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 Sector Education and Training Authority (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 Organisations in all nine Provinces.
Members of the media are invited to the graduation ceremony and equipment handover as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Venue: Zolane Community Centre, Nyanga, Cape Town
Time: 9h00 to 12h00
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.
Enquiries:
Cornelius Monama
Cell: 082 578 4063
E-mail: CMonama@dsbd.gov.za / CMonama@gmail.com
Twitter: @CMonama
RSVP:
Sharlene Packree
Cell: 063 292 9929
E-mail: SPackree@dsbd.gov.za
