Minister Zulu boosts informal business sector
As part of the National Imbizo Focus Week, Minister of Small Business Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu will, on Tuesday, 8 December 2015, award certificates to 91 informal traders who successfully completed their business training programme. Minister Zulu and leaders from the Free State provincial and local government will also engage with informal traders and other entrepreneurs in an imbizo session.
Informal traders who will receive certificates were offered training on entrepreneurship through a partnership between the Department of Small Business Development, the provincial department and the Wholesale and Retail SETA. They were trained in Introduction to entrepreneurship; Advertising and Promotion; Customer care and service; Basic financial management; Purchasing skills; Legal issues i.e. by-laws and compliance, among others.
Minister Lindiwe Zulu said: “This initiative is part of the National Informal Business Upliftment Strategy which seeks to create a conducive environment for informal business to participate in the mainstream economy. This training project is one of the ways through which government supports informal businesses in the interest of job creation and economic growth”.
The project goal is to identify, train, mentor and provide infrastructure support to 1000 informal traders including capacity building for Informal Trader Organizations in all nine Provinces over 18 months.
Members of the media are invited to the graduation ceremony and imbizo programme which will be held as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Time: 10h00
Venue: Ferdi Meyer Hall, Corner Tulburgh and Stateway Road, Civic Centre, WELKOM, Free State
The department will, during this occasion, also hand over equipment to informal traders which will enable them to sustain their businesses.
Enquiries:
Cornelius Tanana Monama
Cell: 082 578 4063
Email: CMonama@dsbd.gov.za / CMonama@gmail.com
