Johannesburg, South Africa (ADV) – Over the weekend, at Kwamhlushwa Stadium, in Mpumalanga, the South African Department of Small Business Development is set to hand out tools and equipment to 138 informal business owners.
This Informal and Micro Enterprise Development Programme (MEDP) is aimed at improving the country’s economies at a grass-root level.
According to the department, the MEDP is a pragmatic intervention by the Department of Small Business Development which strives to accelerate the growth of informal and micro enterprises by improving their competitiveness and sustainability to become formal businesses and partake in the mainstream economy.
“It is imperative that we improve our support to informal traders with a sole focus to enable them to be competitive and sustainable,” said Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu, adding that the initiative is aimed at empowering small business to sustain the economy.
“As a matter of fact, this is the sector that creates more jobs and directly help reduce poverty.”
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