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News releases & OpEds
SBI press release: SBI’s post-covid recovery series probes challenges facing SMEs and presents growth blueprint.
Attention: All Editors Small Business Institute media release SBI’s post-covid recovery series probes challenges facing SMEs and presents growth blueprint.14 April 2021Johannesburg The Small Business Institute (SBI) released four additional papers this morning in the...
SBI hosted a Business Chamber workshop on 18 March 2021
The SBI hosted a National Business Chamber workshop on 18 March 2021. Here you can find the videos of guest speakers and their presentations on the day for review. BUSINESS CHAMBER WORKSHOP: 18 March 2021 - 09:00 to 14:00 via Zoom TOPIC: BUSINESS RECOVERY DURING AND...
Stakeholder Invitation: How South Africa can emerge from Covid-19 with better prospects for recovery and growth
You are cordially invited to a media briefing next week
News Release: Digitalisation – the best hope for South Africa and its small firms
After more than a year of Covid-19 and various corresponding
SBI calls on Mboweni to let SMEs breathe (again)
February 23 2021 As our country continues the battle of defeating the coronavirus and saving livelihoods, the Small Business Institute has called on finance minister to speed up economic reforms, invest in infrastructure and not abruptly cut off support for small and...
Business Day: JOHN DLUDLU: New law could hobble SMEs even more
In December, the department of small business development released the
SBI COMMENTS ON THE NATIONAL SMALL ENTERPRISE (NSEA) AMENDMENT BILL
SBI concerned with overreach and lack of transparency, urges minister to withdraw certain provisions in proposed National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill January 31 2021 In December, the National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill (not a ‘draft’, as is customary) was...
City Press: 30-day payment pact a big step for small business
Two years ago, the Small Business Institute (SBI) sent letters to 100 of the
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT / DISPATCH: Research on state of SA’s SMMEs makes for grim reading
Johannesburg – South African micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) faced
Press release: SBI urges Competition Commission to act with caution around online marketplace ‘dominance’
The Small Business Institute (SBI) notes that Competition Commissioner Tembinkosi
SBI releases situational analysis of the status of SMMEs in South Africa during Covid-19
The Small Business Institute (SBI) released today a review of
Press Release: Joint announcement by EXXARO and SBI
Exxaro and the Small Business Institute (“SBI”) today announced a
Business Day: JOHN DLUDLU: State must help save SA’s vital taxi industry
The government should increase the relief grant as the sector
Business Day: JOHN DLUDLU: Preparing SMEs for life after Covid-19
Department of small business development data shows only a small
Press Release: SBI CALLS ON ALL SMES TO CONTINUE SAVING LIVES AS THEY GEAR UP TO SAVE LIVELIHOOD
As the country moves into alert level 3 in certain
SBI reported in the news
EWN: GOING DIGITAL DURING PANDEMIC SIGNALS A POSITIVE CHANGE FOR SMMES – SBI
In its research paper titled: ‘Digitalisation – the best hope for
Business Day: JOHN DLUDLU: Government’s lackadaisical approach does not bode well for digital transformation
The fourth industrial revolution has arrived but the state is
Business Maverick: Policy madness: SA’s industrialisation policies have slowed economic growth
Albert Einstein once famously said, ‘Insanity is doing the same
Sunday World: New thinking needed for small business growth
Johannesburg – The Small Business Institute this week released the results
RSG: My mooi dorp 17 April 2021
In die sewende program gesels ons oor die vier dinge
Vutivi Business News: Long way to go for SMMEs to take advantage of localisation
For localisation to be successfully implemented, the requirements must be
Business Report: SA needs new growth approach as it lags its peers, says SBI
THE SMALL Business Institute (SBI) said South Africa needed to
Engineering News: SBI papers make recommendations to engender small business growth, aid recovery
Nonprofit organisation the Small Business Institute (SBI) on April 14
Business Day: JOHN DLUDLU: How SA can stop spinning its wheels and get out of the mud
It is no secret that the country was in serious
Daily Maverick: Let’s get digital, digital
The queue to renew your motor vehicle or driver’s licence
Daily Maverick: Competition Commission steps carefully into the fast-growing online retail space
The Competition Commission has announced an inquiry into the trade
Engineering News: Urgent commitment to digitalisation South Africa’s best hope for growth, says SBI
After more than a year of Covid-19 and associated levels
BusinessTech: Planned business laws for South Africa will give government ‘sweeping powers’ over contracts: analysts
Analysts have raised concerns around the National Small Enterprise Amendment
Business Day TV: WATCH: Small business perspective on Budget 2021
Michael Avery talks to SBI CEO John Dludlu about Tito
Engineering News: SBI calls on Mboweni to maintain SME and household support until pandemic contained
Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lobby organisation the Small
