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Bohlale Buzani is a business consultant and youth empowerment advocate, as well as a founding member of an award-winning SME
Township businesses face a critical challenge: surviving the cash-flow gap between receiving large orders and getting paid. Real market access requires accessible working capital, not just opportunities or buyers.
Buffalo City’s small businesses face rising municipal tariffs and hidden costs from unreliable infrastructure, making survival difficult. True economic growth requires lowering operational barriers, not just funding SMMEs.
Drive through Buffalo City these days and something is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Steel frames. IBR sheets. Buildings seemingly going up almost as quickly as the businesses they are meant to house.
The rise of digital platforms is transforming township entrepreneurship in South Africa, enabling business owners to expand their reach, but new challenges have emerged, including the need for digital literacy, constant online engagement,…
When a small business hires its first employee, a small salary offer is not necessarily a sign of greed or exploitation. The bigger question is how we build an economy where small businesses can hire more people and pay them better as…
Every few months, SA finds itself outraged by another township crisis.
Treasury is considering a system where stronger alcoholic products are taxed more heavily than weaker ones.
Degrees don't guarantee jobs; more often they lead to exhaustion and debt. The need is to strengthen pathways between learning and earning
Small business development minister Stella Ndabeni hosted a landmark clinic for the sector, hosted jointly with Buffalo City mayor Princess Faku, at KuGompo City Hall in the CBD on Friday.
Small business development minister Stella Ndabeni arrived at a packed KuGompo city hall on Friday to greet excited entrepreneurs, young and old, from micro traders and spaza shop owners to emerging contractors, landscapers and bakers.
For too long, communities have outsourced their economic imagination to politicians who explain what prosperity should look like. What if, before political parties even released their manifestos, communities arrived with manifestos of…
The growing campaign against foreign nationals operating businesses in SA has become one of the most emotionally charged conversations in the country.
Many SMEs hesitate to charge what they are worth because they fear losing clients. but the consequences for the whole SME community are harsh and there is a playbook for a better way.
What happens to all the confidential data your employees feed to AI every day?
The “Jazz in the City” event at the Ann Bryant Art Gallery on Sunday will allow people to interact with a new art exhibition that is about to go on auction.
