Department of Small Business Development continues to empower informal businesses in KZN
The Department of Small Business Development will continue to hand over tools and equipment to informal business owners in the KwaZulu Natal Province. The recipients are part of the 7848 applicants who applied for the Department’s Informal and Micro Enterprise Development Programme (IMEDP) throughout the country.
The Informal and Micro Enterprise Development Programme unlocks the potential of informal traders by creating an enabling environment which allows them to sustain their respective businesses and evolve into thriving entrepreneurs that will participate meaningfully in the mainstream economy.
The IMEDP supports Informal and Micro Enterprises by providing them with operational support equipment to the maximum value of R10, 000.00 per beneficiary. It further provides qualifying entrepreneurs with basic business management training followed by a 100% grant for the acquisition of basic equipment and tools.
The Department of Small Business Development recognizes the importance of the informal sector in achieving radical economic transformation and it will continue to drive the empowerment of informal businesses as they make a significant impact in reducing poverty, inequality and unemployment in South Africa.
The Department will be handing over equipment to eligible beneficiaries at various ceremonies and members of the media are invited as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Time: 15:00 – 17:00
Venue: Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality, Hluhluwe
Date: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Time: 09:00 – 13:00
Venue: Jozini Local Municipality Library Circle
Date: Thursday, 20 December 2018
Time: 12:00 – 14:00
Venue: Durban City Hall, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
Enquiries:
Cornelius Monama
Cell: 060 960 3158
Email: CMonama@dsbd.gov.za
Rsvp:
Silondiwe Hadebe
Cell: 063 685 9691
Email: SHadebe@dsbd.gov.za
