RMK Institute, a division of RMK Industries (Pty) Ltd in Polokwane, runs short practical courses for people who own or are starting a small business. Each course is a set of lessons you read on the platform, with a quiz at the end of each, and a facilitated week with other business owners. This brochure was produced on 5 October 2026 from what the platform holds today.
| Price | R4 800.00 for this course. The All Access Training Bundle is all 5 courses for R19 200.00. |
| Lessons | 15, each ending in a quiz. |
| To pass a quiz | 9 of 12 (75%), with 3 attempts. |
| When a week runs | A facilitated week is scheduled once 10 people in the same municipality want it. |
| What you receive | The certificate is for the facilitated week. If you study on your own you get a statement of results - a record of the lessons you passed. |
Seven lessons on building a business that learns - training your people, keeping what they know, and not starting from scratch every time somebody leaves.
The day your best person leaves, what they knew leaves with them unless you have written it down and taught it.
What you have at the end:
Seven lessons on writing a business plan a bank or a funder will actually read - who your customers are, what you sell, what it costs and what you will earn.
A plan is the one document every path here needs. Come for funding, for customers or for training, and you end up needing it - so this is the shortest way to having one.
What you have at the end:
| Day | What happens | Read the evening before |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | Developing a business plan process; Introduction to learning and development; Learning and development case studies |
| Day 2 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | Understanding of an entrepreneurial profile; Design outcomes-based learning programmes; Facilitate learning using a variety of given methodologies; Conduct outcomes-based assessment |
| Day 3 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | Evaluate learning and development interventions; Introduction to business plan development; How to develop a business plan case studies; How to identify business opportunities |
| Day 4 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | How to evaluate a business idea and the market; How to develop an operational plan; How to conduct industry analysis and formulate marketing plan; How to prepare financial projections |
| Day 5 | Final presentations. Each group presents its work and the facilitator marks it. | – |
THIS CERTIFICATE RECORDS ATTENDANCE, and the mark RMK Institute's facilitator gave the final submission. It is not a national qualification. RMK Institute is not an accredited training provider and claims no external recognition for this course.
| Price | R4 800.00 for this course. The All Access Training Bundle is all 5 courses for R19 200.00. |
| Lessons | 14, each ending in a quiz. |
| To pass a quiz | 9 of 12 (75%), with 3 attempts. |
| When a week runs | A facilitated week is scheduled once 10 people in the same municipality want it. |
| What you receive | The certificate is for the facilitated week. If you study on your own you get a statement of results - a record of the lessons you passed. |
Seven lessons on finding customers and keeping them - who to sell to, how to reach them, and how to be the one they choose.
Most small businesses do not fail for want of a good product. They fail because not enough people know about it.
What you have at the end:
Seven lessons on the people around the business - customers, suppliers, staff, the municipality, the community - and keeping them on your side.
The permission, the goodwill and the contracts a small business runs on all come from people who have to be managed deliberately.
What you have at the end:
| Day | What happens | Read the evening before |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | Introduction to access to market; How to access market case studies; How to develop new markets |
| Day 2 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | How to access consumer market; How to access business market; How to access government market; How to access the export market |
| Day 3 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | Introduction to stakeholder management; Stakeholder management case studies; How to identify key stakeholders |
| Day 4 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | How to identify stakeholder requirements; How to communicate with stakeholders; How to develop and implement stakeholder engagement process; How to resolve stakeholder conflicts |
| Day 5 | Final presentations. Each group presents its work and the facilitator marks it. | – |
THIS CERTIFICATE RECORDS ATTENDANCE, and the mark RMK Institute's facilitator gave the final submission. It is not a national qualification. RMK Institute is not an accredited training provider and claims no external recognition for this course.
| Price | R4 800.00 for this course. The All Access Training Bundle is all 5 courses for R19 200.00. |
| Lessons | 14, each ending in a quiz. |
| To pass a quiz | 9 of 12 (75%), with 3 attempts. |
| When a week runs | A facilitated week is scheduled once 10 people in the same municipality want it. |
| What you receive | The certificate is for the facilitated week. If you study on your own you get a statement of results - a record of the lessons you passed. |
Seven lessons on getting money into the business - what funders ask for, what they are looking at, and how to ask.
Funders turn businesses down for paperwork far more often than for a bad idea. This is the paperwork, explained.
What you have at the end:
Seven lessons on the money - what came in, what went out, what you are owed, what you owe, and what is actually left.
You cannot price a job, ask for a loan or survive a slow month without knowing your own numbers.
What you have at the end:
| Day | What happens | Read the evening before |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | Introduction to access to funding; How to access funding case studies; Incentive schemes, grants and credit financing background |
| Day 2 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | How to bootstrap your business; How to access grants and incentive schemes; How to access angel investors; How to access commercial funding |
| Day 3 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | Introduction to finance for managers; Finance for managers case studies; Bookkeeping |
| Day 4 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | How to interpret and present an income statement; How to interpret and present a cash flow statement; How to interpret and present a balance sheet; How to interpret and present standard financial ratio analysis |
| Day 5 | Final presentations. Each group presents its work and the facilitator marks it. | – |
THIS CERTIFICATE RECORDS ATTENDANCE, and the mark RMK Institute's facilitator gave the final submission. It is not a national qualification. RMK Institute is not an accredited training provider and claims no external recognition for this course.
| Price | R4 800.00 for this course. The All Access Training Bundle is all 5 courses for R19 200.00. |
| Lessons | 14, each ending in a quiz. |
| To pass a quiz | 9 of 12 (75%), with 3 attempts. |
| When a week runs | A facilitated week is scheduled once 10 people in the same municipality want it. |
| What you receive | The certificate is for the facilitated week. If you study on your own you get a statement of results - a record of the lessons you passed. |
Seven lessons on running the business properly on paper - who decides what, what gets recorded, and what the law expects.
A funder, a corporate buyer or a tender will ask how decisions are made and who is accountable. This is how you answer.
What you have at the end:
Seven lessons on running a piece of work to a finish - what has to happen, in what order, by when, and who is doing it.
Work that is not planned week by week slips, and a slipped job is a customer who does not come back.
What you have at the end:
| Day | What happens | Read the evening before |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | Introduction to corporate governance; Corporate governance case studies; How to apply fairness |
| Day 2 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | How to be transparent; How to manage risk; How to be responsible; How to be accountable |
| Day 3 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | Introduction to project management; Project management case studies; Understanding project development principles and practices |
| Day 4 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | How to define and plan a project; How to identify and manage project risk; How to implement, monitor and control a project; How to close a project |
| Day 5 | Final presentations. Each group presents its work and the facilitator marks it. | – |
THIS CERTIFICATE RECORDS ATTENDANCE, and the mark RMK Institute's facilitator gave the final submission. It is not a national qualification. RMK Institute is not an accredited training provider and claims no external recognition for this course.
| Price | R4 800.00 for this course. The All Access Training Bundle is all 5 courses for R19 200.00. |
| Lessons | 14, each ending in a quiz. |
| To pass a quiz | 9 of 12 (75%), with 3 attempts. |
| When a week runs | A facilitated week is scheduled once 10 people in the same municipality want it. |
| What you receive | The certificate is for the facilitated week. If you study on your own you get a statement of results - a record of the lessons you passed. |
Seven lessons on writing down how the work is done, so it is done the same way whether or not you are there.
A business that only works when the owner is in the room cannot grow and cannot be sold.
What you have at the end:
Seven lessons on what you buy and who you buy it from - suppliers, stock, delivery and what it all costs you.
For most small businesses stock and suppliers are the biggest single cost, and the easiest place to lose money quietly.
What you have at the end:
| Day | What happens | Read the evening before |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | Introduction to management and controls; Management and controls case studies; Understanding basic business administration |
| Day 2 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | How to design and implement quality management system; How to deploy control measures; How to implement corrective and preventative actions; How to review and improve quality management system |
| Day 3 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | Introduction to supply chain management; Supply chain management case studies; How to manage demand in supply chain |
| Day 4 | A session with the facilitator on what was read the evening before. | How to implement strategic sourcing; How to manage logistics effectively; How to manage production; How to measure performance |
| Day 5 | Final presentations. Each group presents its work and the facilitator marks it. | – |
THIS CERTIFICATE RECORDS ATTENDANCE, and the mark RMK Institute's facilitator gave the final submission. It is not a national qualification. RMK Institute is not an accredited training provider and claims no external recognition for this course.
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