Tag: SMME
The 2023 SMME Booster Fund is open for proposals until 31 March 2024 (Subject...
The SMME Booster Fund (the Fund) is a fund that will provide financial support to organisations that implement business development support projects and/or programmes aimed at growing and developing SMMEs.
The Fund...
Backing female entrepreneurs makes economic sense
The Western Cape Government is working hard to empower many more women through the numerous programmes, like the SMME Booster Fund, run through the Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT),...
Load Shedding Crisis: Plastic manufacturing sector suffers 30%-40% declines
Load shedding is having a disastrous impact on the local plastic manufacturing sector, with some SMME’s reporting declines of around 30%-40%, according to Plastics SA’s Anton Hanekom.
Many companies are unable to...
SMMEs must apply for waste service provider accreditation
THE City of Cape Town's Urban Waste Management Directorate recently held an event at the Prince George Drive drop-off facility to encourage small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) that handle waste...
CSIR signs deal to drive growth, innovation in local automotive industry
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen the global competitiveness of the local automotive...
Sanlam and SANparks launch R10-million SMME support programme
The Sanlam Group and South African National Parks (SANParks) launched a R10-million programme to provide access to market, finance and business development support to SMMEs from communities surrounding South Africa’s major national parks.
The...
CDI Jobs Fund project creates 669 permanent new jobs
The Craft + Design Institute (CDI) is celebrating the close-out of a five-year R48.5m project, funded mainly by the National Treasury’s Jobs Fund, which enabled 50 SMMEs to create 669 new...
Coega Corp committed to developing SMMEs
The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has encouraged Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) to register on its database to access economic opportunities and benefit from its skills development programme.
“The SMME programme...
Increasing agri-processing capacity can spur economic growth and create jobs
The United Nations General Assembly designated 27 June as Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Day (MSMEs).
Referred to as Small Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) in South Africa, the day raises public...
Benefits, burden and barriers of tax compliance for small businesses
By Black Umbrellas, a partner entity of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation:
Benjamin Franklin, an iconic American president, famously said. “…in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.”
This past year in...
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Transport Month panel discussion tackles Cape Town’s congestion conundrum
The City’s Urban Mobility Directorate kicked off Transport Month with a panel discussion around Cape Town’s congestion conundrum at the Concourse in the Civic...