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Starting your own Small Business?

One of the most frequent frustrations businesses contacting the Red Tape Reduction Business Support Helpline Service have raised in the past...

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Small business incentive schemes

Are you starting your own business or need funding for an existing business?

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Consumer protection

Whether you're buying brand-new or second-hand goods, you have a right to receive goods that are up to standard.

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Industry development

Business support and funding

Starting your own business can be very difficult, challenging, and frustrating with many risks involved, however it can also result in enormous possible

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Ripping off red tape is key to growing private sector investment in WC

Regulatory ‘red tape’ is a known hindrance to business establishment and expansion, no matter the sector. Launched in 2011, the Department...

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WCG and JSE announce multi-year SME accelerator programme

The Western Cape Government’s Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT) and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), the largest...

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527 days and still no Remote Working Visa

The Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, has confirmed in a letter to the Western Cape Standing Committee on Finance and Economic...

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Mandela Day at I-CAN: Bridging the digital divide to create opportunities

Mireille Wenger, provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, spent the morning at the I-CAN Centre in Elsie’s River which is...

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Celebrating SMME Booster Fund’s success with Langa’s Bicycle Empowerment Network

Premier of the Western Cape, Alan Winde, and provinical Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, Mireille Wenger, had the pleasure of...

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