Allon Raiz helping small business succeed in South Africa; Brad Sugars he is not

Allon Raiz CEO of Raizcorp joined Alec on CNBC Africa to discuss the impact of the 5 month long platinum strike on businesses across the country. You would be forgiven for thinking that the contents of the discussion between Alec and Allon was full of gloomy tales of small businesses haemorrhaging their lifelines and subsequently disappearing … Read more

James Caan: offering to replicate UK’s small business growth story in SA

By Alec Hogg We hosted a special guest at Biznews yesterday. The only possible thing that could have have made it better would have engineered the simultaneous attendance the hard-to-reach Lindiwe Zulu, political head of SA’s new Small Business Ministry. Our visitor was business television celebrity, British entrepreneur of the year, Dragon’s Den star and … Read more

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SACCI worried about Zuma’s “interventionist” tone

From the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry: SACCI welcomes the new Ministerial appointments and the creation of a Small Business Ministry but remains concerned about the interventionist tone of recent official statements. The cabinet shows a commitment to the priorities in the President’s inauguration speech of yesterday, these being accelerated infrastructure investment; radical economic … Read more