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Miguel da Silva is the managing director of Retail Capital

Small- and medium-sized enterprises need and deserve a more predictable load-shedding to be in control of their destiny. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Will the mini-budget bring certainty to SMEs?

Small- and medium-sized enterprises need and deserve a more predictable load-shedding to be in control of their destiny

With two units at Koeberg nuclear power station likely to be out of commission at the same time, Eskom will struggle to keep the lights on, said Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.

Mr President, we have another state of disaster, and it’s Eskom

The Covid-19 state of disaster response proved how quickly a government can act when it needs to

Being picky about jobs is not a luxury the average South African can afford and the number of job seekers is rapidly rising

Private sector must lead the charge on tackling unemployment, and government will follow

There are many ways to support small businesses, such as ensuring that you always buy locally

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana.(Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Treasury needs to be braver, but Godongwana’s neutral budget is a good start

The government has finally started to recognise the importance of SMMEs in job creation, the business bounce-back scheme being a case in point

Minister Enoch Godongwana chats to colleagues after he delivered his budget speech in the Good Hope Chamber in Parliament, Cape Town. Photo by David Harrison

Treasury needs to be braver, but Godongwana’s neutral budget is a good start

The government has finally started to recognise the importance of SMMEs in job creation, the business bounce-back scheme being a case in point

Photo: Laird Forbes/Gallo Images

A letter to Godongwana: How to create one million jobs in South Africa

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana must lay out tangible, clear and coherent strategies to make good on the president’s State of the Nation promises

Four lessons for SMEs from the events of the past two years

After a period of instability,our democracy is growing up. The temper tantrums are part and parcel of this process

Mid-term budget: Nothing for small and medium enterprises but they fight on anyway

SMEs are investing in their growth at a rate we’ve never seen before. That is resilience. It is also a sign of the pent-up growth just waiting to explode into our economy — if…

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.   (File photo by Madelene Cronje)

Godongwana must deliver a stimulus-led mid-term budget

A growth-oriented bid-term budget statement would go a long way towards creating a fertile environment for new investments