Tag: Economic development

What remains uncertain is whether these commitments will translate into meaningful participation across the economy

Township funeral businesses across South Africa are quietly reshaping how they operate as rising costs, shrinking margins and fierce competition place pressure on a sector once viewed as recession-proof. South ...

Across South Africa’s townships and peri-urban areas, a quiet housing economy is growing, not through large developers, but through families buying vacant land and building their homes in stages. At ...

South Africa has issued more than 1,100 hemp permits, yet only about 30% of permit holders are actively planting the crop, a sign of the deepening challenges facing the emerging ...

Tourism SMEs in the North West province have cautiously welcomed the R71.6 million budget allocation aimed at boosting their sector, but many say they have heard it all before. Economic ...

By Noko Mashilo South Africa’s manufacturing sector needs to urgently modernise, including embracing new technologies, to keep up with the rest of the world and overcome obstacles in the country, ...

By Vutivi Business News  Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau has established a fund aimed at addressing challenges linked to foodborne illnesses particularly in township spaza shops. The ...

The Free State and Gauteng economic departments are partnering with Coca-Cola this month in an entrepreneurship programme for the youth. The Bizniz in a Box Programme gives young entrepreneurs an ...

The City of Joburg recently approved and adopted its Informal Traders Policy after three years of engagements with various parties. The policy is set to give informal traders more rights ...

It is critical for the future of Africa that ways are found to unlock the potential of local innovation, according to Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. She said ...