COVID-19 SMME Intervention Measures Released

Written By Anika de Klerk

Subsequent to the Minister for Small Business Development (SBD), Ms Khumbudzo Ntshavheni's announcement of the intervention measures in support of SMMEs affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the "Guidelines for Application for the Debt Relief Finance Scheme and Business Growth/ Resilience Facility" have now been published. Most notable in the release is the following:

  • Only SMMEs that are registered on the SBD database will be considered.

  • The online application form will be available from Thursday, 02 April 2020.

  • Please go to https://smmesa.gov.za/ to register your business.

Further to this, the Department for Small Business Development has also published Requests for Proposals to existing South African owned, registered and tax compliant SMMEs, which are in the medical supply and non-food field.

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Anika de Klerk
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