Tag: Small Business Development

By Anna Majavu Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) will benefit this year through a new, “very substantial” R10 billion fund, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa. “Growth and the creation ...

By: Tebogo Mokwena Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has called on African states to join hands in building a coherent ecosystem to support start-ups. She emphasised the need for ...

By: Tebogo Mokwena The government has been slammed for not understanding the role of cooperatives nor offering the right support to ensure their growth. Instead, the state focused on a ...

The Portfolio Committee of Small Business Development has condemned Telkom and its subsidiary, Openserve, for refusing to pay small independent field technician companies for services rendered. The committee came to ...

Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams assured delegates attending a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) meeting this week that South Africa’s ecosystem is geared toward supporting innovation and entrepreneurship. ...

The public can now comment on the National Integrated Small Enterprise Development Master Plan, which was recently gazetted by the Small Business Development. The plan will address the lack of ...

A chunk of the Small Enterprise Development Agency’s (SEDA) budget for 2022/23 will be used to establish incubation hubs and support tech SMMEs. SEDA acting CEO Nkosikhona Mbatha said the ...

The government’s red tape is stifling small businesses and the state must urgently deal with this, says Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. Since taking over this portfolio, Ndabeni-Abrahams has ...

Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams believes that the government and the private sector are not investing much in small businesses. “We have not co-ordinated efforts towards small business and ...

The appointment of former Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams as the new Minister of Small Business Development, has elicited mixed reactions from the small business community. Ndabeni-Abrahams's appointment ...