Hon Meshoe raised the important issue of how we can support shop owners in townships and villages, who now find themselves facing competition from enterprising foreign nationals. The Department of Trade and Industry has programmes for supporting small businesses. The statistics for the past financial year are as follows: 1 514 small, medium and micro-sized enterprises were supported through the incubator programme, 314 SMMEs were supported through the Co-operative Incentive Scheme, and 1 213 SMMEs were supported through the Black Business Supplier Development Programme.