Speaker, of the issues that were mentioned in the question, the issue of company registration falls under the Department of Trade and Industry. Company registration will be considerably simplified and the regulatory burden accordingly greatly reduced when the new Companies Act comes into force. The target date that we have set for this is April next year.
The process of drafting regulations which will give effect to the new Companies Act of 2008 has been finalised and they will be published during the course of this month. A rectified Bill to deal with a few errors and omissions in the original Act is also being presented to Parliament.
The new Act, as I said, will considerably simplify company registration processes, reduce the cost of registering companies, and this will benefit small businesses, among others. Furthermore, there is a process to create an integrated business register to reduce the regulatory burden and facilitate efficient registration of businesses. The question of zoning business activity is a matter that falls under the responsibility of municipalities. Thank you.