Graduation ceremony of informal traders in Western Cape
Minister of Small Business Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu and Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande, will hand over certificates and equipment to informal traders as part of the department’s National Informal Business Upliftment Strategy (NIBUS) on Tuesday, 9 February in Nyanga, Cape Town.
Informal traders who will receive certificates were trained through a partnership between the Department of Small Business Development and the Wholesale and Retail SETA. The informal traders are trained on 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. Training was done in partnership with TVET colleges.
1000 informal traders were recruited across all nine provinces through the Informal Traders Upliftment Project (ITUP) as a pilot. The project goal is to identify, train, mentor and provide infrastructure support to informal traders including capacity building for Informal Trader Organizations in all nine Provinces.
Members of the media are invited to the graduation ceremony and equipment handover as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Time: 9h00 - 12h00
Venue: Zolane Community Centre, Nyanga, Cape Town.
The department is determined to support informal traders and develop them to a point where they will be able to compete with established and flourishing businesses.
RSVP:
Sharlene Packree
Department of Small Business Development
Cell: 063 292 9929
E-mail: SPackree@dsbd.gov.za
Cornelius Monama
Ministry of Small Business Development
Tel: +27 12 394 3027
Cell: +27 82 578 4063
Fax: 086 544 0931
E-mail: cmonama@dsbd.gov.za
Enquiries:
Cornelius Monama
Cell: 082 578 4063
E-mail: CMonama@dsbd.gov.za or CMonama@gmail.com
Twitter: @CMonama
