DSBD registers over 400 00 small businesses and spaza shops
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Source domain: sanews.gov.za
Collected on 13 July 2026
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Registration and inclusion of informal and micro businesses (including spaza shops) on the DSBD Connect System
The DSBD Connect System is capturing informal and micro businesses (including spaza shops). Registration is continuing and the plan is intended to increase the number of registered businesses.
- Who it is for
- informal and micro businesses, including spaza shops
- How to act on it
- The article does not describe how a business applies or registers; it only states that registration is continuing and that DSBD is packaging and sharing data.
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“Registration of Informal and micro businesses is continuing. To date, more than 40,000 businesses have been captured on the DSBD Connect System, and the implementation of the plan will increase the number of registered businesses.
Access to support via DSBD Connect System (including access to funding and OEM partnerships)
The DSBD Connect System is described as a digital platform to regulate and support spaza shops and to help small businesses access funding and form OEM partnerships.
- Who it is for
- small businesses and spaza shops
- How to act on it
- The article does not provide an application or enrolment process; it describes the platform’s purpose and that DSBD is packaging data in the DSBD Connect System and Innovation Portal data platforms.
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The system is a digital platform aimed at assisting the department to regulate and support spaza shops while helping small businesses to, among others, access funding and form OEM [Original Equipment Manufacturer] partnerships.
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Reference
GOVNEWS-82807 at https://www.sanews.gov.za
Key Takeaways
- DSBD Connect System captured: more than 40,000 informal and micro businesses and spaza shops
- Date of media briefing/article: Sunday, 12 July 2026
- Partners finalising Project Implementation Plan: SALGA and COGTA
- DSBD Connect System purpose: regulate and support spaza shops; help small businesses access funding and form OEM partnerships
- NATJOINTS requirement: DSBD to share the database after cleansing and re-packaging
- Data sources mentioned: DSBD portfolio, CIPC, municipalities, COGTA and others
- IMC Borderline workstream: developed implementation plan for Borderline Infrastructure
- Borderline plan includes: timeline, task establishment, phased schedule, provincial cost estimates, risk register
- Implementing organisations for Borderline Infrastructure: Department of Public Works and Infrastructure; Defence Works Formation; SA Army Engineer Corps
- Funding step: IMC to present detailed business case to Minister of Finance for next three financial years
- Department of Small Business Development (DSBD)
- Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration (IMC)
- Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi
- South African Local Government Association (SALGA)
- Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)
- National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS)
- Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)
- Department of Public Works and Infrastructure
- Defence Works Formation
- SA Army Engineer Corps
- Minister of Finance
- SAnews
- Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)
Dates
Opening Date
12 July 2026