OVERVIEW Development
OVERVIEW Development finance and SMME support Entrepreneurship training is offered at new youth centres. Entrepreneurship Development is one of the subjects on offer at 90 Youth Development Centres which are being established throughout Mpumalanga. Other courses include accredited training in computer skills and life skills, with workshops on job preparedness and career guidance. The centres are part of Mpumalanga’s response to the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention Programme. The Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency (MEGA) is the implementing agent of the provincial government’s SMME support Image: Seda policy. An agreement has been signed by Standard Bank and MEGA to launch an SME Fund with a capitalisation of R500- million. MEGA has also overseen the rehabilitation of industrial premises in former homelands and formed partnerships with financial institutions for funding. Examples of township businesses supported by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDET) are an agreement with Sumitomo Rubber SA to promote local tyre enterprises and financial support for the commissioning of a sanitary towel plant by the Ntirhisano Sanitary Worker Co-operative in Bushbuckridge (and support for business development and access to market). Research done by the Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) shows that a high percentage of SMMEs in Mpumalanga are in the trade and accommodation sector. Whereas the national figure is about 43%, in Mpumalanga it is closer to 50%. Seda supports several incubators in the province: Furntech, furniture manufacturing, White River; Mobile Agri-Skills Development & Training (MASDT), agricultural training, Nelspruit; Mpumalanga Stainless Initiative (MSI), stainless steel processing, Middelburg (with Columbus Stainless); Timbali, floriculture, Online Resources Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency: www.mega.gov.za Mpumalanga Stainless Initiative: www.mpstainless.co.za National Department of Small Business Development: www.dsbd.gov.za Small Enterprise Development Agency: www.seda.org.za Sector Insight Trade and accommodation are leaders in SMME employment. Nelspruit; Ehlanzeni TVET College Rapid Incubator Renewable Technologies, Nelspruit. Seda is a subsidiary of the National Department of Small Business Development (DSBD). Seda is not a financial agency, focussing rather on training and administrative support, although the agency will help SMMEs get in touch with financial bodies. Assistance by Seda with a business plan was the spur that helped Renabo Plastics Moulders and Furniture (pictured) get access to financing which led to growth in turnover and the addition of three new staff members. Sappi’s long-term Ngodwana mill project will spend more than R600-million on procuring goods and supplies from broad-basedblack-economic-empowered companies, of which R51-million will go to SMMEs. Other companies supporting SMMEs through their buying chain include Woolworths and Anglo American. Woolworths funds TechnoServe to ensure that small tomato growers can grow produce that will meet the demanding standards of the retailer, and to help them expand production. Anglo American’s Zimele runs four enterprise development and investment funds. Zimele runs hubs related to the supply chains of platinum, thermal coal and, with Mondi, forestry. ■ MPUMALANGA BUSINESS 2020/21 38
Mpumalanga Local Government A guide to district and local municipalities in Mpumalanga. LISTING EHLANZENI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY Physical address: 8 Van Niekerk Street, Nelspruit 1201 Postal address: PO Box 3333, Nelspruit 1200 Tel: +27 13 004 0291 | Fax: +27 13 759 8539 Website: www.ehlanzeni.gov.za Bushbuckridge Local Municipality Tel: +27 13 004 0291 | Fax: +27 13 799 1865 Website: www.bushbuckridge.gov.za City of Mbombela Local Municipality Tel: +27 13 759 9111 | Fax: +27 13 759 2070 Website: www.mbombela.gov.za Nkomazi Local Municipality Tel: +27 13 790 0245 | Fax: +27 13 790 0886 Website: www.nkomazi.gov.za Thaba Chweu Local Municipality Tel: +27 13 235 7300 | Fax: +27 13 235 1108 Website: www.tclm.co.za GERT SIBANDE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY Physical address: Cnr Joubert and Oosthuise streets, Ermelo 2350 Postal address: PO Box 1748, Ermelo 2350 Tel: +27 17 801 7000 | Fax: +27 17 811 1207 Website: www.gsibande.gov.za Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality Tel: +27 17 843 4000 | Fax: +27 17 843 4001 Website: www.albertluthuli.gov.za Dipaleseng Local Municipality Tel: +27 17 773 0055 | Fax: +27 17 773 0169 Website: www.dipaleseng.gov.za Govan Mbeki Local Municipality Tel: +27 17 620 6000 | Fax: +27 17 634 8019 Website: www.govanmbeki.gov.za Lekwa Local Municipality Tel: +27 17 712 9600 | Fax: +27 17 712 6808 Website: www.lekwalm.gov.za Mkhondo Local Municipality Tel: +27 87 630 0180 | Fax: +27 17 826 3129 Website: www.mkhondo.gov.za Msukaligwa Local Municipality Tel: +27 17 801 3500 | Fax: +27 17 801 3851 Website: www.msukaligwa.gov.za Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Local Municipality Tel: +27 17 734 6100 | Fax: 086 630 2209 NKANGALA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY Physical address: 2A Walter Sisulu Street, Middelburg 1055 Postal address: PO Box 437, Middelburg 1050 Tel: +27 13 249 2000 | Fax: +27 13 249 2056 Website: www.nkangala.gov.za Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality Tel: +27 13 973 1101 | Fax: +27 13 973 0974 Website: www.moroka.gov.za Emakhazeni Local Municipality Tel: +27 13 253 7600 | Fax: +27 13 253 2440 Website: www.emakhazeni.gov.za eMalahleni Local Municipality Tel: +27 13 690 6911 | Fax: +27 13 690 6207 Website: www.emalahleni.gov.za Steve Tshwete Local Municipality Tel: +27 13 249 7000 | Fax: +27 13 243 2550 Website: www.stlm.gov.za Thembisile Hani Local Municipality Tel: +27 13 986 9100 | Fax: +27 13 986 0995 Website: www.thembisilehanilm.gov.za Victor Khanye Local Municipality Tel: +27 13 665 6000 | Fax: +27 13 665 2913 Website: www.victorkhanyelm.gov.za 39 MPUMALANGA BUSINESS 2020/21
