Business

Tips for starting a succesful landscaping and gardening business

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

Entrepreneur turns convenience into thiriving cleaning business

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
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

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

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
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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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

$Junior Makgoka, founder of JJ Café, reflects the importance of building a solid foundation and finding new ways to grow an SME. Photo: Lucas Ledwaba\ Mukurukuru Media$

12 tips SMEs can use to build a stronger business

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

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Economist Duma Gqubule says the numbers on black ownership in JSE-listed companies don’t add up — and it’s all about how they’re measured

Black ownership on the JSE sparks confusion over transformation

June 11, 2026

Business leaders questioned JSE black ownership data amid debates on B-BBEE, funding and transformation in Johannesburg.

Township spaza shop owners say access to government funding remains a challenge despite the rollout of the R500 million Spaza Shop Support Fund

SMEs struggle to access R500m Spaza Shop Support Fund

June 3, 2026

Township spaza shop owners say access to the R500 million Spaza Shop Support Fund remains difficult, as strict compliance rules, licensing requirements and administrative delays continue to slow approvals

The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) has appointed Altitude Group as an implementing partner in a new Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and job creation initiative. Photo. NEF

How R2,5m NEF project seeks to support enterprise development

March 13, 2026

Beyond job creation, the initiative contributes to strengthening a black-owned BPO enterprise aligned to B-BBEE principles

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