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News releases & OpEds
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
New social media effort by the SBI to promote products and services of South Africa’s SMEs
The Small Business Institute (SBI) today launched an Instagram account
SBI URGES MBOWENI TO SUPPORT SMME GROWTH IN HIS BUDGET
SBI URGES MBOWENI TO SUPPORT SMME GROWTH IN HIS BUDGET February 19 2019 Embargo: none The Small Business Institute is appealing to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to lift the threshold of taxable small firms to R5 million of annual turnover to develop the small...
SBI WELCOMES RAMAPHOSA’S FOCUS ON INCLUSIVE GROWTH
The Small Business Institute welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s focus on inclusive growth and job creation, and determination to fix Eskom and to step up the fight against corruption.
SBI CALLS ON RAMAPHOSA TO CHAMPION SMME-LED GROWTH
Ahead of his second State of the Nation Address (SONA), as part of the public-private growth initiative delegation to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the Small Business Institute (SBI) has tabled a set of proposals to ensure that the small business segment is placed at the front and centre of economic growth and job creation.
SBI BEEFS UP ITS CAPACITY
The Small Business Institute announces today that two top-rated South African economists and thought leaders are joining its board as part of SBI’s bid to strengthen its capacity to champion the voice of small business.
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
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 to:...
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 emulate the job creating...
Department of Small Business Calls for Public Comment on the definition of small enterprises
GOVERNMENT NOTICECALL 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...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: “Why the dubious research saga by SBI and SBP?”
The article published by Dr Thami Mazwai, a consultant to the minister of small business development
Baseline data and policy changes needed for small business to deliver jobs target for NDP
Baseline data and policy changes needed for small business to deliver jobs target for NDP Data
Growth in lending to big firms outpaces that to SMEs
Banks’ lending in South Africa to large corporate companies over the last five years grew
SBI reported in the news
Business Times: ‘Bounce Back’ billions on offer
A R15bn credit guarantee scheme from National Treasury has come
SABC News: Small business owners complain about power outages caused by load shedding
Small business owners say the short notice of power outages
Vutivi Business News: SME finance providers included as Bounce back scheme financiers
Small and medium-sized finance providers will form part of
Business Report: Small business welcomes Budget’s bounce-back scheme to support SMEs
SMALL businesses were a “willing and capable partner” that looked
Business Day TV: WATCH: Budget 2022 – Business Panel
Busisiwe Mavuso, Chief Executive Officer: Business Leadership South Africa; John
Vutivi Business News: Business demands that government conforms to changes in red tape regulations
Now Ramaphosa wants regulations that are unduly complicated, costly and
Sunday World: New dawn awaits SMMEs
Johannesburg- The concrete steps to improve the ease of doing
Business Report: Sona was good for business confidence, says economists
This comes as President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a radical policy
Fin24: Sipho Nkosi’s red tape team will unlock billions in investments – Minerals Council
The Minerals Council of South Africa heaped praise on President
Vutivi Business News: New Bounce Back loan guarantee scheme for small business
A newly redesigned loan guarantee scheme aimed at small businesses
EWN: RAMAPHOSA: ‘RED-TAPE TEAM’ TO MAKE IT EASIER TO DO BUSINESS IN SA
President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed former mining boss and chairperson of
eNCA: Great expectations ahead of SONA 2022
An expectant nation awaits the President. He will have to
SABC: Call for coordinated support for SMEs affected by COVID-19 pandemic
Small Bussiness Development Deputy Minister Zoleka Capa says government
ENCA: Massmart Strike | Discussion | Impact on business
Retail group Massmart says it has put contingency plans in
SAfm: What small businesses expect from Thursday’s Mid-term Budget
Finance Minister Enoch Gondongwana is expected to deliver his maiden
