SMMEs’ challenges in reconstructing South Africa

South Africa’s entry into the 1990s was dramatic. Change has become a reality and change always implies both opportunities and threats. The new government’s Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) being a statement of intent, outlines definite principles in promoting small, medium and micro enterprise (SMMEs) in South Africa. South Africa has undeniably for many years been foremost among the world’s most deeply polarized and pathologically stressed societies. Affirmative action presupposes and follows on equal opportunity and should therefore be a supplement rather than a substitute for equal opportunity. Focuses on challenges facing SMMEs in South Africa amid present changes and resistance to change. Reflects the major trends of an explorative study just completed countrywide and provides some guidelines for transformational and visionary leadership.