Call out to Durban businesses to register on #BuyLocal

ETHEKWINI Municipality urges all local businesses to register on the City’s #BuyLocal database via the municipal website open from 15 October until 15 November.

The Covid-19 pandemic has left the city in great financial strain with businesses across all sectors having suffered tremendous loss and a shortfall of revenue since the national lockdown announced in March.

The Municipality’s Economic Development and Planning (ECOD) Cluster is therefore embarking on a “Buy Local, Invest Local” campaign to drive the local economy and ensure that local-based businesses are placed at the forefront of economic development, growth and investment.

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In May, the City announced the Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) developed as a short-term response to the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 outbreak. The ERP consists of 11 pillars, of which pillar eight is a specific response to Building Social Coalitions which seeks to rebuild and revitalize economic activity among the City’s most vulnerable through a Buy Local, Invest Local Campaign.

The #BuyLocal campaign demonstrates the City’s intent to support local businesses as part of the ERP.

The campaign calls for all qualifying local businesses fitting within a defined set of criteria to register on the municipal website, www.durban.gov.za.

For enquiries, contact Denny Thaver on denny.thaver@durban.gov.za or 031 463 1046.

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