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eThekwini’s One-Stop Centre is open and ready to assist businesses with a number of initiatives aimed at recovering and rebuilding after the civil unrest and looting. -
Building resilience to future exposure of business interruption triggers and extreme events includes protecting the most vulnerable and largely excluded small and medium business enterprises with accessible insurance. -
The IDCs Post-Unrest Business Recovery Fund, MCEP Economic Stabilisation Funds and matching grants: providing industrial loan support to affected companies towards the rebuilding of infrastructure, and restoration of equipment, fittings for the premises, stock, and provision of working capital. -
The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) and the Solidarity Fund’s Unrest Relief Fund (URF) have established a R450 million funding programme aimed at supporting businesses that were damaged in the recent riots in KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng. -
The SAIA Treating Customers Fairly workgroup on Standardised Terminology has compiled a list of common terms and their meanings as used in personal-lines insurance policies that are potentially confusing to consumers. -
Businesses and individuals who have suffered losses during the violence and unrest are well advised not to make fraudulent insurance claims for their losses. -
The National Empowerment Fund’s Economic Recovery Fund has a focus on manufacturing, retail and services businesses, while the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) Small Business Development Business Recovery Support Packages support informal and micro businesses sector. -
Businesses affected by the unrest which took place during 9 - 19 July have until Thursday, 30 September at 17:00 to register on the Business Loss Registration Portal as announced by government last week.