The 17th Annual South African Small Business Awards, hosted by the National Small Business Chamber (NSBC), has honoured South Africa’s leading entrepreneurs and small businesses.
The event recognised 20 outstanding winners, including Main Category Champions and Special Award recipients, applauding their innovation, resilience, and contribution to South Africa’s growing SME sector.
Mike Anderson, NSBC founder and CEO, emphasises the pivotal role small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play in driving economic growth, innovation, and job creation.
“Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy and the heartbeat of our communities. The diversity and strength of this year’s winners showcase the remarkable talent and determination that define South Africa’s entrepreneurial spirit,” Anderson says.
The 2025 category award winners are:
National Small Business Champion – Debtsource (Frank Knight)
National Entrepreneur Champion – Cobus Visser (Cobus Visser International)
National Entrepreneur Champion – Kimberly Ebersohn (The Tax Shop Hartbeespoort)
National Woman in Business Champion – Tshepiso Nyakane (Thee Gifted Hands)
National Startup Champion – Hustlery (Tyron Williams)
The 2025 special award winners are:
Never Surrender Award – Buhle Mahlangu (LEC Catering)
National Rising Star Award – Racket Rescue (Mohammed Ziyaad Khan)
National Innovation Award – Sage Wise Audio Visual Solutions (Darshen Moodley)
National Funder Award – Sourcefin (Joshua Kadish)
The Top 20 winners (in alphabetical order) are:
BluLever Education (Jessica Roussos)
Brytech Holdings (Brian Pawandiwa)
ChilliPix (Eugene Nagel)
Cobus Visser International (Cobus Visser)
Debtsource (Frank Knight)
Edge Growth (Daniel Hatfield)
Gomolemo Construction and Projects (Precious Segopotso)
GovGrowth (Karen Goldstone-Hoffman)
Hustlery (Tyron Williams)
LEC Catering (Buhle Mahlangu)
Level Eight Marketing (Wendy Gengan)
My Fuel Orders (Ashleigh Bradley)
Racket Rescue (Mohammed Ziyaad Khan)
Sage Wise Audio Visual Solutions (Darshen Moodley)
Solis and Luna Consulting (Janice Naidoo)
Speakingdom (Mahlodi Kgatle)
Sourcefin (Joshua Kadish)
Thee Gifted Hands (Tshepiso Nyakane)
The Tax Shop Hartbeespoort (Kimberly Ebersohn)
Tiffany Markman (Tiffany Markman)