Small businesses band together to drive economic recovery
SMMEs launch the Gauteng Micro Business Expo in bid to mitigate against the effects of Covid-19
04 December 2020 - 10:23
Small, medium-sized and micro enterprises (SMMEs), owed billions of rand by government departments in unpaid invoices, have come together to launch a business expo in an effort to mitigate against the effects of Covid-19.
The pandemic has ravaged the local economy, which lost 2.2-million jobs during the second quarter, when businesses were forced to shut down during the most stringent parts of the lockdown. The economy is forecast to contract by 8% in 2020...
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