Author Archive | Max Matavire

Stutterheim manufacturer to go global

Following the launch of a R4-million plant, the usually sleepy Eastern Cape town of Stutterheim will not be the same again. This, thanks to Ikusasa Green, a small enterprise that opened a cooler-box manufacturing plant in the small town. The plant, which will initially create more than 20 jobs, with a further 15 jobs to… [Continue Reading]

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Coega helps businesses upgrade status

The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has already invested over R450 000 in a recently launched business support programme aimed at small businesses. The programme, which is being co-ordinated by the CDC’s small business development unit and is called the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Level One Certification, assists selected small businesses in the CDC database… [Continue Reading]

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Women contractors make inroads

Two women entrepreneurs are inching closer to their goals in a male-dominated industry after successfully completing the South African National Road Agency Limited’s (Sanral) enterprise development programme. The programme, which was launched in the Eastern Cape recently, offers training to small businesses along the national roads Sanral builds, upgrades and maintains. Small contractors are trained… [Continue Reading]

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Small firms benefit from Coega zone

The multi-million rand projects currently under way at the Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) at Coega near Port Elizabeth are set to benefit small business owners as new investments are realised. The Coega IDZ is one of the industrial hubs strategically located near airports and sea ports, forming part of the new Specialised Economic Zones (SEZs)… [Continue Reading]

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