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In a bid to grow entrepreneurship in South Africa, a number of government funding platforms are available to qualifying enterprises and individuals.

Between June 2015 and May 2016, the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) trained 1 037 informal traders, established 29 satellite offices and five centres of business excellence.

Women's Month

The Women in Science Awards aim to inspire other women (and men) to scientific curiosity and research excellence.

Woman's Month

By celebrating women role models, the Department of Science and Technology hopes to inspire budding scientists, especially young girls, to choose the sciences as a career path.

Women's Month

Thanks to a loan from a provincial development agency, a KwaZulu-Natal woman is laying solid foundations in the construction industry.

Yoliswa and Xolani Gumede, a young couple from KwaZulu-Natal, have made history as the first black strawberry farm owners in the province. They own Cappeny Estates.

An Eastern Cape entrepreneur who has won awards for creating an innovative energy saving device for geysers is on the verge of heating up the market.

Women's Month

It’s time for communities to hold honest conversations about the role of women in society, as National Dialogues take place in Women’s Month.

With Women’s Month underway, a series of National Dialogues is taking place across the Northern Cape to raise awareness of, and find ways to tackle, the scourge of gender-based violence.

Over the past year, the Coega Development Corporation has awarded R30 million in contracts to small businesses in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro.

August is National Organ Donor Month and the perfect time to sign up to become an organ donor.

While around 4 300 South Africans are waiting for organ and cornea transplants, less than 0.2 per cent of South Africans are registered organ donors.