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France-South Africa Friendship Group on bilateral relations, cooperation at parliamentary level and tourism meeting
11 May 2017
The Committee with met with the France-South Africa Friendship to discuss bilateral relations, cooperation at parliamentary level and tourism. It was noted that South Africa and France enjoyed a cordial and mutually beneficial relationship and that this engagement will help to strengthen ties between the two countries. Members of the ...
Small Business Development
Committee Report on Department of Small Business Development Budget; Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill: consideration
10 May 2017
Document handed out: Committee Report on Department of Small Business Development Budget [available once published Tabled Committee Reports]
The Committee convened to consider its report on the Department of Small Business Development’s (DSBD’s) Budget Vote for 2017/18, and the implications of proceeding with the Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill.
The ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development, SEFA and SEDA Annual Performance Plan
3 May 2017
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) presented its 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan. The Department has been undergoing a structural organisational change as a result of the DPME and National Treasury’s proposal to change its strategic approach to its mandate. This triggered a new structure which will now focus on ...
Tourism
Auditor General on assurance assessment criteria for 2016/17
3 May 2017
The Office of the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the assurance assessment criteria for the 2016/17 financial year.
The first level of assurance was management assurance ie senior management, accounting officers and the executive authority. The second level of assurance was oversight assurance ie coordinating/monitoring institutions, internal ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development restructuring: AGSA, DPME, FFC, DPSA input
2 May 2017
AGSA laid out the criteria that it will use to carry out the 2016/17 audit of the department. It did not provide any specific audit related information because the audit will commence only in July. Once the audit is completed, the AG will return in September to report on its ...
Small Business Development
Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill consideration of submissions; Alignment of Cooperatives Model with support services briefing
23 Mar 2017
Alignment of Cooperatives Model with support services
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) briefed the Committee on the progress made in terms of the remedial action plan presented to the Committee on 7 December 2016 and to report on aligning support services to the model of developing the Abalimi ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on its Quarter 3 performance
22 Mar 2017
The Department highlighted to the Committee that in the third quarter, programme 1 performed well achieving 78.6% or 11 of its 14 planned quarterly targets; and has spent 59.9% of its budget by 31 December 2016. With programme 2, it achieved 90% of its 10 quarterly targets. The policy and ...
Small Business Development
Community Economic Development model through cooperatives development; oversight visit to KZN
8 Mar 2017
The draft report on the Committee’s oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) was presented for consideration, and all the Members agreed that it was an accurate record of the visit. Some words and phrases were changed for the document to be consistent with the content of the visit. It had been ...
Small Business Development
Socio-Economic Impact Assesment System: Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation briefing
22 Feb 2017
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation informed the Committee that the National Development Plan, Medium Term Strategic Framework and Outcome 4 priorities included a reduction in the burden placed on inclusive growth resulting from unintended consequences of government actions as well as inefficient and/or inappropriate regulations. There was a need ...
Small Business Development
Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill: Department Response; Process of establishing the National Small Business Council: update
15 Feb 2017
The Department of Small Business Development briefed the Committee on its perspective on the Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill.
Red tape continues to be a challenge in South Africa even in business registration. It takes 43 days in SA to register a business, even though the country has moved from ...