SMME stands for small, medium and micro enterprise. In South Africa the National Small Enterprise Act (Act 102 of 1996) is the law that sorts a business into one of those three classes, using the ...

To start a security company in South Africa, you register the company with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), make sure every director holds a personal PSIRA registration at ...

This is the story of Xolani Dyesha, founder of Rise & Shine Bakery, a business in rural Adelaide, Eastern Cape.

South African SMMEs, typically owner-managed and resource-constrained compared to larger corporates, genuinely benefit more from a targeted marketing strategy built around a specific, well-understood ...

Non-repayable grants do not have to be paid back, which makes them the most attractive category of small business funding on paper. They are not free money in the way that phrase implies: most come ...

Starting a poultry business is a one-off project. Running one is a daily routine, and that routine decides whether the business makes money. Feed conversion, mortality and how reliably you sell each ...

For South Africa’s small and micro enterprises, funding remains both the fuel and the fire. It powers growth, yet its absence can halt a business in its tracks. The recently released 2025 South ...

Periodic research into small business access to finance in South Africa consistently points to the same underlying barriers: a genuine funding gap between what small businesses need and what is ...

Property development, taking land or a building and increasing its value through construction, renovation or repurposing, is a genuinely capital-intensive and compliance-heavy business venture, and ...

This Business Plan template can help you clearly state your enterprise’s mission and vision.

In the ever-changing business landscape of South Africa, there are many factors that affect the growth and sustainability of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). From the adoption of technology, ...

A queue-for-you business, standing in line on behalf of clients who don’t have the time, is a genuinely low-barrier service business built on solving a simple, common frustration, and understanding ...