Minister Ntshavheni will use the platform to inform Parliament and society at large on how the department has been able to support and empower SMMEs and Co-operatives in the previous financial year but also how resources will be allocated for the next financial year with the sole purpose of improving the economic standing of South African entrepreneurs.

The budget speech will further unpack new developments and strategies on economic reconstruction and recovery in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Members of the media are invited as follows:

Date:  Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Time:  14h00

Venue:   Parliament virtual sitting

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Issued by: Department of Small Business Development

Enquiries:

Ms. Moira Mogomotsi

Mobile: 082 749 1558

E-mail: Media@dsbd.gov.za