Deputy Speaker, the work of the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development is cast in great clarity and we, therefore, expect that the department will shoot through all cylinders.
The committee, having assessed the work of the department and its entities, recommended that the review of the National Small Enterprise Act of 1996 must be accelerated and tabled to the committee in line with the Department
of Small Business Development's annual performance plan, 2019-20. And that the department should consider enhancing the role of Small Enterprise Development Agency, Seda, in the adjudication, allocation and monitoring processes of the incentive schemes.
Tshepo Dishodu from Matatiele follows the work of this Parliament and its committee with great interest. He is watching us right now. Tshepo runs a small community tourism trust in the rural-flung areas of Matatiele. The Mehloding Tourism Trust runs a hiking enterprise for the local tourists, which provides accommodation resorts for the local tourists in the Eastern Cape. His enterprise has elevated the pulse of tourism footprints in the area. It has created entrepreneurial opportunities for the local youth.
The Mehloding Tourism Trust is, however, underfunded. Structural handicaps and barriers to entry are not the only markers stifling the growth of small and medium- sized enterprises in the area.
In our view, funding is the greatest improvement to enterprise development [Time expired.] Thank you very much. The AIC supports the Bill.