Tag: Small Business
New law paves way for establishment of one-stop-shop for small businesses
President Cyril Ramaphosa has assented to the National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill, which streamlines the support services government provided to small and medium businesses as part of broadening participation in the...
Small businesses can get a big boost by applying for City of Cape Town’s...
Applications close on 26th January 2024
The eighth annual Smart Supplier Readiness Programme has been launched by the City of Cape Town. This initiative aims to grow and support small businesses. It...
SA’s Small Business Funding Landscape: A Guide for SMEs
Securing funding and loans can be a challenging, frustrating experience for small business owners in SA, especially for SMEs who may not have experience with the rigorous applications processes.
“With demands like...
Startup removes complexity to counter non-compliance by 72% of SA’s small businesses
Despite non-compliance having very costly consequences like penalties, legal fees and director liability, the most recent annual report of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) states that 72% of the...
Call for increased SME sector support to foster SA economic recovery
The onset of COVID-19 in 2020 and subsequent energy crisis, have dealt deafening blows to the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) industry. Now, as the sector and the country at large...
Almost R200m boost for Cape Town’s economic sector development, R2,4 bn for human settlements...
As part of the City’s Council-approved budget for 2023/24, the City has allocated close to R200 million on various programmes aimed at assisting all sectors and levels of the economy from...
The world should look to small businesses as the solution to sustainable growth and...
Several economic analysts and financial sector experts have identified Africa as the next frontier for growth and development. Currently, the continent has the youngest population in the world, with a median...
A small business confidence plummets as the energy crisis intensifies
The escalation of the energy crisis in South Africa, which has brought with it the onset of indefinite stage 6 loadshedding, has had an eroding effect on business confidence. Across all...
Lulalend partners with solar suppliers to power up small businesses
With load shedding - already an all-too-common occurrence in South Africa – expected to ramp up over the coming years, keeping the lights on is no longer just a convenience, but...
These are the trends that will drive the development of SA’s SME sector in...
Last year was a turbulent period for South Africa’s small business sector. With it came all the trappings of a business survival bootcamp: rising petrol costs, supply chain instabilities, high inflation,...
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SEW-Eurodrive ‘closes the loop’ with new service and repair centre
As part of its strategy to ‘close the loop’ in its service offering, SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa, a specialist in drive and control technologies, has...