Question NW1388 to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
20 June 2016 - NW1388
Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
Whether (a) her department and (b) all entities reporting to her are running development programmes for (i) small businesses and (ii) co-operatives; if not, why not; if so, in each case, (aa) what are the relevant details, (bb) what amount has been budgeted and (cc) how many jobs will be created through the specified development programmes in the 2016-17 financial year?
Reply:
a. The DOD currently runs the Defence Transformative Enterprise Development (DEFTED) Program through CSIR.
aa. the aim of the project is to address the defence industry transformation challenges through the development of Defence Black Industrialists. The DEFTED program will support the defence sector black industrialists and entrepreneurs with technical Human Capital Development (HCD), Technology Development (TD) and Enterprise Development (ED).
bb. For the FY2016/17 the budgeted amount is Rm50.4.
cc. A total of thirty (30) jobs have been created during the period under consideration.