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Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development progress in aligning functions
21 Feb 2018
The Department of Small Business Development addressed the Committee on the progress it had made in aligning functions that were still located in other departments.
At the outset of the meeting, the Chairperson said that it was unacceptable that the Department’s Director General was not present, having prioritised traveling overseas ...
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Enterprise Development Fund establishment; transfer of payments: DSBD progress report; SEFA on its Business Rescue Strategy; with the Minister
14 Feb 2018
The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) admitted that it was unable to report positive progress on the establishment of the Enterprise Development Fund, as it had not obtained the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) facilitator status which it needed to establish the fund. The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) said ...
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Cooperative Bank Development Agency: Treasury progress report; Department reviewed funding models & Market Access Unit
31 Jan 2018
It was agreed to postpone next week’s meeting due to possible unavailability of the DA Members as the party and its Members would be preparing for the State of the Nation debate.
The Committee also agreed that both Vodacom and Ericson had shown gross disregard for Parliament and compromised the ...
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Committee Report on Free State oversight
22 Nov 2017
The Committee convened to consider and adopt its Report on the August 2017 Free State Oversight Visit.
As the Committee Chairperson had tendered apologies for the meeting, Mr X Mabasa (ANC) was elected to chair the meeting.
The Content Advisor took the Committee though the report by explaining and highlighting ...
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Department of Small Business Development remedial plans on Oversight Reports Recommendations
15 Nov 2017
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) presented its remedial plans in response to the recommendations contained in the Portfolio Committee’s (PC’s) reports, following oversight visits conducted in KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
The Committee’s key recommendations were that the Department should:
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Department of Small Business Development Quarter 1 & 2 performance
8 Nov 2017
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) reported it had achieved 75.5% of its targets during the first quarter of 2016/17, which was a big improvement compared to the 51.6% achievement during the same period a year ago. Areas of under-performance were mainly the result of a lack of personnel, ...
Small Business Development
Elbowing small enterprises by big companies: Huawei, Cell C, Telkom, MTN, Vodacom, Ericsson; with Minister
25 Oct 2017
Document Presented:
Brief by Portfolio Committee on Small Business development on economic transformation [awaited]
The Committee on Small Business Development met to discuss feedback on non-payment of Boniswa Corporate Solutions invoices by Cell C; maintenance of contracts between big business Ericsson and small businesses Neala Trading Company and Mobile Diesel ...
Small Business Development
Small Business Development BRRR; DSBD remedial plans & 400 cooperatives status report, with Deputy Minister
18 Oct 2017
The Committee considered and adopted the Small Business Development Budgetary Review Recommendations Report.
Members agreed to add the following in the report:
Small Business Development
Small Enterprise Finance Agency internal audit outcomes and litigation matters
13 Sep 2017
The Committee received presentations from three small enterprises, headed by black women, who had experienced some challenges because of their interactions with the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA), and claimed that approaching the Committee was an option of last resort because they were all doing very badly as a result ...
Small Business Development
Telkom, Huawei vs Screamer Solutions: elbowing small enterprises by big companies
6 Sep 2017
The Committee commenced the meeting by deliberating on the behaviour of senior officials of the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD). was noted with dismay by the Chairperson, as well as by other Members, that DSBD officials had not complied with deadlines set by the Committee in respect of a ...