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INTSIKAYOMZI IS THE SMME

Perhaps the most startling fact presented in the NISED Masterplan is that the number of SMMEs operating in our economy has not grown from the 800 000 estimated in 1995. From 1995 to 2022 we still have the same number of SMMEs in our economy, with only 330 000 of those able

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ESD: The Missing Link Between Corporate Spend and Real SMME Growth

South Africa invests billions in transformation each year, yet the economy still lacks a significant pipeline of scaled black-owned enterprises. Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) programs were meant to build inclusive participation and transform ownership patterns, but too often, it remains a bureaucratic exercise rather than a catalyst for real

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Our South Africa, Our Future 

South Africa’s democracy began with a sentence that changed everything: “We, the people.” It was more than the birth of a nation — it was a promise of ownership. Yet nearly thirty years later, too many still stand outside the gates of the very economy they sustain. The question before

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Reimagining The Future

South Africa today finds itself at a crossroad where the prospects of the country remain dim in light of the growing triple challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality. The transformation agenda has not taken priority and continues to suffer at the hands of unclear leadership coupled with ineffective outcomes. In

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