Promoting Social Inclusion and Integration of Migrants

Government Business Support

1- Department of Trade and Industry (the dti)

Foreign Film and Television Production and Post-Production Incentive

The Foreign Film and Television Production and Post-Production Incentive is available to foreign-owned qualifying productions and post-productions as follows:
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The Qualifying South African Production Expenditure (QSAPE) should be at least R15 million for shooting on location in South Africa,

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The Qualifying South African Production Expenditure (QSAPE) should be at least R12 million for level one (1) Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) contributor status service companies for shooting on location in South Africa;

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The Qualifying South African Post-Production Expenditure (QSAPPE) should be at least R1.5 million for conducting post-production activities in South Africa.
Business Finance

Manufacturing Investment Programme (MIP)

The MIP is a reimbursable cash grant for local and foreign-owned manufacturers who wish to establish a new production facility, expand an existing production facility, or upgrade an existing facility in the clothing and textiles sector.:

Foreign Investment Grant (FIG)

FIG compensates qualifying foreign investors for costs incurred in moving qualifying new machinery and equipment (excluding vehicles) from abroad to South Africa.

Beneficiaries: Foreign investors that have been approved for the Manufacturing Investment Programme (MIP). Benefits: A cash grant, calculated as the lesser of:

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15% of the value of new machinery and equipment; or
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The actual relocation cost of new machinery and equipment.
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To a maximum of R10 million

2- Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA)

SHOPS AND INFORMAL TRADERS/HAWKERS SCHEME

This scheme is targeted at township and rural entrepreneurs who own spaza shops, general dealers or grocery stores. It is offered in partnership with Nedbank through the sefa Khula Credit Guarantee Scheme.

Qualifying owners must:

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Undertake to comply with consumer and customer protection and national disaster management regulations and directions
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Be willing to submit monthly management account
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Employ 70% South Africans
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Have been trading for a minimum of six months
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Have a valid business bank account (including newly opened)
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Be willing to participate in the bulk-buying scheme as organized by the DSBD or any of its agencies
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Operate in a township or rural area Guideline Document
Business Finance

The following considerations will apply in the assessment of applications:

South Africans: Valid ID

Foreign Nationals (verification will be done by the relevant authority, and NOT the municipality):

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(a) owner must have been lawfully admitted into the Republic and holds a valid passport with a visa issued in terms of the Immigration Act 2002 authorizing him/her to operate a business (e.g. business visa, section 11(6) visitor’s with condition to operate business, Lesotho Special Permit or Zimbabwe Special Permit with a condition to operate business);

i. The permit for the spaza shop must be linked to validity period of the applicable visa of the foreign national.

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(b) owner must hold an asylum seeker permit issued in terms of the Refugees Act, 1998 with a condition to work.

i. in case of an asylum seeker with permit – the spaza shop trading permit must be temporal and linked to the period of the asylum seeker permit as issued by the Department of Home Affairs

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(c) Owner must hold a refugees status issued in terms of the Refugees Act, 1998.

Applicable to all

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(a) A letter from the civic association or traditional authority confirming spaza shops licensed to operate.
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b) A municipal issued permit which must indicate the physical address of the location for the spaza shop and include the ward number.
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(c) The permit must not be transferable.