DA welcomes appointment of GEP permanent CEO
18 April 2021
The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng welcomes the appointment of the new permanent CEO for the Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP), Saki Zamxaka. This appointment of a permanent CEO is long overdue as this entity which is tasked with assisting small business and boosting the township economy, has been without a permanent leader for the past five years.
I expect the new CEO to hit the ground running as he is not new to the Economic Department portfolio, having previously served as the CEO of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency.
Zamxaka has an immense task ahead of him and his first order of business should be to operationalize the R250 million that has been set aside for small businesses in Gauteng.
In addition to this, he should also ensure that the following is attended to as a matter of urgency: