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News release: SBI’s public comments on DSBD proposed amendments to definitions of SMMEs
SBI welcomes amendments by Department of Small Business Development to definitions of SMMEs
Business Day: Disconnect between start-ups and big business stunting SME growth
The study also whowed that large firms added more jobs and grew employment at a faster rate than SMEs from 2011 to 2016.
News release: SBI’s public comments on DSBD proposed amendments to definitions of SMMEs
SBI welcomes amendments by Department of Small Business Development to definitions of SMMEs
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News release: SBI’s public comments on DSBD proposed amendments to definitions of SMMEs
SBI welcomes amendments by Department of Small Business Development to definitions of SMMEs
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SBI’s submission on DSBD proposed amendments to definitions of SMMEs
Submission Presented by the SBI (Small Business Institute) [31 October, 2018] In response to the Updating of Schedule 1 of the National Definition for Small Enterprises in South Africa (Gazette Notice No 41970: published 12 October 2018) E-mail...
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The number of formal micro, small & medium businesses in South Africa.
President Ramaphosa has asserted that, “the growth of our economy will be sustained by small businesses, as in the case of many countries”. And most of our policy documents since the 1995 white paper have laid out South Africa’s ambitions to...
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Department of Small Business Calls for Public Comment on the definition of small enterprises
GOVERNMENT NOTICE CALL FOR WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS FROM STAKEHOLDER BODIES AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON THE UPDATING OF SCHEDULE 1 OF THE NATIONAL DEFINITION FOR SMALL ENTERPRISES IN SOUTH AFRICA I, Lindiwe D Zulu, Minister of Small Business Development hereby: a) Publish...
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Business Day: Where the Jobs Summit fell short
President Cyril Ramaphosa admits SA will not achieve the unemployment target in the National Development Plan “unless we do something
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Department of Small Business Calls for Public Comment on the definition of small enterprises
GOVERNMENT NOTICE CALL FOR WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS FROM STAKEHOLDER BODIES AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON THE UPDATING OF SCHEDULE 1 OF THE NATIONAL DEFINITION FOR SMALL ENTERPRISES IN SOUTH AFRICA I, Lindiwe D Zulu, Minister of Small Business Development hereby: a) Publish...
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Business Day: LETTER: Open up SME payments
Your editorial (Lip service paid to SME sector, July 30) refers. I commend the Small Business Institute (SBI) for its initiative
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Business Day: EDITORIAL: Lip service paid to SME sector
For a segment of the economy that is expected to create close to 10-million jobs by 2030, it is disconcerting how little we still know
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Business Day: SA ‘completely out of step’ with global SME growth trends
SA is a "complete outlier" internationally when it comes to employment creation by small and medium-sized enterprises, raising questions about possible policy and regulatory failure. Initial findings of a new study by the Small Business Institute (SBI) and the Small...
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Will Ramaphosa cut South Africa’s SME ministry?
The department – which has long come under fire for doing too little to support small business
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Business Day: Disconnect between start-ups and big business stunting SME growth
The study also whowed that large firms added more jobs and grew employment at a faster rate than SMEs from 2011 to 2016.
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Business Day: Where the Jobs Summit fell short
President Cyril Ramaphosa admits SA will not achieve the unemployment target in the National Development Plan “unless we do something
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Opinion piece and SBI’s letter to the editor: Why the dubious research saga by SBI and SBP?
Cape Times – Business Report Why the dubious research saga by SBI and SBP? The SBI and SBP spout are not new.
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Business Day: Small business policy is based on wrong assumptions, study shows
President Cyril Ramaphosa has asserted that “the growth of our economy will be sustained
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Sowetan LIVE: Put small business centre stage of SA’s development
Are small businesses the ticket for economic recovery, growth and job creation?
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