MICRO entrepreneurs operating around Anglo American Platinum's Khomanani 1 and 2 shafts near Rustenburg, in North West, fear the worst for their businesses. Add a comment
Micro & Start-Ups
Informal loans hit banks hard
- 16 December 2012
- SME News Desk
SOUTH African banks will pay for their sins when they begin to feel the effects of non-performing loans in 2013, following an increased number of unsecured loans granted this year. Add a comment
Meet the boy who would be Doogle and gets Google twisted up
- 25 November 2012
- SME News Desk
Andries van der Merwe has got Google executives in a knot after launching a website to help jobseekers market themselves online. Add a comment
TSB unit assists small-scale sugar farmers
- 13 November 2012
- SME News Desk
TSB Sugar is maintaining relations with small-scale sugar cane growers in Mpumalanga and Pongola in northern KwaZulu-Natal — even establishing its own agricultural finance division (Akwandze) to ensure they had easy access to resources, says Akwandze CEO Roger Armitage. Add a comment
No interest in 'poor man's account'
- 11 November 2012
- SME News Desk
Low-cost Mzansi accounts are losing ground to bank-branded products that are cheaper and more appropriate for low-income customers. Add a comment
