Question NW2009 to the Minister of Small Business Development

Reply:

I have been advised as follows:

a) As at 30 April 2023, the total outstanding Spaza Shops Support Programme (SSSP) beneficiaries who had not yet received the additional R7 000 grant were 504 nationally. During the month of May 2023, 426 beneficiaries of SSSP received their additional R7 000, and this has been confirmed with Nedbank. This means that to date only 78 beneficiaries are yet to receive their additional R7000 grant and the process to disburse these funds is underway.

b) Provincial breakdown of SSSP performance

Spaza Shop Support Programme Provincial budget allocation
Province	SPAZAS & General Dealers Per Province	Budget Rands	No . of approvals R3500	No . of approvals R10500	No. of top ups R7000	Amount committed to Spazas (R)	Budget balance (R)
Total EC	3 200	11 222 445	716	44	662	7 602 000	3 620 445
Total FS	1 430	5 015 030	232	107	205	3 370 500	1 644 530
Total GP	5 370	18 832 665	322	375	299	7 157 500	11 675 165
Total KZN	5 000	17 535 070	2473	269	2256	27 272 000	- 9 736 930
Total LP	2 690	9 433 868	1224	121	1125	13 429 500	- 3 995 632
Total MP	2 110	7 399 800	197	71	157	2 534 000	4 865 800
Total NC	840	2 945 892	72	48	70	1 246 000	1 699 892
Total NW	1 840	6 452 906	105	30	88	1 298 500	5 154 406
Total WC	2 470	8 662 325	99	55	74	1 442 000	7 220 325
TOTAL	24 950	87 500 000	5 440	1 120	4 936	65 352 000	22 148 000

It should be noted that the 426 beneficiaries that received the additional R7 000 in May 2023 are yet to be added to sefaLAS (sefa’s loan electronic system). The system periodically runs updates and the updated information should be available by mid-June 2023.