The Solidarity Fund and the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) have teamed up to offer R450m in financial assistance to businesses affected by the civil unrest that gripped KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng earlier this year. Wongakazi Majola, pillar lead for the Humanitarian…
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel said the Industrial Development Corporation, the Solidarity Fund and the National Empowerment Fund were at the heart of providing R1.5 billion in successful claims from businesses affected by July's looting. Patel was…
THE NATIONAL Empowerment Fund (NEF) and the Solidarity Fund’s Humanitarian Crisis Relief Fund (HCRF) have announced a R450 million financial relief programme to support small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) recover from the effects of civil unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and…
DURBAN - THE National Empowerment Fund (NEF) and the Solidarity Fund’s Humanitarian Crisis Relief Fund (HCRF) have announced a joint financial relief programme to support small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) to recover from the devastating riots and unrest in…
Limpopo – Developing local small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs), is at the heart of SIOC-CDT and as such, the trust has partnered with the National Empowerment Fund (NEF), an agency of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition whose mandate…
The couple saw a gap in the market for quality, affordable culinary education In 2012, Kelvin and Jarlyne Joel founded the Johannesburg Culinary and Pastry School with a dream of training young chefs. Now it's the largest black owned school…
Registration is now open, on www.smmesa.gov.za, for small and medium-sized businesses that require help during the coronavirus crisis. The department of small business development has promised a debt-relief fund for small businesses. Applicants will be screened by way of that register.…
The Solidarity Fund, kick-started by donations of R1-billion from the Rupert and Oppenheimer families, has been fattened up by the Motsepe foundations and others to help government efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 and keep the economy, business and…
The City of Ekurhuleni launches a R300 million Enterprise Development Partnership with the National Empowerment Fund
