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R2.3 billion a year illicit market squeezes beauty industry

Timber construction gains ground as industry seeks new markets

Uber operating without statutory registration certificate

Limpopo couple sets sights on global market with Spykos Spices

Start-up farmer plans to scale to 200 000 broilers a month

$Small engineering workshops and specialised micro-contractors remain important to local industrial supply chains. Photo. Lucas Ledwaba\Mukurukuru Media$

Digital gap threatens small suppliers as mining automates

Oxtail import curbs squeeze butcheries and restaurants

Plumbing body demands accountability as cheap imports hit sector

Women SMEs face barriers despite increase in state contracts

Intra-BRICS trade offers SA SMEs new manufacturing avenues
Agriculture

Start-up farmer plans to scale to 200 000 broilers a month

Oxtail import curbs squeeze butcheries and restaurants

Tips to prepare livestock for El Niño extreme heat

Dry season puts pressure on KZN livestock farmers

First generation farmer’s journey from 50 chickens to agri empire

South African cherries gain access to China in R52.8bn market

Infrastructure gaps stall SA hemp industry

$Traditional medicine could create new business opportunities for South African SMMEs involved in medicinal plant cultivation. Photo. Lucas Ledwaba\Mukurukuru Media$

State pushes to unlock traditional medicine sector opportunities
Innovation

Young entrepreneur putting kasi businesses online

Entrepreneur turns metal drums into hygiene stations

Cell C targets Starlink deal to connect rural SA

Limpopo entrepreneur turns banana stems into hairpieces

Tech entrepreneur turns schools struggle into education platform

KZN entrepreneur turns waste into luxury art business

Green economy opens new market opportunities for Mpumalanga SMMEs

WhatsApp pricing shift threatens to raise costs for SMMEs

Entrepreneur turns plastic waste into thriving fashion business

SA innovator sparks investor interest at international tech show
Finance

Small businesses must fix operations before chasing growth

Shell opens Powershop for Western Cape automotive businesses

Soshanguve paint maker wins R1m Kasi SME prize

Rand rally gives businesses more buying power

Inflation eases to 4.3% giving SMEs breathing room on costs

Western Cape launches digital funding service for businesses

New Gas Bill could unlock opportunities for small LPG traders

Poor personal credit scores shutting SA SMEs out of funding

World Bank loan faces test in easing SME pressures

More than 750 firms go insolvent as SA companies feel the pinch
Tourism

Free Parks Week puts local tourism businesses in the spotlight

How twin sisters built a thriving tourism adventure business

Tourism SMEs set to gain as FlySafair redirects business support

ATLF puts Limpopo SMEs on the tourism investment map

Coastal and rural SMMEs feel pinch of changing traveller habits

Driving economic growth through business tourism and conferences

Tourism boom opens South Africa to more business

Tourism SMEs set to benefit from Emirates-SAA partnership

New international flight routes set to boost tourism SMEs
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DTIC urges township entrepreneurs to pool purchasing power

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NSBC, TransUnion launch platform to improve SME funding access

Shell opens Powershop for Western Cape automotive businesses

R27.6m investment to boost digital support for SMEs

Masisizane Fund seeks to plug SME funding gap

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Tag: Bottled water

Obake Phale is living a dream he has always nurtured: obtaining a solid education, starting a business, and becoming his own boss

How budding entrepreneur built water business dream drop by drop

May 24, 2026

Phale runs Aquafina Springs in Mahikeng, a water purification and bottling company backed by the Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency (SEDFA)

From R7 chilled water from a cooler box, entrepreneurs are turning summer heat into a thriving small business hustles.

Enterprising street vendors turn water into profit

December 12, 2025

South Africa’s water economy is taking on a new shape this summer, revealing how something as simple as hydration is becoming a profitable opportunity across both formal and informal sectors. ...

A crystal clear business opportunity

April 28, 2021

A shortage of clean, drinkable and mud-free water drove Charlotte Mosimane to start producing bottled water. And as result, she has quenched the thirst of some communities in the North ...

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