GNU could provide new opportunities for SMME growth

South Africa’s recently formed Government of National Unity (GNU) is expected to introduce new ideas into government, which could, subsequently, benefit small-, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs), Wits School of Governance associate professor William Gumede has said. In an address at the Business Partners and Small Business Institute (SBI) SME Indaba, held in Gauteng, on July 24, he discussed the implications of a GNU, expressing that it provides an “exciting and different opportunity”, from a political and economic perspective, over the next five years.