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In Mahikeng, in the North West, enterprising women are working together under the banner of ‘Adopt a Woman’ to seek funding collectively and find viable business plans via SABCNewsOnline

In his 2019 Budget Speech, Finance Ministermade a commitment to allocate R481.6 million to the Small Enterprise Development Agency to expand its small business incubation programme. However, access to capital still remains a challenge for many entrepreneurs.

Under a tree in the sweltering heat of Mahikeng, great minds gather seeking ways to grow their businesses. The entreprenuers are all women. They are among the 800 000 female business owners affiliated to ‘Adopt a Woman’. “Most of the times, we depend on our husbands to do this, to come and buy bread, but we want to make money. It is time for us women to make money. You know why we decided to group ourselves? We want to go to government and say, government help us, because as you see us, all of us here, we are from different companies. We want government to support our businesses in order for us to grow.”

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