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SA billionaire bails out restaurants hit by COVID-19

By Kaya 9595 News

The Sukuma Fund has allocated R100 million to restaurants to help them recover from the devastating economic effects of the lockdown and COVID-19 pandemic.

Almost 30% of restaurants were forced to close their doors during the lockdown and the hospitality sector – which employs a high volume of labour – is in dire need of some kind of relief.

The Sukuma Fund was formed to distribute the R1 billion donated by the Rupert Family and Remgro Limited, long-time supporters of the small business sector, in response to the economic crisis resulting from the pandemic. To date, 1303 SMEs and 2614 formal sole proprietors have received survival grants and/or soft loans from The Sukuma Fund, saving over 32 000 jobs in the process.

Spokesperson for The Sukuma Fund and Executive General Manager of Impact Investing at Business Partners Limited, David Morobe,said thousands of restaurants are still struggling to recover from the devastating economic effects of the lockdown and are on the brink of closure.

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Rental relief

The Sukuma Fund – administered by Business Partners Limited – has partnered with FEDHASA (the Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa) to ensure that the local restaurant industry can be assisted in a meaningful way, and continue to save much-needed jobs in the sector.

“In order to make the maximum impact with the remaining funds, we adapted our approach to partner with industry bodies who understand the specific challenges that their members face. We felt this was the most effective way to make a meaningful impact in helping businesses overcome COVID-19 related challenges,” he said.

The Sukuma Fund has allocated R100 million to qualifying restaurants with the aim of providing specific support in the form of rental relief and augmenting working capital where required. “

“The collaboration with FEDHASA will help identify eligible restaurants that require capital to survive these challenging economic times,” he said.

How to qualify

To qualify for Sukuma relief funding, independent restaurants must be formally registered, regulatory compliant and FEDHASA members.

They are also required to provide evidence of financial solvency and future viability, among other criteria.

The funding is also available to new FEDHASA members – businesses that would otherwise qualify, but are not currently FEDHASA members, are encouraged to register as a member to become eligible to receive the financial support.

Morobe notes that the programme was designed to ensure the survival of its restaurateur beneficiaries.

The unsecured interest-bearing loans of between R250,000 and R1 million are structured over 60 months, and will incur no interest or repayment obligations for the first 12 months. Thereafter, interest will be raised at the prime rate with repayments set to commence from month 13.

Visit The Sukuma Fund website for more details on how to apply.

Innovative and sustainable model

Morobe said that the mission of The Sukuma Fund was not only to save as many SMES as possible, but also to create an innovative and sustainable model capable of supporting SMEs through challenging times.

“Our vision was always to do more than help today – the intention was to allow Sukuma beneficiaries to pay it forward so as to create a self-perpetuating cycle of support for the SME sector,” Morobe.

He said it is extremely fulfilling to see that this fund has been able to make a difference to struggling SMEs businesses and that these businesses are now able to move ahead and are dedicated to paying it forward.

“This is testament to the underlying principles on which the fund was developed, and should hopefully ring true for the FEDHASA collaboration,” he said.

Written by: Tamlyn



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