On this page you will find statements and op-eds distributed by SBI; coverage the Institute receives and news about and for SMEs. While we do not necessarily endorse political parties, nor the findings of other research institutions, our research and advocacy positions are increasingly highlighted by influential commentators. We post these articles or interviews here for your review.
News releases & OpEds
SBI PRESS RELEASE: Details, please
Small businesses are grateful for the promise of relief, but
Business Day OP-ED: Pandemic could be the final straw for ailing small businesses
Amid the Covid-19 outbreak the government should follow global trends
Postponement of the May SBI SME Indaba
Dear SBI Member, colleague, and partner, In light of the COVID-19 outbreak that has reached South Africa the SBI fully supports President Cyril Ramaphosa's measures announced on Sunday 15 March to fight the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa. Accordingly, regrettably,...
Press release: SBI calls on government and big businesses to consider emergency assistance to SMEs. #Covid-19
SBI calls on government and big businesses to consider emergency
News Release: An Opportunity Knocks in Support of SMMEs
This year at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos
Press release: Small Business Institute #SMEIndaba scheduled as business rankings slip
29 October 2019 Small Business Institute #SMEIndaba scheduled as business rankings slip
SBI COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO THE NATIONAL TREASURY: Economic transformation, inclusive growth and competitiveness: Towards an Economic Strategy for South Africa
The Small Business Institute (SBI) is an independent, not-for-profit
Business Day: SIPHO NKOSI: Cut red tape to prevent small business staying informal
Initiatives in Rwanda, Mexico and the UK show that making
Press release: SBI launches SBI Index Tracker scorecard
June 17 2019 Embargo: none The Small Business Institute announces today that it is launching a new scorecard – SBI Index Tracker – that will measure South Africa’s performance relative to other countries on the ease of doing business and other metrics of success in...
Press release: SBI is disappointed SMEs remained in Departmental Silo, pledges to work with new DSBD
Press release: SBI is disappointed SMEs remained in Departmental Silo, pledges to work with new DSBD May 30 2019 The Small Business Institute is disappointed that the Small Business Development Department (DSBD) has been retained as part of the sixth administration....
Press Release: SBI steps up campaign against late payment of SMEs
Small businesses are called the ‘lifeblood’ and the ‘backbone’ of
OPED: Sunday Times – Cabinet Consultation
Recently the Small Business Institute was part of a business delegation consulted by the government about a reconfigured cabinet. Our approach to the question centred on two tenets:
SBI hosts its first Small Business Indaba
The Small Business Institute will be holding its first of
SBI expresses concern over ongoing strike at SARS
March 31 2019 The Small Business Institute appeals to workers’ representatives and leadership at the SA Revenue Service (SARS) to urgently resolve their wage dispute which is threatening small businesses in SA. “The strike, entering its second week, is the latest blow...
Press release: SBI calls on government to stop Eskom’s slaughter of small businesses
The Small Business Institute calls on government to redouble efforts
SBI reported in the news
Business Maverick: Webinar Q&A: The effects of Covid-19 on South Africa SMMEs
In a Webinar on 1 April, host Ray Mahlaka discussed
SABC News: Coronavirus I John Dludlu highlights impact of COVID-19 to small businesses
John Dludlu speaks about the impact COVID-19 will have on
CNBC Africa: How Remgro’s one billion rand fund for SMEs will work
Last week South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa revealed that the
Sunday Times: Small business, big setbacks: worries set in as lockdown looms
As SA prepares for lockdown, to empty the streets and
ENCA: The Fix | COVID-19 and banks | 29 March 2020
Cas Coovadia of the Banking association of SA looks at
Business Day: SA’s small companies brace for bitter lockdown
While government has undertaken to help small and medium-sized firms
POWER Business: Small business intervention amidts Covid-19
The Small Business Institute’s CEO John Dludlu sheds light on
Kaya FM: Small Business sector support, Power supply options & Life of Credo Mutwa
John probed how spaza shops will be helped by government
Moneyweb: SME support: a good start, but we need more
John Dludlu, CEO of the Small Business Institute, on the
Financial Mail: BERNARD SWANEPOEL: Oh so now you care about small business?
For years, politicians have simply ignored small business. As the
Business Day TV: WATCH: R500m immediately available to assist SMMEs
Government has made R500 million available to assist small, medium
Financial Mail: The virus is killing small business
After the 2008/2009 crisis, SA lost 1.1-million jobs in
BizNews: Bernard Swanepoel, Alec Hogg: How to help small business SURVIVE Covid-19 war
Small Business Institute executive director Bernard Swanepoel, perhaps best known
CapeTalk: Small businesses are grateful for the promise of relief, but many questions remain unanswered,
John Dludlu | SBI Chief Executive Officer |
Business Day: JOHN DLUDLU: Lessons from the past for a crisis the world has not seen before
In tackling the coronavirus menace there is much to learn
