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Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
13 May 2020
PMG was not present at the meeting. The below is compiled based on the Committee’s official minutes
Tourism
SAT Quarter 2 & 3 performance; Reputational risks to tourism industry posed by captive breeding: Expert briefing
17 Mar 2020
SA Tourism briefed the Committee on its Quarter 2 ...
Small Business Development
SEDA & SEFA 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance & progress in assisting small enterprises; with Deputy Minister
11 Mar 2020
The Small Enterprise Financing Agency (SEFA) and the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) gave presentations on their 2019/20 third quarter performance.
The agencies reported on their achievements and the areas where they had fallen short of meeting their targets. A collaborative presentation between SEDA and SEFA outlined the areas in ...
Tourism
Brand SA on mandate, activities and programmes in relation to tourism development; Second Term Committee Programme
10 Mar 2020
BrandSA briefed the Committee on its mandate, activities and programmes in relation to tourism development. Members were at the outset informed that the South African brand was bleeding due to issues of load-shedding, crime, the Coronavirus and Xenophobia etc. The briefing spoke to BrandSA’s purpose, how it did things, why ...
Small Business Development
DSBD 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance; Blended Funding Model and plans for SA SME CEO FUND; with Minister
4 Mar 2020
2019/20 Quarter Three Performance Report by the Department of Small Business Development:
The Minister of the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) said the Ministry takes the responsibility assigned to it of ensuring South Africans can create jobs. It is not about creating jobs for others but about self-employment for ...
Tourism
Meeting with NHTL to discuss state of tourism in rural areas; Second Term Committee Programme
3 Mar 2020
The Committee engaged with the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) on the state of tourism in rural areas especially in villages. The role of tourism in each village would be assessed. This was all part of the bigger picture of transformation. Transformation was not really taking place in the ...
Tourism
Coronavirus & implications for tourism sector: Chinese Consul-General briefing; National Registrar of Tourist Guides on compliance with legislation & other programmes
25 Feb 2020
The Committee met jointly with the Portfolio Committee on Health to get a briefing from the Consul- General of the People’s Republic of China on the impact of the Coronavirus and its implications on the tourism sector.
The Consul-General provided lawmakers with a snapshot of the timelines from when the ...
Tourism
Impact of SONA on Tourism sector; Term 1 Programme
18 Feb 2020
The Committee Content Advisor and the Committee Researcher briefed the Committee on the implications that the State of the Nation Address 2020 had on tourism.
As background the Committee was provided with a snapshot of tourism performance. In 2019 President Cyril Ramaphosa had announced a target of having 21m arrivals ...
Tourism
Launch of the Legislature Tourism Oversight Forum (LOTOFO): engagement with stakeholders
3 Dec 2019
The Committee introduced its Legislature Tourism Oversight Forum (LOTOFO) Concept Document to provincial legislatures, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and to the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) and encouraged discussion around it.
The Committee had identified the need to strengthen relationships with traditional leaders, the local government ...
Small Business Development
Processes and procedures in developing legislation; Summary and analysis of legislation administered by DSBD
27 Nov 2019
Members of the Portfolio Committee were made aware of how a Bill was tabled in Parliament, and the various processes involved before it became law. The Committee’s researcher gave a detailed explanation of the different types of Bills that could be initiated, and the criteria that determined whether they would ...