THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
884.
Mr G G Hill-Lewis (DA) to ask the Minister of Small Business Development:
(1) Whether her department or the entities reporting to her provides any type of sponsorships; if
not, what is her department’s position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the details of each
sponsorship, (b) what is the value of each sponsorship, (c) when were each of these
sponsorship deals undertaken and (d) when will each of the sponsorship deals end;
(2) whether her department or any of the entities reporting to her intends to enter into any type
of sponsorship deal or contract in the (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 financial years; if not, why
not; if so, (i) with whom will each sponsorship deal or contract be made, (ii) what will the terms
of each of the sponsorship deals or contracts be, (iii) when will each of the sponsorship deals or
contracts (aa) commence and (bb) end and (iv) what is the value of each of the sponsorship
deals or contracts? NW1033E
REPLY:
(1) The Department of Small Business Development does not provide any sponsorship, and the
Department does not have a position with regards to sponsorships.
The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda):
(a) During the 2014/15 period, Seda’s Corporate Communications and Marketing unit cosponsored the Small Business Development Policy Colloquium.
(b) The sponsorship was valued at R 50 000.00.
(c) The Small Business Development Policy Colloquium took place from the 21 – 23 October
214.
(d) The sponsorship deal was a once off sponsorship for above-mentioned Colloquium.
The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa) is involved in sponsorships related to the
development of SMMEs. In this regard, sefa is guided by its Sponsorships Policy which
entails that the sponsorship will be focused on supporting SMME related events.
(a) The following are details of the events which the organisation has supported in the 2014/15
financial year.
Name of the organization
University of Johannesburg
Mitchells Plain Skills Centre
Launch
ABSIP
Small Business Workshop in
Soweto
Anglo American 5th Annual
Enterprise Development
Conference
First Annual Khayelitsha
Entrepreneurship Expo
Entrepreneurs Expo
SEA Africa( Global
Entrepreneurship Week)
NYDA
University of Limpopo
Small Business Development
Institute
Reason for sponsorship
The agency sponsored the
Entrepreneurs Investment Conference
aimed at stimulating innovations and
educating entrepreneurs
sefa sponsored this event to facilitate
the launch of a skills centre in Mitchell’s
Plain
This was an event to recognize and
honor the success of black investment
and securities professionals in their
respective areas of specialties and in the
financial services.
This event was aimed at engaging small
businesses in Soweto regarding sefa
products.
The agency supported the Anglo
American 5th Annual Enterprise
Development Conference which is
aimed at supporting sustainable
entrepreneurship.
The agency sponsored the first annual
Khayelitsha Entrepreneurship Expo to
showcase its products to the township
communities.
sefa bought an exhibition stand at this
event to showcase its products to
entrepreneurs in Western Cape
This was an annual global
entrepreneurship event which attracted
the South African young entrepreneurs
to discuss future of entrepreneurship
and innovation.
As part of partnership between sefa and
NYDA the agency supported the NYDA
Summit aimed at providing a platform for
youth organizations to share
perspectives in development
programmes and activities.
The agency sponsored the 3rd prize for
the Business Plan competition at the
University of Limpopo. This initiative was
aimed at encouraging student to become
entrepreneurs.
The policy conference was aimed at
providing a platform to enable SA to
develop National Small Business
Development Master Plan in line with the
National Development Plan.
Ebonoko Foundation
Creative Space Partnership
Northern Cape Province BRICS
Expo & International Trade &
Tourism Conference
Youth Chamber of Commerce
and Industry
This was a business seminar aimed at
connecting students who are in business
with mentors
The creative space partnership was an
enterprise development event which
sefa supported to stimulate the
development of small businesses.
sefa bought an exhibition space at the
Brics event in Northern Cape. This event
was organized by the Northern Cape
government to showcase its investment
opportunities.
sefa sponsored the National Youth in
Business Breakfast event aimed at
empowering the youth entrepreneurs.
(b). The values of the sponsorships undertaken.
Name of the organization
Amount
University of Johannesburg
R 20 000
Mitchell’s Plain Skills Centre Launch
R 11 000
ABSIP
R 50 000
Anglo American
R 50 000
Soweto Small Business Workshop
R 50 000
First Annual Khayelitsha Entrepreneurship
Expo
Entrepreneur Expo
R 27 000
SEA Africa
R 50 000
NYDA
Ebonoko Foundation
R15 000
R 50 000
Small Business Development Institute
R 50 000
Creative Space Partnership
R 50 000
Northern Cape Province BRICS Expo &
International Trade & Tourism Conference
Youth Chamber of Commerce and
Industry
R 48 000
(c) The following are the dates of all the sponsored events
R 25 000
R29 000
Name of the organization
Date
University of Johannesburg
26-27 March 2014
Mitchell’s Plain Skills Centre Launch
15 April 2014
ABSIP
25 September 2014
Anglo American
14 October 2014
First Annual Khayelitsha Entrepreneurship
Expo
23-24 October 2014
Entrepreneur Expo
18-19 October 2014
Soweto Small Business Workshop
25 August 2014
SEA Africa
18-21 November 2014
NYDA
27-30 November 2014
Ebonoko Foundation
29 November 2014
Small Business Development Institute
21-23 October 2014
Creative Space Partnership
07 October 2014
Northern Cape Province BRICS Expo &
International Trade & Tourism Conference
Youth Chamber of Commerce and Industry
29-31 October 2014
Date to be confirmed
(e) The contracts end as per the agreed time, based on the assessment of each request.
2. The Department of Small Business Development does not intend to enter into any type of
sponsorship deal or contract in (a) 2015/16 and (b) 2016/17 because it does not have a
sponsorship policy.
The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda):
Seda will only support activities and programmes that are relevant to its mandate and that of the
department, and also based also on the availability of the funds in (a) 2015/16 and (b) 2016/17.
The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa):
(a) Yes, sefa intends to continue supporting activities and programmes that promote SMME in
the 2015/16 financial years.
(b) Yes, sefa intends to continue supporting activities and programmes that promote SMME in
the 2016/17 financial years.
(i) No decision has been taken yet, as requests are considered on the basis of their relevance to the
mandate of the institution.
(ii) The key criteria for sponsorship is that it must be an SMME supporting activity and/ or
programme and the primary condition is that sefa must be given a platform to engage the
participating SMMEs.
(iii) In the new financial year sefa will consider requests for sponsorships as and when received, or
when the organization sees an opportunity to showcase its products to SMMEs.
(aa) The new sponsorship requests will be considered in the new financial year.
(bb) The sponsorships will be considered for the financial year.
(iv) The maximum sponsorship amount is R50 000.