Searching for entrepreneurs to put R2.5 million grants to work

One of South Africa's largest entrepreneurial competitions, the SAB KickStart programme, launched last week, with R2.5 million in seed capital grants to be won. The programme, funded and developed by SAB, is open to previously disadvantaged youth aged between 18 and 35 who want to start or grow their own businesses. Entry forms are available at www.sabkickstart.co.za and from SAB's regional offices in Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Pretoria. The competition closes on 2 June 2006.