Minister for Small Business Development, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has handed over R19 million to 45 small businesses that were affected by floods in KwaZulu-Natal.
The handover is part of a series of provincial roadshows which will run from Tuesday to Friday in uMgungundlovu, eThekwini and Ugu districts by the Minister and Deputy Minister Sidumo Dlamini.
The department said the aim of these roadshows aim to assist businesses within the province that were hit hard by rampant looting during the riots in July 2021 and those that were affected by floods early this year.
“Trying to uplift businesses and assist them to recover from the above challenges will be some of the issues that will be discussed when Ndabeni-Abrahams and Dlamini lead a series of provincial roadshows in the uMgungundlovu, eThekwini and Ugu districts from 25-28 October 2022,” added the department.
Ndabeni and her deputy minister Dlamini will be joined by the department’s entities, the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa) and the Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda), as well as other key stakeholders.
The duo will also be handing over equipment to identified beneficiaries from the Msunduzi, eThekwini and Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipalities alongside with the Mayors, Members of the Mayoral Committees (MMCs) responsible for Local Economic Development and Infrastructure and other SMME key stakeholders.
— Department of Small Business Development (@DSBD_SA) October 25, 2022
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