showcasing and networking event program
10 March 2009
Theme: True change comes from within
12 and 13 March 2009, Ingwenyama Lodge, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
Registration and tea: 07h30 to 09h00
Day 1:
Session one: 09h00 to 11h00
Welcome: Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture and Land Administration
Opening Address: Director-General Ms Njabulo Nduli
Status: AgriBEE â development process (Chief Director: Livelihoods Development
Support, Department of Agriculture (DoA))
Overview: Showcasing for AgriBEE (Directorate: Business and Entrepreneurial
Development Department of Agriculture (DoA))
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) implementation framework,
verification and the AgriBEE: the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Questions and discussions
11h30 to 12h00: Tea
Session two â 12h00 to 13h30
Panel Discussion: Mr B Dhulani Uvimba
Topic: Funding Support for AgriBEE (presentations by various funding
institutions, banks) â participation from Industrial Development Corporation
(IDC) â Mr R Coetzee, Khula â Mr S Naidoo, Commercial Banks, Land Bank, other
funding programs etc.
Questions and discussions
13h30 to 14:30: Lunch
Session three â Breakaway Commissions: 14h30 to 16:30
Commission 1: Enterprise Development Support
Presenter: Mr Williams Empowerment Services
(Chair: Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA))
Commission 2: Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Scorecard: Role of
Verification Agencies
Presenter: the DTI
(Chair: Ms M Ramabenyane Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture)
Commission 3: Access to market opportunities: AgriBEE integrated funding
business case
Presenter: Mr M Fick IMPEC Ostrich
(Chair: Mr H Mohane, National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC))
Commission 4: Stakeholder partnerships models
Presenter: Prof Wessels, University of Free State (UFS)/Accelerated and Shared
Growth Initiative (AsgiSA) and Dr J Purchase, Agricultural Business
Chamber
(Chair: Ms V Titi, DoA)
16h30: End of day 1 announcements
Day 2:
Session four: 09h00 to 12h30
Recap: Day 1 Program Director
Plenary report back from the four commissions - Chairs
Presentations:
* Provincial showcase: Empowerment efforts Mpumalanga Province
(Presenter: Mpumalanga â industry empowerment initiative)
* Summation: Provincial AgriBEE project profiles
* Black Economic Empowerment: lessons from other sector charters'
implementation (Mr V Jack Chairman: Empowerdex)
Questions and discussions
Summary and remarks
Closure
Fourth Annual AgriBEE showcasing and networking event
12 March 2009, Ingwenyama Lodge, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
Theme: True change comes from within
Gala dinner program 19h00 to 22h00
Programme Director: Mr S Galane
Welcome and introduction: MEC for Agriculture and Land Administration,
Honourable Mr Mabuza
Entertainment
Keynote address: Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs, Honourable
Minister L Xingwana
Entertainment
Vote of thanks: Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Land AffairsDr Dirk du
Toit
Issued by: Department of Agriculture
10 March 2009
