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South African National Convention Bureau on bids and geographic spread of business events
26 Nov 2019
The South Africa National Convention Bureau (SANCB) briefed the Committee on bids and geographic spread of business events across SA. The types of business events that the SANCB assisted in bidding for was for Meeting, Incentive, Convention/Conference and Exhibition (MICE). Members were informed that business events tied in with leisure ...
Small Business Development
DSBD 2019/10 Quarter 2 Performance & Action Plan on Auditor-General’s Findings and Recommendations
20 Nov 2019
The Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) said it had performed reasonably well against its approved performance plan, exceeding its targets and indicators in many areas. It had achieved 28 of its 31 indicators, representing an 88% performance. There had been improvements in the enterprise development programme, the SEDA development programme ...
Small Business Development
“The Unseen Sector”: Research paper by International Finance Corporation & World Bank
13 Nov 2019
The Unseen Sector: A Report on the MSME Opportunity in South Africa
“The Unseen Sector,” jointly prepared by the World Bank Group and the South African Department of National Treasury, was a report which focused on the size and profile of the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) market. It ...
Tourism
Rural Tourism Strategy Implementation Programmes: Department briefing
12 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed by the National Department of Tourism (NDT) on the implementation of programmes as per the National Rural Tourism Strategy which had been developed in 2012. The NDT had identified a need to unlock tourism in rural areas. Some of the goals of the Strategy were to ...
Small Business Development
Access to Affordable Business Premises and Infrastructure briefing
6 Nov 2019
The Committee was told that the major challenges faced by small businesses in accessing affordable business premises and infrastructure were the high initial costs incurred in securing services, such as electricity installation, the time taken for applications to be approved, and the maintenance and expansion of infrastructure to rural and ...
Tourism
Tourism Grading System in South Africa & Tabling of proposed Dashboard for tracking of Committee resolutions: TGCSA briefing
5 Nov 2019
The Tourism Grading Council of SA (TGCSA) briefed the Committee on the tourism grading system in SA. The TGCSA, at present, was focused primarily on the grading of accommodation establishments due to resource constraints but would like to move into other areas of the value chain. To date, 5 200 ...
Small Business Development
Access to Markets – Major Issues for consideration
30 Oct 2019
There was a general consensus that the small business sector was the backbone for many emerging economies, and contributed massively to their Gross Domestic Products (GDPs). The main aim of the presentation was to identify the key snags restricting access by Small, Medium And Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) and cooperatives, to ...
Tourism
State of transformation in the Tourism Sector: Tourism B-BBEE Charter Council briefing; Howick Oversight Report
29 Oct 2019
The Tourism Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Charter Council briefed the Committee on the state of transformation in the tourism sector and in so doing elaborated on the work done by the former Charter Council that had served from 2016 to 2019. The current Charter Council was appointed by the ...
Small Business Development
Entrepreneurial Finance Imperative for Growth and Employment: briefing by Content Advisor
23 Oct 2019
The Committee met to discuss how accessible financial institutions were to small business enterprises in the country, and to consider recommendations on how the situation could be improved. The key points which arose from the briefing focused mainly on the bureaucratic red tape that negatively affects small businesses, as well ...
Tourism
National Tourism Sector Strategy: Department briefing; Tourism BRRR
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS). Members were provided with background on the NTSS and also on what the NTSS entailed. What was being presented before the Committee was the second iteration of ...