Background
The small, medium and micro enterprise (SMME) sector
provides the community with many opportunities for self-employment.
This is one of the reasons the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
regards programmes for developing and supporting SMMEs as a powerful
empowerment tool.
The Municipality realises that if the city is to become
globally competitive, it needs a strong SMME sector characterised by
high levels of skills, quality, efficiency and innovation. The Municipality's
vision for Tshwane's SMME sector is of an enterprising and competitive
sector.
With this vision in mind, the following objectives
have been set for SMME development and support in Tshwane:
• To create an SMME-enabling environment through
policies and procedures
• To facilitate and promote information dissemination
to SMMEs
• To facilitate skills-transfer and capacity-building
services for SMMEs and their support organisations
• To facilitate access by SMMEs to finance and
financial services
• To promote access by SMMEs to markets
• To facilitate and provide infrastructure support
for SMMEs
• To facilitate regular communication between
local stakeholders and SMMEs
