Tag: National Empowerment Fund

This marks a significant operational shift for many township and rural retailers that have traditionally relied on cash transactions and manual record-keeping.

A Pretoria based majority black owned and woman run furniture manufacturing factory will now be able to expand its operations and acquire state of the art machinery courtesy of a ...

The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) has announced a funding commitment of R51 million to accelerate transformation in South Africa’s legal and professional services sectors. Speaking at the Legal Sector Codes ...

The newly opened Atrium Boutique Hotel in Polokwane is fast proving that women-led investments in tourism can deliver more than luxury; they can drive jobs, empowerment, and transformation in communities. ...

Access to funds remains one of the most significant obstacles for Black-owned businesses, however, experts advise that the solution lies not only in providing money to assist them. "It's about ...

By: Zandile Majavu An East London-based chartered accountant who embraces a modern minimalistic taste that captures the timeless element in the décor business has managed to build a high-end state-of-the-art ...

By: Anna Majavu Innovative small businesses that use local materials to design furniture and other useful products can apply for two new grants and low-interest loans from the Technology Innovation ...

By: Anna Majavu The time has come for the government to instruct the SA Reserve Bank to institute lending quotas for black SMMEs, who remain starved of credit and unable ...

By: Anna Majavu As one of the few CEOs of an SOE with 18 consecutive clean audits, who has also overseen the distribution of R12.35 billion in loans with investment ...

By: Anna Majavu The government has pumped R66 billion of financing through its various entities into the township economy since 2003, with over 1000 entities receiving the funds. But “what ...