The December holiday rush is more than a busy season; it is a powerful opportunity for small tourism businesses to boost revenue and build long-term visibility. KwaZulu-Natal alone expects more than two million visitors this festive season, generating around R13 billion in economic activity. For South Africa’s small, medium and micro enterprises, this is the […]
It can eliminate the need for expensive and time-consuming manual audits, creating verifiable financial histories automatically, with minimal cost.
It advocates for SMMEs owned by women, addresses problems women have with financing and targets sectors such as agriculture, where women labourers are concentrated
Events like the Africa Travel Indaba are valuable, but they are not a panacea for the broader issues that need addressing
Through targeted policies, awareness campaigns and collaborative efforts, we can harness small, medium and micro enterprises’ dynamism and pave the way for a more inclusive and resilient economic future
Almost a year after the president swore to advance the sector, the government is yet to finalise its master plan, giving big business the edge
There are numerous means by which errant taxpayers can start the new year on a clean slate
Existing requirements for infrastructure spending, that require 30% of the budget to be spent on local small businesses, incentivises failure. Better to split the budgets and let each organisation play to its strengths
Entrepreneurs in South Africa have found wasy to innovate for the finance that their businesses need
Building a solid foundation in the travel market requires a commitment to reliability
Small companies are able to customise experiences and build critical relationships
Perhaps the reason is less about poor support and more about a bad attitude to self-employment
Only 1% of South Africa’s small, medium and micro-sized enterprises ask for formal financing
Our readers write in about unlocking youth power and the evolution of the school curriculum
The premier wants to give township enterprises a boost and will name and shame public servants who don’t do their jobs well
The township economy has taken centre stage in Makhura’s state of the province address, which he delivered at the Gauteng Legislature on Monday.
Gigaba says that by enabling new businesses with new ideas to emerge and thrive, “we are radically transforming patterns of production in the economy”
The minister says R5bn and an overhaul of the ecomony are needed for SMMEs to create 90% of new jobs.
Working with small business is good for big business, the economy and job creation.
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/ 21 October 2009
What makes Hot Dog Café extraordinary is that it is one of the few — unemployed-to-entrepreneur projects that has succeeded in South Africa.