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Small Business Development
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 ...
Small Business Development
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 ...
Small Business Development
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 ...
Small Business Development
Committee Report on Small Business Development Budget
4 May 2016
The Chairperson took the Members to page 41 to revisit the Recommendations made by the Committee in relation to the Committee’s observations. Members recommended a report back on outstanding issues related to the Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo report; an adequate answer on the now discontinued process to appoint members for the ...
Small Business Development
Committee Report on Small Business Development Budget
20 Apr 2016
Documents handed out:
Committee Report on Small Business Development Budget
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Members of the Committee raised questions of clarity regarding the consistency, grammar, and targets set by the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD), and made some ...
Small Business Development
Committee Report on Small Business Development Budget
13 Apr 2016
Documents handed out:
Committee Report on Small Business Development Budget
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Small Business Development Portfolio Committee met for consideration and adoption of the Committee Strategic Plan and Budget Vote Report. During consideration of the Strategic Plan, the ...
Small Business Development
Strategic Plan of the Portfolio Committee: consideration
7 Apr 2016
The Committee Content Advisor presented the draft strategic objectives to the Committee. The draft included strategic objectives that were recommended and deliberated on by Committee Members at a strategic planning workshop earlier this year. At the workshop Members developed strategies for a sound vision, mission and strategic plan that should ...
Small Business Development
Small Enterprise Development Agency on its Programmes Review results & Annual Performance Plans
6 Apr 2016
The Chief Executive Officer of the Small Enterprise Development Agency reported on the organisation’s Annual Performance Plan and its Review of Non-Financial Support Programmes. The Agency’s programmes were structured to drive towards increase in turnover, increase in the number of people employed and a reduction in the mortality rate of ...
Small Business Development
Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa) on its 2016-2020 Corporate Plan
16 Mar 2016
The CEO reported on the five programmes established by sefa in order to intensify the development of SMMEs and cooperatives which included: Access to finance to SMMEs and cooperatives; Post Investment Management; Building an efficient and effective sefa that is performance driven and sustainable; Building a strong and effective sefa ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on its 2016 Strategic and Annual Performance Plan
15 Mar 2016
The Committee was briefed on the strategic plan of the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) and budget. The role of the DSBD was quite extensively set out, with the emphasis on its mandate to jump start the economy to ensure that small businesses reach their maximum potential to develop ...