KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO THE 2022/23 CO-OPERATIVE BANKING SECTOR INDABA  BY MINISTER STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS 

23 NOVEMBER 2022 

Small Business Development Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will be handing over business equipment to 24 mostly women owned small business beneficiaries at the Esincedeni Elderly Centre in Freedom Park, Soweto on Saturday 19 November 2022.

Let me start by saying that the Inaugural Presidential Awards on Sunday evening and the National SMME and Co-operatives Summit over the past two days have been a resounding

Opening speech by Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams at the National SMMEs and Co-operatives Summit.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE MINISTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MS STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS (MP), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SMALL ENTERPRISE AND CO-OPERATIVES POLICY DIALOGUE

Minister for Small Business Development Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams and Deputy Minister Sidumo Dlamini handed over equipment and working material as part of the Department's Informal Micro Enterprise Development Programme and Point of Sales equipment in Ugu District, KwaZulu-Natal. The total of 36 small businesses from rural and township areas operating in various sectors such spaza shops, clothing , textile, tshisanyama, butcheries , personal care, salons and automotive were supported.

The Department of Small Business Development is an equal opportunity & affirmative action employer. It is the DSBD’s intention to promote representativity (race, gender, youth & disability). The candidature of persons whose transfer/promotion/appointment will promote representativity will receive preference.