Have Your Say on the Proposed Criteria to Classify Small and Medium Enterprises

Have Your Say on the Proposed Criteria to Determine Small and Medium Enterprises

The Minister of Small Business Development, Ms. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, has published draft regulations in government gazette No 53348 of 15 September 2025, inviting public comment on the proposed criteria for determining the classification of micro, small and medium enterprises across different sectors.

They aim to:

  • Provide guidance for the alignment of statistics and data collection on MSMEs
  • ⁠Enhance data available for policy and programme development
  • ⁠Enable better targeted support interventions and measurement of impact
  • ⁠Improve overall development of micro, small and medium enterprises

Members of the public and stakeholders are therefore encouraged to submit written comments on draft regulations to
Mr. Sibusiso Bhila at [email protected]

Download the Draft Regulations