Tag: Small Business Institute

Business stakeholders continue to question how quickly these plans will improve operating conditions for small businesses

South Africa’s entrepreneurs have heard big promises before, but many are cautiously watching the government’s new plan to boost small businesses, unveiled this month in the form of the draft ...

By: Noko Mashilo The Small Business Institute (SBI) has welcomed the establishment of the Small Enterprise Development Advisory Board, announced by the Cabinet last week. The government has taken a ...

By: Wendy Manjeya SMMEs play a vital role in driving economic growth and development and South Africa’s new government must boost the sector, according to Prof. William Gumede. He was ...

By: Tebogo Mokwena Small Business Institute CEO John Dludlu has pleaded with small business owners not to retrench employees or cut salaries to stay afloat, but to find sustainable solutions ...

Business lobby groups are demanding accountability from departments to tackle the numerous obstacles that companies of all sizes encounter when doing business with the state. They want ministers and public ...

For localisation to be successfully implemented, the requirements must be sector and context specific. This is according to the Small Business Institute (SBI), which held a webinar on the impact ...

For localisation to happen there must be a meaningful purpose

Small Business Institute CEO John Dludlu says the government is doing too little to invest in the small business economy.