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 | VIRGIL BETHANIE Drip Footwear was one of South Africa’s most visible SME success stories—until it wasn’t... read |
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 | IMRAN SALIE Luke Tollman and Nic Forshaw share their journey from trainees to tech founders...read |
|  | | Hlongwane remains focused on the bigger picture: building a greener, more inclusive South Africa, one job and one recycled item at a time...read |
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 | Three young entrepreneurs prove that meaningful relationships are the foundation of sustainable business growth... read |
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 | ISSUED BY SAPPI South Africa’s rural and peri-urban areas are home to a vibrant informal economy - an enterprising ecosystem of spaza shops, street vendors, barbers, mechanics, and countless micro-enterprises that shape daily life in the townships. It’s a space defined not only by survival, but by creativity and community-rooted resilience. And there’s a name for it: kasinomics... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY THE INNOVATOR TRUST What if the key to unlocking the future of young people wasn’t just a job, but the confidence and skills to shape their own path? Innovator Trust’s Youth Entrepreneurship Programme (YEP) is doing exactly that. Read |  | |
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 | ISSUED BY AMIE When you cook your chicken tonight or enjoy your ribs, does it ever occur to you how the meat got from where the animal was raised and cared for to where it landed on your plate?... Read |
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 | South African Kerushan Govender has been elected president of the American Marketing Association’s New York chapter... Read |
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 | F45 Training South Africa partners with Standard Bank to support aspiring franchise owners... Read |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON Philani Potwana, CEO at FNB, shares insights on leadership, innovation, and empowering Africa’s youth to shape a more inclusive financial future... Read |
 | Old Mutual SMEgo has announced the second edition of the SMEGo Pitchathon, for companies in the ICT and Financial Services offering a prize money of R4,2m an increase of over R1m from the 2024 edition... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OLD MUTUAL SMEGO R4,2m for businesses in the ICT and Financial Services sector... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ONPOINT PR Women entrepreneurs across South Africa are encouraged to apply for grant funding, access bespoke training programmes, and access to valuable networking and mentorship opportunities... Read |
 | On United Nations’ Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) Day on 27 June 2025, Pick n Pay reaffirmed its commitment to empowering local entrepreneurs... Read |
 | The initiative is designed to address key barriers that prevent SMEs in the province from exporting... Read |
 | One of the most prominent recent breaches involved e-commerce retailer OneDayOnly, which was targeted by the hacking group Kill Security (KillSec) in late 2024... Read |
 | JEREMY LANG, ISSUED BY BUSINESS PARTNERS LIMITED Running a small business in South Africa particularly these days comes with its own set of challenges. Between rising input costs and increasingly price-sensitive customers, you can quickly find yourself between a rock and a hard place... Read |
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 | Though home to over a billion people, low incomes and high import duties have long hampered manufacturers' efforts to sell more cars in Africa... Read |
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 | CELESTE SIRIN It’s no surprise that the most successful employer brands are led by CEOs who drive from the top. They bring a compelling business strategy - but just as importantly, they recognise that it’s the people strategy that delivers the objectives... Read |
 | ALETIA OBERHOLSTER When can genuine, brand name goods still be labelled “counterfeit”? The Supreme Court of Appeal has just answered that question in Yossi Barel v Popular Trading CC (handed down 23 June 2025) - and its guidance will matter to every South African company that imports, distributes or enforces branded products... Read |
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