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Tourism Equity Fund: NDT & SEFA briefing; Impact of SONA on tourism sector
16 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Tourism
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2021 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committees on Tourism and Small Business Development received a briefing from the Department of Tourism (DT) and the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) on the Tourism Equity Fund (TEF), ...
Small Business Development
Committee Programme
10 Feb 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee considered and adopted its programme for the first term of 2021. Members suggested amendments to the programme to allow for the provision of a strategic planning session for the Sixth Parliament and for a joint meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Tourism to engage ...
Small Business Development
DSBD, Seda & Sefa 2019/20 Annual Reports; with Minister
25 Nov 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development met virtually to be briefed by the Department of Small Business Development on its 2019/20 Annual Report, as well as that of the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA).
The Department had set out to ...
Tourism
State of Tourism at Local Government Level: CoGTA briefing; with Minister
24 Nov 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) on the state of tourism at local government level. The meeting took place on a virtual platform. The presentation reflected on key opportunities and challenges in relation to the development of the tourism sector, from a ...
Small Business Development
SEFA 2019/20 Annual Report; Localization Framework Programme: DSBD briefing; DSBD BRRR
18 Nov 2020
2019/20 Annual Reports
2020 BRRRs
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development met virtually to receive a presentation on the Annual Report of the Small Enterprise Finance Agency SOC Limited (SEFA) for 2019/20 financial year.
It also received a presentation from the Department of Small Business Development on ...
Tourism
Tourism Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Nov 2020
The Portfolio Committee met to consider and discuss its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report. Particular comments were made on the econometric study regarding tourism advertisement to attract tourists at an ideal spend. There was concern no results were really seen from the study and there ought to be ...
Small Business Development
DSBD 2019/20 Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing; DSBD BRRR
11 Nov 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) in a virtual meeting on the Department of Small Business Development’s (DSBD’s) 2019/20 performance. This was followed by a presentation of the observations and recommendations contained in the Committee’s Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
AGSA reported ...
Small Business Development
AGSA on progress or outcome of forensic investigation in DSBD, with Deputy Minister
4 Nov 2020
The Committee of Small Business Department met virtually to receive feedback from the Auditor- General’s office on the Department of Small Business Development (DBSD) 2018 investigation. The scope of the investigation included: compliance of the DSBD to the guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOP) of the Black Business Supplier Development ...
Small Business Development
SMME Market Access Opportunities in response to Covid-19; with Minister
28 Oct 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development, (National Assembly) 28 Oct 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) on market access opportunities as part of the Covid-19 lockdown economic recovery plan for the small, medium, micro economic SMME sector formulated ...
Tourism
Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa on pertinent issues
27 Oct 2020
The Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa (BARSA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on its activities and issues pertinent to tourism airlift prospects and challenges within SA in a virtual meeting.
BARSA said the aviation and tourism sector is greatly challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic and it resulted in massive ...