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MICHAEL AVERY: Make SMMES heroes, just for once
For the sake of battling entrepreneurs Ndabeni-Abrahams should relax red tape
30 January 2022 - 17:03
“As government we have a responsibility to enforce regulatory compliance in the SMME sector and close businesses that are trading illegally.”
These words, apparently barked by small business development minister, Stella “I’m-too-fabulous-for-this-portfolio” Ndabeni-Abrahams, the person President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed supposedly to help grow and nurture the economy’s engine room, were roundly slammed on social media last week...
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