Question NW888 to the Minister of Small Business Development
19 April 2017 - NW888
Kruger, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Small Business Development
Whether she is aware of any excessive regulations and/or red tape due to the delayed finalisation of land transfers for the Grabouw Investment Initiative that is preventing the development of small business opportunities in the Theewaterskloof Local Municipality; if so, what steps will her department take to ensure that the project continues in order to create jobs?”
Reply:
The Department of Small Business development (DSBD) Red Tape Reduction (RTR) Programme initially targeted twelve municipalities in six provinces country wide. The Red Tape Reduction programme was informed by the results of the 2011/12 National Red Tape Reduction Pilot. The municipalities that participated in this national red tape reduction action plans were viz;
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Provinces |
Municipalities |
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(i) Eastern Cape |
Buffalo City |
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(ii) Eastern Cape |
Lukhanji |
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(iii) Limpopo |
Elias Motsoaledi |
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(iv) Limpopo |
Ephraim Mogale |
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(v) KwaZulu-Natal |
Greater Kokstad |
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(vi) KwaZulu-Natal |
UMzimkhulu |
|
(vii) Northern Cape |
Khara Hais |
|
(viii) Northern Cape |
Sol Plaatjie |
|
(ix) North West |
Moses Kotane |
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(x) North West |
Moretele |
|
(xi) Free State |
Matjhabeng |
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(xii) Free State |
Maluti-A-Phofung |
The Western Cape, Mpumalanga and Gauteng Provinces are currently not part of this initiative. Theewaterskloof Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province was therefore, not part of the initial pilot stage. The current plan of the Department of Small Business Development is to revisit all the piloted municipalities to assess the progress made in relation to the major red tape issues identified. The DSBD has already started with the first phase of the Red Tape Reduction programme by assessing the implementation of the red tape reduction guidelines to four municipalities (Greater Kokstad and UMzimkhulu in KZN and Matjhabeng and Maluti-A-Phofung in FS) from twelve piloted municipalities.