Official source
Source domain: dsbd.gov.za
Collected on 6 August 2026
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What this means
This is the official Annual Report of the Department of Small Business Development for the 2018/19 financial year. It details the department's performance, including achievements in supporting SMMEs and cooperatives through agencies like Seda and SEFA, audit outcomes, human resources data, financial statements, and strategic priorities. The report highlights a key focus on reducing red tape, improving coordination between agencies, and launching integrated service platforms like the One-Stop-SMME portal.
Facts
Places
Mpumalanga, Northern Cape
Amounts
R 549 000 000, R 482 000 000, R 897 000 000
Key Takeaways
- 2018/19
- Department of Small Business Development
- unqualified audit opinion
- Seda
- SEFA
- R549 million to rural enterprises
- R482 million to women-owned businesses
- R897 million to black-owned enterprises
- 30 municipalities assisted with Red Tape Reduction Programme
- One-Stop-SMME platform (to launch 2019/20)
- Blended finance model for SMME funding
- One-Hundred-Thousand-Young-Entrepreneurs programme
- Over R840 million transferred to Seda
- R350 million used internally for grants
- 50.5% under-expenditure on Co-operatives Incentive Scheme
- Mpumalanga and Northern Cape supported in developing provincial co-operative strategies
- Department of Small Business Development
- Seda
- SEFA
- Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni
- Deputy Minister Rosemary Capa
- Acting Director-General Lindokuhle Mkhumane
- Auditor-General of South Africa
- Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development
- National Treasury
- National Development Plan (NDP)
- Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF)
- Co-operatives Amendment Act (No. 6 of 2013)
- Co-operatives Strategy (2012)