2020-w864 - 04 June 2020

Hendrik Christiaan Crafford Krüger to ask the Minister of Communications & Digital Technologies:

1) Whether her department will offer any form of Covid-19 financial and/or other relief to small businesses; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; 2) Whether the Covid-19 financial and/or other relief will only be allocated to qualifying small businesses according to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, Act 53 of 2003, as amended; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what statutory grounds and/or provisions does she or her department rely to allocate Covid-19 financial or other relief only to small businesses according to the specified Act and (b) what form of Covid-19 financial or other relief, if any, will be made available to other small businesses? (NW1071E)

Reply from the Minister of Communications & Digital Technologies: on 4 Jun 2020

I have been advised as follows:

1.No, the department does not offer financial assistance and/or other relief to small businesses. The department has not budgeted for such.

2. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa [ICASA], an entity of the department, has written to licensees in an effort to ensure that they make communication services available to all South Africans. ICASA provided concessions ...

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