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Eastern Cape finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko says government departments owe contractors R2.3bn. The department of health is the worst offender and owes more than R2.1bn while the education department owes R154m. Image: Eugene Coetzee
EASTERN CAPE

‘It’s absolutely criminal’: Eastern Cape owes small businesses R2.3bn

It is absolutely criminal not to pay small businesses‚ especially at a time like this. This is the opinion expressed by Eastern Cape Black Contractors chair Sakhele Skenjana‚ who was reacting to the Eastern Cape government’s admission…

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AFRICA

87% of Africa’s small businesses fear they may not survive the Covid-19 crisis

Most entrepreneurs who took part in AMI’s Covid-19 business survival boot camps, with Business Day, say a single, small loan could mean survival A staggering 87% of small businesses in Africa fear they may not survive the Covid-19 crisis,…

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Small businesses are lobbying to be allowed to reopen under lockdown.Image: 123RF/Suwaree Tangbovornpichet
CLOSED

‘Relax the regulations’: small businesses in fight for survival

The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) is challenging a decision by Cape Town to prohibit informal traders operating during the lockdown‚ as small businesses lobby the government to be allowed to reopen. The centre said it received a request…

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