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Black Business Supplier Development Programme (BBSDP)

The Black Business Supplier Development Programme (BBSDP) is a cost-sharing grant offered to small black-owned enterprises to assist them to improve their competitiveness and sustainability. This helps them to become part of the mainstream economy and to create employment.

The programme provides grants to a maximum of R1 million:

• R800 000 for tools, machinery and equipment on a 50:50 cost-sharing basis    
• R200 000 for business development and training interventions per eligible enterprise to improve their corporate governance, management, marketing, productivity and use of modern technology on a 80:20 cost-sharing basis.

Find out more about the programme from the Department of Trade and Industry.

the dti Customer Contact Centre
Tel: 0861 843 384

Black History

Ngila Micheal Muendane

First name: 

Ngila

Last name: 

Muendane

Prison Name : 

Robben Island

Prison Number : 

1/1400

Prison Release Date: 

70.06.20

Miscellaneous: 

Giyane Town<br>private Bag, Giyane East<br>mooketsi

NGILA MICHAEL MUENDANE is an ex-political prisoner, a published author, life coach& inspirational speaker and the founder and Executive Member of SOULTALK, as well as the African Institute for Personal Excellence and Leadership (AIPEL).

Ngila Muendane studied Economics and Political Science while on Robben Island, where he was imprisoned from 1963 to 1970, as a political prisoner. He subsequently left the country and became Chief Representative in the Middle East, and Western Europe.  He returned to South Africa after liberation and served as a member of parliament from 1997 till 2000.

 During his time in exile, he addressed several organisations on liberatory issues, including the UN Special Committee on Apartheid, The OAU, ILO, Non-aligned Movement, Anti-Apartheid Committee and the African Organisation for Trade Union Unity.

 Ngila Muendane is one of the consulting editor of an encyclopaedia on Africa, ‘Know Africa’ and in 1997 produced and he presented the SABC TV youth programme "Switched On". As part of his consulting work he runs courses on personal transformation for individuals, in the corporate world, government and educational institutions of higher learning. 

 He also runs coaching sessions and self-mastery seminars for the following categories of people, parents, University students, lecturers and administrators and the South African Police, Members of the South African National Defence force, Youth in general and Emerging famers.

 He engages himself with education in South Africa by helping to improve the culture of learning and teaching.

He is an army officer in the SANDF, and carries the rank of Lt. Colonel.