The purpose of this research was to determine the challenges facing smallbusinesses in South Africa and further determine the experiences of smallbusinesses under enterprise development by large firms. These challenges weredetermined to be lack of skills for small business owners, lack of...

Enterprise is often described as risk for reward, but it may be possible to reducethe risk while improving returns. According to SEDA, failure rates of SMMEs inSouth Africa range from 70 to 80 percent. The need for this study arose when itwas found that most SMMEs did not have a formal system in...

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the viability and sustainability ofpreferential procurement in the metals and engineering sector. Preferentialprocurement is one of the seven elements of Broad–Based–Black EconomicEmpowerment (BBBEE) and seeks to encourage companies to procure...