A CALL OUT TO EXISTING SOUTH AFRICAN OWNED, REGISTERED AND TAX COMPLIANT SMMEs TO SUBMIT INFORMATION IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES
- Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of Covid-19 pandemic as a National State of Disaster; the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) has identified SMMEs and Cooperatives as essential contributing partners in assisting the Country to combat this national and global pandemic.
- Government has prioritised securing essential products and services from all the critical stakeholders nationally to urgently deal with the pandemic. DSBD is currently implementing swift interventions to support small businesses that manufacture these critical essential products such as hygiene, medical and food items and related support services businesses.
- This call out is meant to target ONLY South African Owned Small Businesses (as Defined in terms of the National Small Enterprise Act 1997) that are manufacturing these products and/or are providing the services as outlined in the document.
