. This campaign is part of the ANC resolution to educate our people in entrepreneurial skills, provide financial support and train small businesses, and it should be taken to all the provinces. [Applause.]