Small Business Development
10
Policy ideas
129
Meetings
5
Themes
Top themes
Green transition1
Market linkages1
Informal economy1
Cooperative economy1
Business support services1
Recent meetings
- →Brazil Study Tour Report; Committee Annual Performance Plan26 Aug 2026
- →50 Years After the Women’s March and 30 Years of Constitutional Democracy: Assessing Progress in Women-Owned Small Businesses, Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment19 Aug 2026
- →DSBD & SEDFA Q1 2026/27 Performance; Progress on Spaza Shops Support Fund and allegations12 Aug 2026
- →Stakeholder organisations representing informal traders, township enterprises, disability-owned businesses, and cooperatives24 Jun 2026
- →Briefing by Buffalo City Metro on Red Tape Reduction and Ease of Doing Business10 Jun 2026
- →Update on Northern Cape oversight recommendations implementation plan and responses from the Department and Sedfa; with Deputy Minister3 Jun 2026
- →National Treasury on draft procurement regulations, Cooperative Bank Act status, funding access initiatives supporting MSMEs, cooperatives & DSBD’s Funding Policy27 May 2026
- →DSBD & SEDFA Q4 2025/26 Performance (with Ministry)20 May 2026
- →Revised 2026/27 Annual Performance Plan of the Department of Small Business Development; revised 2026/27 Committee Budget Vote Report, with Minister15 May 2026
- →Responses outstanding from previous meeting; Small Business Development Budget Vote Report; Appointment of Small Enterprise Ombudsperson Report13 May 2026
Policy ideas
- →Just Energy Transition SMME Finance FacilityFinancial AccessProposed
- →Enterprise and Supplier Development: Corporate Linkage ProgrammeFinancial AccessProposed
- →Informal Economy Integration: Simplified Tax and Municipal Trading InfrastructureRegulatory BurdenProposed
- →Cooperative Development: Outcome-Based RedesignGovernment CapacityProposed
- →SEDA Digital Transformation and Specialist Sector HubsGovernment CapacityProposed
- →Cannabis and Hemp Industry Licensing RationalisationRegulatory BurdenProposed
- →SMME Red Tape Reduction: BizPortal and Compliance IntegrationRegulatory BurdenPartially implemented
- →SEFA Mandate Refocus: Growth-Oriented SMME FinanceFinancial AccessProposed
- →Government SMME Procurement: Enforcing the 30% Set-AsideFinancial AccessPartially implemented
- →National Small Enterprise Amendment Act: Ombud Service OperationalisationFinancial AccessPartially implemented
Data as of 2026-10-10 · latest PMG meeting 2026-10-02