1. To provide infrastructure, i.e. information signs, roads , telecommunication networks etc.
2. To facilitate the participation of community in tourism by running tourism awareness workshop , roll out of training and capacity building programmes and support community based tourism projects
3. To support emerging enterprises in tourism through facilitating training programmes and support with accessing funds

The municipality has allocated funding to support new and emerging tourism enterprises. The funds can be accessed by submitting a proposal/business plan when a call for submission of such documentation is issued by the municipality. The call for submission of funding proposals is normally advertised on Grocotts Mail. Furthermore notices are circulated by Ward Councillors and posted on the municipal notice boards. The municipality has also produced a booklet contain tourism support services that can be accessed nation wide.

1. The Creative City Project is going to be rolled out in the 2013/14 financial year. To this end a business plan has been developed and a Project Steering Committee established.
2. The crafters training programme will be rolled out and a marketing brochure will also be produced.
3. The municipality will facilitate the registration of Kwam eMakana as a legal entity and further assist with the formulation of a business plan.
4. A partnership has been established with the Albany Museum to roll out a tourism internship programme where 6 unemployed tourism graduates will be recruited and placed at the Albany Museum for a period of 12 months. The Interns will be paid stipends on a monthly basis.
5. Funding has been set aside to support SMMEs in tourism and community based tourism projects. 6. The Egazini heritage site is being developed into a tourist attraction and will be formally declared as a national heritage site in September 2013.
7 Lastly tourism information signs will be installed at various strategic points including Kwam eMakana information board.

You need to register with Makana Tourism. A annual membership fee is charged and your business will be included in their marketing materials and a website.

The municipality has produced a tourism marketing guide to make sure that there is a spread of tourists that visit the Makana municipal area. The municipality is has also supported Kwame eMakana with a promotional map and various other promotional items. Various training and capacity building programmes has been rolled out targeting Kwam eMakana. In the 2013/14 financial year a Kwam eMakana information billboard will be erected at the corner of Dr Jacob Zuma Drive and Mandela Street. The municipality would like to encourage community members who want to start up tourism businesses or community based projects to call at the LED Directorate’s office for advice and technical assistance.

The municipality dose offer find but assist you in getting funding from another stakeholders like your DTI and

The municipality can assist you by provide the necessary training and with input to start your project.

You identify the land that you are instead in, come back the municipality check if the land is under the municipality or not than we do are application on your behalf. The applicant must write a motivation letter clarify why she/he /group need the land. Note that the municipality doesn’t give land away but lease the land to you.
The applicant must full in the application form to access a form from rural development and land reform.

There are two ways that you can register a co-operative
1. The group can go to the department of agriculture and register they co-op there. When there ask for Mr. Higa.
2. The group can register at the LED office with Siyabulela the SMMe manager.

Yes you can

Yes only if you give them written permission and supply this office with the letter and a copy of your and the authorised persons ID book

Yes they are

There are a standby officer on duty after hours and they can be activated for serious traffic related complaints by phoning the Fire station control room.

If you have not paid your fine and failed to appear in court a warrant of arrest will be issued and you will be arrested

You will be arrested and kept at the SAP cells until your Identity can be determined

No you cannot you will be prosecuted and your skateboard could be confiscated

The law stated that there must be a minimum of 1mm thread across the running surface of the tyre

Yes you can but the screen are not allowed to be visible to the driver

Only a goods vehicle can use a loading zone and for the purposes of loading or off loading

For business information and advice you can visit the SMME office at the LED and Development Planning Directorate.

When an entrepreneur has an idea for a business, he/she should put the idea through three filters:
•Marketing filter – does the market actually want the product or service?
•Financial filter – can the product be delivered within a market related price range?
•Operational filter – is it possible to produce the product?

It is therefore important for would be entrepreneurs to ask and answer the above questions. These questions will also provide critical information for the entrepreneur in the process of starting a business.

In order to register a private company, the applicable cost is R175.00. In order to access business registration forms visit: www.cipc.gov.za or the SMME office at the LED and Development Planning Directorate.

If your business is involved in the following activities:

• Preparation of food stuff and
• Entertainment

You will need a trading certificate from the municipality which cost R25.00 and in addition for a business which is involved in food preparation, you will need a certificate of acceptability which cost R30.00

A company (or close corporation, for that matter) is only in existence if it is registered at the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), thus it would be very important for the customer otherwise the contracts concluded would not be of any effect.

However, as to whether you use a company or a sole proprietorship in the first place, it is debatable what importance a third party attaches to the legal form or entity that you use for your business.

The municipality does not provide funding for small business. The other institutions mandated by government to assist small business with funding. The following institutions can be contacted, ECDC, IDC, Sefa, Department of Social Development etc. For referrals to these insututions you can contact the municipality.

The different profit companies you can register are private and public companies. By far the most common category is the private company, which is closely held by a few private shareholders.

The advantage of a private company is that it is subject to less administrative and governance “burdens” than a public company, for example it need not have its annual financial statements audited (unless it is a large private company, depending on its public interest score in terms of the Companies Regulations), it need not have an audit committee or a company secretary.

However a public company is able to offer its shares to the public, thereby raising capital in this way, whereas the transfer of shares of a private company is restricted and it may not offer its shares to the public.

Government tender contacts:

Major tenders are published weekly in the Government Tender Bulletin. Visit www.info.gov.za/documents/tenders and are widely publicized in the press so keep your eye on the newspapers

Parastatals:
These can be approached for information on their procurement policy and how they choose suppliers and award tenders. Many parastatals will have this information posted on their websites.

Municipality tenders:

Contact your local municipality.

A co-op is a business that is jointly owned and controlled by members. The common underlying principles of a co-operative business is joint-ownership, common objective and equality. Co-operatives are registered under the Co-operative Act of 1981. The municipality, Department of Social Development and Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Reform can also assist with co-operative registration. The applicable fees for co-operative registration are:

R215 – application fee
R50 – registration of a name fee

What is Broad Based Black Economic empowerment (BEE)

Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBE) is a government initiative aimed at increasing equity and uplifting black business owners, stakeholders and employees.

Compliance is based on the size of the business which is determined by turnover. The Codes provide for three levels of compliance based on the size of a business:
•Exempted Micro Enterprises (EMEs) are businesses with an annual turnover of less than R5 million. EMEs are exempt from BEE requirements. No matter what their ownership status (they can be 100% white)
•Qualifying Small Enterprises (QSEs) are businesses with an annual turnover of less than R35 million.
•Medium to large enterprises (M&Ls) Medium to large enterprises with an annual turnover of more than R35 million.

Yes there business forums in Makana for more information visit the LED and Development Planning Directorate.