Minister of Small Business Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, will hand over certificates and equipment to informal traders as part of the department’s National Informal Business Upliftment Strategy (NIBUS) on Friday, 8 April in Diepkloof, Soweto.

Informal traders who will receive certificates were trained through a partnership between the Department of Small Business Development and the Wholesale and Retail SETA. The informal traders are trained on Introduction to Entrepreneurship; Advertising and Promotion; Customer Care and Service; Basic Financial Management; Purchasing Skills; Legal issues i.e. by-laws and compliance, among others. Training was done in partnership with TVET colleges.

1000 informal traders were recruited across all nine provinces through the Informal Traders Upliftment Project (ITUP) as a pilot.

Members of the media are invited to the graduation ceremony and equipment handover as follows:

DATE                         :           Friday, 8 April 2016
VENUE                      :           Diepkloof Hall, Zone 3, Soweto, Gauteng
TIME                          :           10:00

The department is determined to support informal traders and develop them to a point where they will be able to compete with established and flourishing businesses.

Enquiries:
Cornelius Monama
Cell: 082 578 4063
Email: CMonama@dsbd.gov.za / CMonama@gmail.com
Twitter: @CMonama