Entrepreneurship policy on the cards

A National Entrepreneurship Policy (NEP) is being formulated to replace the Small, Medium and Micro Size Entreprises (SMME) Policy of 1998.

The NEP is designed to provide a comprehensive framework for entrepreneurship and SMME development in the country.

According to a statement released by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the policy needed to be reviewed to instill entrepreneurship development.

Editor's Comment
Ruling party should tread carefully on cadre deployment

But on the particularly sensitive question of cadre deployment, the BNF must tread very carefully.The issue deserves robust debate, not ideological enthusiasm. Recent public comments from the BNF leadership are reassuring: the party has said that government positions should be based on merit and competence rather than party membership, and that it does not have a specific cadre-deployment policy.That principle should remain firmly at the centre...

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