Picture: The Deputy Minister of Small Business Development, Dipuo Peters
By OBAKENG MAJE
The Deputy Minister for Small Business Development, Dipuo Peters will hand over equipment to informal business owners in Pampierstad, Northern Cape today. Peters is expected to lead a delegation of senior officials and program managers from the Department of Small Business Development to hand over machinery and equipment to informal business owners.
“The Informal and Micro Enterprises Development Programme (IMEDP) provides developmental support to small businesses that are mostly operating in townships and rural areas of South Africa.
“The initiative is a nationwide trajectory striving to accelerate the growth of informal and micro enterprises by improving their competitiveness and sustainability to become formal businesses in the mainstream economy. He added that the focus is mainly on designated groups such as women, youth, and people with disabilities,” she said.
Peters further said, as a government, they are committed to an inclusive economy, responsive to the needs of rural and township businesses with a special focus on women and young people in our society as well as informal traders.
She added that, it is their view as the department, through this support in the form of machinery and equipment, they will see greater efficiency and jobs being created by the supported enterprises.
The event will be held at Revival Family Church, Mangope Avenue in Pampierstad at 9am.
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