Providing access to debt through SBCI-led schemes and the recently-launched Credit Guarantee Scheme, although I note that take up of this scheme has been low to date.
The profit before taxation of the Bank increased from R866 million for the previous financial year to R1 038 million for the financial year ending 31 March 2006. Budgeted expenditure of the Bank for the current financial year amounts to R1 615 million, compared to actual expenditure of R1 530 million in the financial year to 31 March 2006.