Covid-19 Business Relief Fund assists over 250 businesses in WCape
21 January 2021
Today (21 January 2021), I am pleased to announce that through the Covid-19 Business Relief Fund, we have distributed R38 268 000 to 252 small businesses across the Western Cape, saving at least 2,000 jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic.
We launched the Covid-19 Business Relief Fund in September last year to support small businesses in both the formal and informal sectors who have been hard-hit by Covid-19 restrictions.
And today, I had the pleasure to visit three of the businesses who were recipients of these funds.
Bodyline Coachworks is a youth-owned business based in Killarney Gardens that employs 11 people and provides auto body repairs and motor repair services, K9 Petfoods is a women-owned business based in Montague Gardens that employs 50 people and provides pet food to some of the biggest retailers in South Africa, and Eat Smart is also a women-owned business in Montague Gardens employing 14 people and providing healthy ready-made meals to retailers across South Africa.