The Department of Small Business development (DSBD) Red Tape Reduction (RTR) Programme initially targeted twelve municipalities in six provinces country wide. The Red Tape Reduction programme was informed by the results of the 2011/12 National Red Tape Reduction Pilot. The municipalities that participated in this national red tape reduction action plans were viz;
Provinces |
Municipalities |
(i) Eastern Cape |
Buffalo City |
(ii) Eastern Cape |
Lukhanji |
(iii) Limpopo |
Elias Motsoaledi |
(iv) Limpopo |
Ephraim Mogale |
(v) KwaZulu-Natal |
Greater Kokstad |
(vi) KwaZulu-Natal |
UMzimkhulu |
(vii) Northern Cape |
Khara Hais |
(viii) Northern Cape |
Sol Plaatjie |
(ix) North West |
Moses Kotane |
(x) North West |
Moretele |
(xi) Free State |
Matjhabeng |
(xii) Free State |
Maluti-A-Phofung |
The Western Cape, Mpumalanga and Gauteng Provinces are currently not part of this initiative. Theewaterskloof Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province was therefore, not part of the initial pilot stage. The current plan of the Department of Small Business Development is to revisit all the piloted municipalities to assess the progress made in relation to the major red tape issues identified. The DSBD has already started with the first phase of the Red Tape Reduction programme by assessing the implementation of the red tape reduction guidelines to four municipalities (Greater Kokstad and UMzimkhulu in KZN and Matjhabeng and Maluti-A-Phofung in FS) from twelve piloted municipalities.