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The mandate of One-Stop Business Facilitation Centre (OBFC) is to promote investment through efficient and effective trade facilitation through the following current and potential future services:

• Traders Licences

• Manufacturing Licences

• Small scale manufacturing licences

• Export Permits/ documents

• Import permits

• Rebates

• Work Permits

• Residence Permits

• Company Registration

• Tax Registration and Clearances

• Utilities Payments

• Investment Information

• Business Statistics

• Advocacy for regulatory reform

• Tariff investigations and

The Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) is mandated to register businesses and protect intellectual property rights through the administration of four (4) pieces of legislation namely;

1. The Companies Act (CAP 42:01), provides for the incorporation of companies; registration of post incorporation returns and notices; monitoring of post incorporation returns and reservation of company names.

2. Registration of Business Names Act (CAP 42:05), provides for the registration of business names and post registration notices such as change of ownership and cessation of businesses

The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) in South Africa. 

Functions of the Commission

• Registration of Companies, Co-operatives and Intellectual Property Rights (trade marks, patents, designs and copyright) and maintenance thereof
• Disclosure of Information on its business registers
• Promotion of education and awareness of Company and Intellectual Property Law
• Promotion of compliance with relevant legislation
• Efficient and effective enforcement of relevant legislation
• Monitoring compliance with and

The purpose of the Entrepreneurial Planning Institute (EPI) is to "Unlock Entrepreneurial Possibilities"​.

We improve the QUALITY OF SUPPORT entrepreneurial organisations and small businesses receive from practitioners such as business advisors, trainers mentors, coaches and other enterprise development professionals who are involved in Entrepreneurship, Small Business Growth or Enterprise & Supplier Development (ESD) programmes.

Our services are in the main aimed at PRACTITIONERS who wish to make a difference through the support they provide entrepreneurs. We train, mentor and coach them

Our Joy Tradings and events has been operating since 2017 with services such as cleaning and maintenance, printing and embroidery, online marketing, event management and more.

We are a start-up software development company that creates innovative solutions to training with our Augmented reality and virtual reality products and service.

UniSurf is a South African-based information technology and consulting services company that was established in 2019, and is operating in both the private and public sectors.

Our highly professional team comprises cloud solutions, remote support, onsite support, help desk, networking, security, and communication solutions to suit the IT requirements of organisations.

We also provide flexible and comprehensive support, and we sell computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers and services in most parts of the Free State.

King La Cafe is an internet cafe SMME located in Thokoza, a township in the East Rand area of Gauteng, South Africa.

It offers the following services:

• Internet access
• Photo copying and printing
• Scanning
• Emailing
• CV/Resume revamps
• Graphic design
• Branding
• Computer tutorials

Hahn & Hahn is a boutique firm of Intellectual Property practitioners specialising in drafting patent specifications and obtaining and protecting Patent, Design and Trade Mark rights anywhere in the world.  We also specialise in IP litigation and all commercial aspects related to IP.  Our professional staff includes Chemical Engineers, Electronic Engineers, Mechatronic Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Chemists, Biotechnologists and Physicists, who all practice in the fields of intellectual property law.  Hahn & Hahn represents some of South Africa’s and the world’s top

Entrtechnologies provide timely business information solutions. Our capacities involve application development, virtual tours development, software development, wireless technology, enterprise networking solutions, enterprise management, integration security technology, business intelligence, strategic delivery capabilities and a host of other ICT-related services.