Role of seda to the development of the Second Economy vis a vis The Objectives of Asgi-SA

Role of seda to the development of the Second

Economy vis a vis The Objectives of Asgi-SA

Outline of the presentation • Introduction• Outreach Model 2007/08• Statistical Achievements • 3 Pillar Strategy of Government• Government interventions for Second

Economy• seda Support for Second Economy• seda’s Target Market• Conclusion

Introduction

• Two exciting and challenging years under the belt

• Brand is growing in recognition with visible infrastructure in

place

Outreach Model for 2007/8

8

2007/8

PROVINCIAL OFFICES

39 BRANCHES

OUTREACH UNITS = EICs / Mobile units

8

Add 4 new branches = 43

102 110

2006/7

ROLL-OUT STATUS till end March 2007

NUMBER OF EICs

24

9

24

9

11

12

4

1

8

PROVINCE

EASTERN CAPE

FREE STATE

GAUTENG

KWAZULU-NATAL

LIMPOPO

MPUMALANGA

NORTH WEST

NORTHEN CAPE

WESTERN CAPE

PROVINCIAL OFFICES

Bhisho

Bloemfontein

Durban

Polokwane

Nelspruit

Mafikeng

Kimberley

Cape Town

NUMBER OF BRANCHES

4

6

1

7

3

5

5

5

3

8 provincial offices

39 branches102 EICs

Roll-outEASTERN CAPE

Provincial Office:Bisho

Amathole East London

Chris HaniQueenstown

O R TamboMthatha

Nelson MandelaPort Elizabeth

Alfred NzoMount Ayliff

UkhahlambaBarkley East

CacaduJeffrey’s Bay

4.1

Existing Offices

To be established in 2007/ 2008

seda Outreach :

14 973 Clients assisted

24 EICs+

Roll-outFREE STATE

Provincial Office:Bloemfontein

Fezile DabiKroonstad

Thabo MofutsanyaneBetlehem

XhariepTrompsburg

MangaungBloemfontein

LejweleputswaWelkom

4

seda Outreach :


4.1

9 EICs+

Roll-outKWAZULU-NATAL

Provincial Office:Durban

UthukelaLadysmith

UthunguluRichards Bay

AmajubaNewcastle

UmgungundlovuPietermaritzburg

UguPort Shepstone

SisonkeKokstad

EthekwiniDurban

seda Outreach :


4.1

9 EICs+

Roll-outLIMPOPO

Provincial Office:Polokwane

VhembeThohoyandou

MopaniTzaneen

CapricornPolokwane

SekhukhuneGroblersdal

ModimolleWaterberg

Existing Offices


seda Outreach :


4.1

11 EICs+

Roll-outMPUMALANGA

Provincial Office:Nelspruit

BohlabelaBushbuckridge

NkangalaWitbank

Gert SibandeSecunda

EhlanzeniNelspruit

NkomaziMalelane

seda Outreach :


4.1

12 EICs+

Roll-outNORTH WEST

Provincial Office:Mafikeng

BophirimaVryburg

SouthernKlerksdorp

BojanalaRustenburg

CentralMafikeng

MadibengBrits

seda Outreach :


4.1

4 EICs+

Roll-outNORTHERN CAPE

Provincial Office:Kimberley

Pixley ka SemeDe Aar

NamakwaSpringbok

KgalagadiKuruman

Frances BaardKimberley

SiyandaUpington

seda Outreach :


4.1

3 EICs+

Roll-outWESTERN CAPE

Provincial Office:Cape Town

EdenGeorge

BolandStellenbosch

City of Cape TownBelville

Central KarooBeaufort West

(satellite)

OverbergBredasdorp

West CoastMooreesburg

Existing Offices


seda Outreach :


4.1

8 EICs+

Roll-outGAUTENG

Provincial Office:?

TshwanePretoria

seda Outreach :


4.1

24 EICs+

Statistical Achievements

SUCCESS STORIES

CONSOLIDATED: ALL PROVINCESSuccess stories

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20

40

60

80

100

ACTUAL 86 14 22 76 25 18 14 31 80 41

EC FS GAU KZN LIM MPU NW NC WC Av erage

TOTAL = 366 SUCCESS STORIES

Government’s Interventions for

The Second Economy

Three Pillar Strategy of Government

• Growing the first economy• Addressing problems in the second

economy• Building the social security net

Government programmes for second economy

intervention• Integrated and Sustainable Rural Development

Strategy– ‘Designed to attain socially cohesive and stable rural

communities which have viable institutions and sustainable economies’

• Urban Renewal Programme– ‘Aims to inject life into urban areas experiencing serious

decay and ravaged by social ills that that discourage potential investors’

• Expanded Public Works Programme– ‘Aimed at addressing critical economic policy challenges of

poverty; employment; growth and infrastructure provision’

Government programmes for second economy

intervention• National Spatial Development Perspective– ‘NSDP seeks to provide national principle-led

guidance in all forms of planning for infrastructure investment and development spending’

• Agriculture and Land Reform Programme– ‘Contributes to poverty alleviation in rural and

urban areas by reducing food prices; creating employment; increasing real wages and improving farm income’

• Small Enterprise Development and Support– ‘Provide support and development to small

enterprise sector’

seda support for the Second Economy

Approximately 20% of seda’s

focus will be on Medium

enterprises whilst the Small,

Micro (Formal, Informal) and co-

operative enterprises will get

80% of the Agency’s focus

Target Market

Micro & Informal

Small

Medium

Micro & Informal

Small

Medium

Second economy interventions

• Fresh produce and street trading– Linking small scale farmers to retailers – Provide training and business support to

cooperative arrangements – Replicate current PTA/JHB fresh produce

activities to other areas– Link street traders with small scale farmers

in areas not covered by fresh produce markers

– Explore possibility of cooperative formation

Second economy interventions

• SMME’s and micro-credit– Establishing partnership agreements

with DFI’s– Work in collaboration with commercial

banks and other funding institutions– Through seda branches conduct

workshops on funding opportunities

Agriculture and agrarian reform:•Link with NAFU and other

agricultural departments on development programmes

•Link with bio-fuel development•Provide business skills to enhance

commercialisation e.g. Fort Hare Nguni cattle breeding

•Dialogue with Land Bank for access to finance

Second economy interventions Asgi-SA Priority

Sectors

Second economy interventions Asgi-SA

Priority SectorsTourism:

• Make use existing toolkit for addressing PPP for SME participation

•Partnership with tourism boards and other authorities

•Do training of SME’s in collaboration with relevant institutions

Biofuels:•Work closely with DME to

understand strategy development•Establish partnership with relevant

research institutions in identifying opportunities for SME’s

•Assist in development of small scale farmers in identified crops including NAFU


Sectors

Chemicals:•Expand current initiatives with

Thumisano Trust in Technology Partnership Stations (TPS) to include other areas

•Explore possibilities of linking up with Chemcity in Sasolburg


Sectors

Creative industries:•Identify and expand markets for craft

producers through shows and exhibitions

•Diversification of craft products through training and development

•Assist in securing procurement of products to eliminate exploitation

•Provide access to international markets


Sectors

Clothing and textiles:• Assist small scale manufactures by linking

them with retail buyers • Support existing industry by focusing on

niche markets• Replicate and expand Clotex model into

other targeted areas• Identifying opportunities for retrenched

workers• Linkage with design development initiative

e.g. Fashion week or Vukani Fashion Awards


Sectors

Downstream minerals beneficiation:• Jewellery Cooperatives

– Identify and register cooperatives• Foster partnership with mining companies

– Forge closer relations with small-scale miners

• Dimension stone– Encourage investment in rural

communities• Mining Tourism

– Implement outcomes of the studies• Capacity Building

– Identify and capacitate project members


Sectors

Better structured collaboration with partners Growing leveraging off provincial government resources Income generation through agency function Cost reduction from sharing our infrastructure Improving capacity of staff that have been through the

operations cycle Learning from mistakes that have been made Growing awareness of seda Opportunity to be innovative without rigid assumptions

OPPORTUNITIES

CONCLUSION

Whether seda delivers or not is not just up to seda Seda requires a lot of support Not the least of which is financial Full impact will be seen in the medium to longer term

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Role of seda to the development of the Second Economy vis a vis The Objectives of Asgi-SA