Business

Tau warns auto sector to embrace green mobility or lose markets

Young designers cash in on special-occasion style

Jozi’s street photographers redefining urban enterprise

DTIC vows trade remedies to protect local industry

SMEs bear the cost of Joburg’s water crisis ahead of elections

Proposed raw milk price cuts threaten SA’s dairy industry

$Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) patrol the streets of the Durban CBD following coordinated intelligence-led stabilization operations to restore public order after volatile protests. Photo: Facebook\Twitter$

Durban CBD protests hit small traders and informal businesses

SMEs in defence sector seek funding and support to grow

Economic pressure remains despite drop in business liquidations

Global demand turns SA’s biltong craze into big revenue
Agriculture

Sugar producers urge government to scrap sugar tax

Higher chicken duties spell trouble for SMME food traders

Spoonful of success sweet potato yoghurt takes off in Limpopo

Can seaweed become SA’s next cattle-feed business?

NSFAS savings and NYDA funding launch graduate’s agro-business

Young farmer brigdes rural gap with mobile livestock care service

Ostrich farmer on a quest to spread her wings globally

Transport costs and stock shortages hit Tshakhuma Market traders
Innovation

SMEs in defence sector seek funding and support to grow

Black-owned geospatial firm eyes aerospace market after AAD debut

Soweto entrepreneur brings solar power access to township

$As more businesses move online, a new challenge has emerged: standing out is easy, but staying memorable is proving harder Photo. Nhlanhla Phillips\NEYEFOREYES$

How businesses can turn social media attention into actual sales

Brimis Engineering growth highlights SA manufacturing prowess

SMMEs seek a bigger role in SA’s aerospace and defence industry

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
Finance

Absa brings dedicated SME banking services to Dragon Square

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
Tourism

$The Samora Machel Monument in Mbuzini could benefit from the opening of a new proposed border gate between RSA and Mozambique. Photo. Lucas Ledwaba\Mukurukuru Media$

Proposed Mbuzini border post could boost Nkomazi SMMEs

Parliament wants tourism expos to result in real SME deals

Mpumalanga expo links tourism SMMEs with new buyers

Building a hospitality empire in the heart of the Free State

Tourism SMEs threatened by spiralling crime

Digital push puts tourism SMEs in line for bigger market share

$The opening of a new tourism route in the Themibisle Hani Local Municipality could boost craft traders. Photo. Lucas Ledwaba\Mukurukuru Media$

Thembisile Hani tourism route puts SMME revenue to the test

Free Parks Week puts local tourism businesses in the spotlight

How twin sisters built a thriving tourism adventure business
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CIPC opens company ownership trail to law enforcement

R1bn fund targets SME expansion and 30 000 jobs creation

$As more businesses move online, a new challenge has emerged: standing out is easy, but staying memorable is proving harder Photo. Nhlanhla Phillips\NEYEFOREYES$

How businesses can turn social media attention into actual sales

SEDFA support boosts Eastern Cape beauty entrepreneur

Tips for starting a succesful landscaping and gardening business

R2.3 billion a year illicit market squeezes beauty industry

Tips to prepare livestock for El Niño extreme heat

Tourism SMEs set to gain as FlySafair redirects business support

DTIC urges township entrepreneurs to pool purchasing power

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Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau says direct marketing must operate on the basis of consumer consent and respect.
Photo: Supplied

New opt-out registry puts direct marketers on notice

October 8, 2026

Companies will need to build the registry into their marketing processes

Gemini GIS and Environmental Services co-founder and managing director Andiswa Silinga showcases the company’s technology at AAD 2026.

Black-owned geospatial firm eyes aerospace market after AAD debut

September 29, 2026

Gemini looking to turn its first appearance at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition into new business opportunities

R1bn fund targets SME expansion and 30 000 jobs creation

September 29, 2026

The fund will combine financial support with enterprise and skills development, employment support and technical assistance

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau joins Brimis Engineering representatives at the official opening of the company’s facility in Middelburg, Mpumalanga.
Photo:X/dtic

Brimis Engineering growth highlights SA manufacturing prowess

September 22, 2026

Brimis hits R150m turnover

Lufuno Nemakonde, founder and managing director of Funocurls Green Beauty, works with banana pseudostems that are being processed to extract fibre for EcoCurls, her biodegradable hairpiece innovation.
Photo: Supplied

Limpopo entrepreneur turns banana stems into hairpieces

August 30, 2026

The product has been submitted to the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) for independent testing and validation

DHL, the dtic, Standard Bank and MTN partnered to help SMEs overcome export barriers and expand into regional and global markets.

DHL GoTrade partnership set to boost SME exports

August 16, 2026

A new DHL GoTrade partnership aims to help SMEs overcome export barriers and access regional and global markets

Cheap electrical cords put businesses and homes at risk

August 11, 2026

Fire risks from cheap, non-compliant extension cord.

The government says keeping more of the essential oils value chain in South Africa could strengthen local manufacturing.

How SA’s essential oils sector can drive industrialisation

Government urges local value addition to strengthen South Africa’s essential oils sector.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile signing cooperation agreements in New Delhi, India to boost trade and investment ties. Photo: Paul Mashatile’s FB

SA-India deal set to open new opporetunities for SMEs

The partnership is expected to open new opportunities for South African businesses through increased trade, investment and access to technology

South African agricultural SMEs are set to benefit from China’s zero-tariff preference scheme, which opens new export opportunities for products such as apples, wine and rooibos tea. Photo: Croptracker

China’s zero tariffs boost SA rooibos, apples and wine exports

China’s zero-tariff preference scheme is opening new export opportunities for South African agricultural SMEs

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