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Small Business Development
Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) workshop report; Fourth Term Committee Programme
2 Nov 2016
Documents handed out
Adoption of the Fourth Term Committee Programme
Consideration and adoption of minutes
Consideration of the DFI’s workshop report
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
Members discussed the Fourth Term Committee programme and noted that there was insufficient time to embark on annual oversight ...
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Committee Minutes
26 Oct 2016
The Committee met to consider and adopt all outstanding minutes. Members made minor changes to all 12 documents before adopting them.
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Small Business Development Budget Review and Recommendations Report
21 Oct 2016
2016 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
Members went through its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report for the Department of Small Business Development once again to ensure that all the proposed changes have been made. The DA complained that their previous comments and input were not reflected in the ...
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Small Business Development Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report, with Deputy Minister present
19 Oct 2016
Members met to discuss its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report for the Department of Small Business Development. Members corrected several minor errors in the document. Comments were made about political uncertainty in the country; legislation that is directly affecting the mandate of the Department; and the impact of the Department ...
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Small Enterprise Development Agency on its 2015/16 Annual Report, in presence of Deputy Minister
13 Oct 2016
Small Enterprise Development Agency Annual Report
The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) presented its 2015/16 Annual Report to the Committee, in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Small Business Development. Seda looked primarily at inclusive growth, prioritising women, black, youth and people with disabilities. Its mission statement noted that ...
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Department of Small Business Development & SEFA on their 2015/16 Annual Reports, in presence of Deputy Minister
12 Oct 2016
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) , in the presence of the Deputy Minister, presented its Annual Report for 2015/16, followed by the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa) which similarly presented its report. The Deputy Minister gave a very brief introduction. The Department noted that it ...
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Department of Small Business Development 2015/16 performance with Auditor-General
11 Oct 2016
The Committee decided that this meeting would be regarded as an informal one with no decisions taken, in view of the fact that most Members and the Chairperson could not attend. The Auditor-General South Africa briefed the Committee on the overall audit results of the Department of Small Business Development ...
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Vodacom & Ericsson on participation opportunities for previously disadvantaged people in telecommunications
31 Aug 2016
Vodacom South Africa briefed the Committee on the transformation agenda of its company. The presentation explained the ownership percentages with 13.91% under the South African Government and 21.09% being black ownership. The majority of the shares are owned by the Vodafone group which is one of the largest global telecommunications ...
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Committee Minutes: consideration in vernacular
24 Aug 2016
Members elected an opposition member as acting Chairperson and proceeded to discuss the minutes in their various mother tongues. The Acting Chairperson tried to stop the members from engaging in what he termed a "petty and immature political meme" but the majority of Members would not stop. The Committee secretary ...
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Department of Small Business Development on its Quarter 4 performance
25 May 2016
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) briefed the Portfolio Committee on its fourth quarter Performance Report 2015/16.A summary of the entire year was shown on a bar graph, which showed that quarter 1 was better than subsequent years. The DG highlighted its 50% female representation achievement at senior management ...