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Small Business Development
SMMEs and Cooperatives: infrastructure support; Transversal agreements with Departments of Telecommunications, Water Affairs, Transport and Energy
11 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee for Small Business Development met with the Department of Water and Sanitation, the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services, the Department of Transport and the Department of Energy to discuss the support, initiatives and envisioned transversal agreements between these departments and the Department of Small Business Development ...
Small Business Development
Access to land for Agricultural SMMEs and Cooperatives in Sector: input by Contralesa, Ingonyama Trust, House of Traditional Leaders
4 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development invited the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (CONTRALESA) and the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) to engage on the issues of small business development in the rural communities and access to land for small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and ...
Small Business Development
Access to Market by SMMEs & Cooperatives: briefing by BUSA & Retail Industry: Massmart; KOHWA; Woolworths
25 Feb 2015
The Committee received a briefing from four players in the retail and food processing industries -- Massmart, KOHWA Holdings, Woolworths and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA). The purpose of the meeting was to get an understanding of factors hindering the retail and food processing sectors in their Issues raised from ...
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Solar Geysers Rollout Programme: Opportunities for SMMEs and Cooperatives
18 Feb 2015
The Committee met to hear about the progress made by the Department of Small Business Development (DBSD) and Department of Energy (DOE) towards the signing of the transversal agreements aimed at the opening of market space for small and medium enterprises (SMMEs) and cooperatives. After summarising the main points made ...
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Plastics companies role in supporting SMMEs & cooperatives: Plastics SA briefing
19 Nov 2014
Plastics SA, the mouthpiece of the South African plastics industry, stated that this industry contributed 14.2% to local manufacturing and its It is worth noting that the GDP multiplier effect of plastics as a growth driver for the economy is approximately 2,7 and the employment multiplier is 3,5. It briefed ...
Small Business Development
Small enterprises and cooperatives: risk analysis and proposed cooperatives model: Centre for Risk Analysis and Ms N Bhengu briefings
12 Nov 2014
The Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA) briefed the Committee on small business development and the risks over the next ten years. CRA explained the stages of economic growth in South Africa from the 1920s to date, using different economic indicators. The first analysis covered electricity supply which revealed that installed ...
Small Business Development
Solar energy water heaters: rollout plans and opportunities for small business: Departments of Public Enterprises, Energy, Eskom, SA Bureau of Standards briefings
5 Nov 2014
The Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and Eskom briefed the Committee on the plans and progress in relation to the roll out of solar water heaters (SWHs) and how these plans specifically catered for the development of small, medium and ...
Small Business Development
Small Business Development Budget Review and Recommendations Report
29 Oct 2014
The Committee considered the second draft of its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR), noting that section 77(3) of the Constitution stipulates that an Act of Parliament must provide for a procedure to amend money bills before Parliament. The Report spoke to the mandate and methodology of the Committee, as ...
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Small Business Development on its 2014 Strategic Plan, in presence of Minister & Deputy Minister
22 Oct 2014
The Department of Small Business Development outlined the state of Small Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) and cooperatives in South Africa under the mandate of Department of Trade and Industry which was characterized by a fragmented approach, misalignment with government resolutions and decisions on economic transformation, lack of specialised and focused support ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on its 2014/15 Strategic Plan, 1st and 2nd quarter 2014 performance; Third Term Committee Programme
15 Oct 2014
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) presented its Strategic Plan for 2014 to 2019, as well as the performance against the Annual Performance Plan for Quarters 1 and 2 of the 2014/15 Financial Year. It was noted that the DSBD was a new department that had taken over certain ...