Question NW12 to the Minister of Small Business Development
10 March 2017 - NW12
America, Mr D to ask the Minister of Small Business Development
What are the full relevant details of the R15 billion spent by government departments to support small, micro and medium enterprises and co-operatives in the 2015-16 financial year, as indicated by her department’s Director-General in a presentation to the SME Policy Colloquium at Esselen Park on 27 October 2016, in terms of (a) what amount each of the departments spent and (b) what kind of support each department provided in each case?”
Reply:
The table below provides the amounts as budgeted for, for the different programmes in the different department in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period.
Spending in terms of the budgeted allocation for the current financial year will only be available after the financial year.
The table below also provides information in terms of the kind or type of support each department will provide with regard to the budgeted amounts.
|
Department |
Incentives/Initiative/Public Entity |
Briefly explain Purpose/Possible Duplication within Government |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
Total MTEF |
|
R'000 |
R'000 |
R'000 |
R'000 |
|||
|
DHS (NURCHA) |
Loans to emerging contractors |
Affordable housing development |
345 000 |
360 000 |
390 000 |
1 095 000 |
|
DHS (NURCHA) |
Loans to emerging contractors |
Infrastructure development |
180 000 |
180 000 |
270 000 |
630 000 |
|
DHS (RHLF) |
Incremental loans to retail intermediaries and CBO's for housing development in rural areas |
Rural housing financing and development |
225 000 |
277 000 |
305 400 |
807 400 |
|
DSBD |
Black Business Supplier Development Programme |
Is a cost sharing grant offered to small black-owned enterprises to help them in improving the competitiveness and sustainability |
245 000 |
256 750 |
270 953 |
772 703 |
|
DSBD |
Cooperatives Incentive Scheme |
Is a cost sharing grant offered to cooperatives to help them in improving the competitiveness and sustainability |
75 000 |
78 750 |
83 318 |
237 068 |
|
DSBD |
Industrial Development Corporation: Craft customised Sector Programme |
Establishment of a Sector Coordinating Body, Enterprise Development Programme, Establishment of Craft Hubs, Market Access and Research and Development |
10 000 |
10 000 |
10 000 |
30 000 |
|
DSBD |
National Informal Business Upliftment Scheme |
To create a conductive business environment for informal businesses and provide adequate skills and infrastructure |
95 698 |
99 406 |
103 138 |
298 242 |
|
DSBD |
Enterprise Incubation Programme |
To provide funding for incubators that can generate revenue through the provision of services and initiatives that can be self-sustainable |
46 274 |
49 665 |
54 737 |
150 676 |
|
DSBD |
Small Enterprise Development Agency |
Provides non-financial support through advice, consultancy, training, and monitoring, and assisting SMMEs with technology through the technology programme. |
633 814 |
743 132 |
786 233 |
2 163 179 |
|
DMR |
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) |
Implementation of small scale mining projects |
27 434 |
28 805 |
30 476 |
86 715 |
|
DMR |
Marginal Mines |
This entails providing subsidies to marginal mines to pump extraneous water from underground mine openings; and researching, developing and implementing strategic solutions for mine water management. |
5 275 |
5 555 |
5 877 |
16 707 |
|
Tourism |
Tourism Incentive Programme |
To assist SMMEs to participate in local and international trade exhibitions, thus creating direct linkages with international tourism companies. |
188 931 |
188 002 |
198 777 |
575 710 |
|
DST |
Technology Innovation Agency |
To support the development and commercialisation of new products from SME through the technology station and technology platform programmes |
382 364 |
396 732 |
420 322 |
1 199 418 |
|
RURAL |
Rural Enterprise and Industrial Development |
The creation of an enabling institutional environment for sustainable rural development, |
390 628 |
417 478 |
449 986 |
1 258 092 |
|
DAFF |
Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme |
Provides post settlement support to targeted beneficiaries of land reform and redistribution |
1 565 090 |
1 678 413 |
1 769 821 |
5 013 324 |
|
DAFF |
Cooperatives and Rural Enterprise Development |
Facilitates and supports the development of businesses to ensure the transformation of the agriculture, forestry and fisheries products |
120 334 |
73 119 |
74 880 |
268 333 |
|
DAFF |
Agro-processing and Marketing |
Develops and implements support programmes to promote market access and value addition for agriculture, forestry and fisheries products |
55 921 |
63 425 |
66 662 |
186 008 |
|
EDD |
Small Enterprise Finance Agency |
Focuses on developing SMMEs by providing access to finance. |
213 124 |
223 780 |
236 759 |
673 663 |
|
Total Spending on SMMEs
|
4 804 887 |
5 130 012 |
5 527 339 |
15 462 238 |