A group of organisations representing informal traders has called on government to provide relief and financial assistance to workers during the lockdown period. Lockdown via SABCNews
says her department has received over 2000 applications from small businesses for financial relief since the launch of the system., Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises have registered on her department’s database for assistance during the lockdown period which has serious implications on small businesses.
The Department of Small Business Development has recorded a total of 81 000 SMMEs who have registered on the since the opening of the registration. However, this does not translate into an application for funding.In the video below, the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on small businesses: Last week, Co-operative Government Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma announced that all spaza shops and informal food traders will be allowed to sell their products provided they have a permit from their municipalities.
President of the South African Informal Traders Alliance Rosheda Muller says municipalities are not issuing permits for
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