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Mpumalanga- The Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu and MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism in Mpumalanga Sikhumbuzo Eric Kholwane will host the Mpumalanga Small Business and Co-operatives Summit on Tuesday.

This is part of the Mpumalanga Executive Council Outreach Programme to the eMalahleni Local Municipality scheduled for 9-11 December 2014.

Minister Lindiwe Zulu will deliver a keynote address.

The SMME conference seeks to give concrete expression to government’s commitment to priorities entrepreneurship and the advancement of Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMMEs) as a catalyst for economic development and job creation.

“It will provide participants with an opportunity to reflect on the economic potential of SMMEs as well as the key challenges confronting the sector in the province.

“The summit provides practitioners and policy-makers in the SMME sector with the opportunity to share their views and insights with the MEC and Minister on how to provide effective support to small businesses and co-operatives” departmental spokesperson Sharlene Packree said.

Minister Lindiwe Zulu says: “This conference presents national government with a platform to engage provincial stakeholders on how we can move the South African economy forward through SMME development.

“We continue to count on the collective wisdom and perspectives of our people and their organized formations” she said.

Dlamini said they are confident that this conference will help them to identify issues that must inform their strategic interventions. 

Both the national department and provincial government are confident that the summit will contribute to the alignment and co-ordination of government interventions for the benefit of small businesses and co-operatives.

A number of Development Finance Institutions have also been invited to share information relating to the services that they provide to small businesses and co-operatives.

The Summit which will be held as follows: 

Date: Tuesday, 09 December 2014 Venue: Banquet Hall, eMalahleni Municipal Offices, eMalahleni 
Time: 08:30am
-TDN
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