Private sector must lead the charge on tackling unemployment, and government will follow - There are many ways to support small businesses, such as ensuring that you always buy locally
Imagine what an entrepreneur “hears” when trying to run a business in South Africa. Want to register a business? Please climb through these hoops. Want to try to get funding? Here’s another hoop. Too high? Sorry about that, next time we’ll come up with another grand scheme that doesn’t exclude you. Would you like to hire someone? Here are another few hoops.? Well, no, it’s probably best not to hire anyone in that case.
While we wait for the government to make good on its various promises, we simply have to take the bull by the horns as the private sector. We still believe the president’s intentions are good. So, when the wheels of government finally start moving in favour of the SME sector, we will already have built sustainable momentum in the private sector through the action we take now.