Although this article covers what President Obama and America are doing for small business, I thought I'd post it as small businesses form the backbone of any economy...These points are valid in South Africa as our small businesses are so important to our economy....
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In celebration of Madiba's 92nd birthday we would like to contribute to a small business that is doing good in their local community.
We would like to sponsor a worthy small business products and services to the value of R10 000.
This sponsorship will run yearly as our Madiba day contribution....
Cape Town – MPs considering the tax changes proposed by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in his February budget heard that some proposals will hurt small businesses, because the new rules will discourage private lenders from putting money into them.
Cape Town - The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has in its first year extended 7 500 microfinance loans to the value of R23m, Monitoring and Evaluation Minister Collins Chabane said on Wednesday.
He told the National Assembly the NYDA has disbursed a further R3 million in loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises and issued 4 244 business consultancy vouchers worth more than R33m.
He told the National Assembly the NYDA has disbursed a further R3 million in loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises and issued 4 244 business consultancy vouchers worth more than R33m.
Softline buys Netcash
In a deal that has exciting possibilities for SMME's in South Africa, Softline - the provider of South Africa's most popular accounting software - Pastel, has announced that they have acquired Netcash. Charles Pittaway, Director of Netcash issued a statement as follows:
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