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Small Business Development
Incubators, Network Facilitators, Service Providers, Gazelles impact on beneficiaries & jobs creation: DSBD briefing
13 Jun 2018
The Department of Small Business Development (the Department) briefed the Committee on incubators supported by the Department, Network Facilitators, Service Providers and Gazelles working with the Department in support of enterprises and cooperatives, the developmental status of beneficiaries and impact on job creation. The brief focused on the Enterprise Incubator ...
Small Business Development
Minister response to Committee recommendations
30 May 2018
The Minister of Small Business and Development briefed the Committee on four recommendations contained in the 2018 budget vote report. She had been requested to appear before the Committee to explain in detail the procedure followed, and the appropriate corrective measures she would pursue against the Director General (DG) for ...
Small Business Development
Abalimi Primary Cooperatives: Department progress report, with Deputy Minister
23 May 2018
The Department of Small Business Development briefed the Committee on progress in the implementation of remedial actions for Abalimi Primary Cooperatives and the status of development of the cooperatives.
The Department had conducted consultation meetings with all districts having the jurisdiction to secure transversal agreements. Other government departments had participated ...
Small Business Development
SEFA & SEDA Quarter 3 performance
16 May 2018
The Minister of Small Business and Development introduced the work of the Small Enterprise Finance Agency and the Small Enterprise Development Agency and spoke briefly before leaving for another meeting. In her opening remarks, the Minister stated that the department and entities had been working together and had been speaking ...
Small Business Development
DSBD budget: Committee Report
9 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to continue its interrogation of the draft report on the Department of Small Business Development’s (DSBD’s) Budget Vote 31, focusing on the report’s recommendations. Although it deliberated thoroughly on the recommendations, it did not adopt the draft report as the Department had not yet presented its ...
Small Business Development
Committee Report on DSBD Budget
2 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development met to enable Members to interrogate the draft report on the Department of Small Business Development’s Budget Vote 31 for the first time. Due to the absence of some Members the Acting Chairperson had to co-opt members of other committees for the meeting ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development & SEDA & SEFA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
25 Apr 2018
The Department of Small Business Development briefed the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development on its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plans and budget.
In order to be more effectively geared for roles it must play going forward to lead the construction of a vibrant and agile small business ecosystem, the Department ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development Annual Performance Plan: DPSA & DPME analysis
18 Apr 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) on the annual performance plan of the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD).
The DPSA outlined the background and progress that had been made in the establishment of an organisational structure for the DSBD, which had become ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development Quarter 3 performance; with Deputy Minister
14 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of Small Business Development to discuss the Department’s quarter 3 annual performance report. There was not enough time for the Department and the Portfolio Committee to engage about SEDA and SEFA and the Committee decided to move the discussion with the entities to ...
Small Business Development
R1,5 billion private sector support of small businesses: Department on its involvement
7 Mar 2018
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) met with the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development to give a briefing on its involvement in R1.5 billion private sector initiatives in support of small businesses as per resolution 68. Resolution 68 stated that the Department should use its transversal mandate agreement ...