About us

The Mamelodi Business Clinic is a program of the Department of Business Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences aimed at facilitating entrepreneurship and small business development in and around the Tshwane community through entrepreneurship mentoring, entrepreneurship training, business advice and business counselling processes.

The Mamelodi Campus is the hub of the University of Pretoria’s community engagement programmes. The broad aim of the Department of Community Engagement is to provide support to academic departments, staff and students in their community engagement initiatives. These initiatives are aimed at providing support to communities in their self-identified upliftment and empowerment efforts; and to students in their learning processes by bridging the theory in lectures with practical real-life experiences related to their academic activities.

Vision

A catalyst for economic and social transformation through entrepreneurship development.

Mission  

To nurture entrepreneurial thinking and entrepreneurial leadership among entrepreneurs; positioning them for success in their pursuit of economic and social progress.

Objectives

• To foster a teaching and learning approach that integrates community service with academic study to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities.
• To contribute to the goals of the local economic development plan and broad-based black economic empowerment.
• To develop Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMME’s).
• To develop a dynamic, diverse and thriving local business environment.

The Business Clinic aims:

• Stimulating and establishing new businesses and entrepreneurial activities in the Tshwane communities to help with job creation.
• Creating opportunities for service learning, as the Department will be able to enrich theory through application, while increasing community participation by providing students with an opportunity to interact with micro and small enterprises. Third year BCom Entrepreneurship students as well as MPhil Entrepreneurship students will be involved in the service learning.

The Business Clinic will:

• Provide workshops, conferences, entrepreneurial training and development programmes to the communities.
• Promote public awareness and understanding of business requirements by disseminating pertinent information to business owners and community groups.
• Provide business formation, company registration and development assistance, assessment of risk/liability, opinions on code compliance and financial accounting and reporting standards.
• Empower small businesses and non-profit organisations in the community with the necessary knowledge and skills to operate their businesses.
• Provide necessary assistance to small entrepreneurs during their start-up phase, their continuation phase, and their expansion phase by offering quality counselling, business advice and mentoring.