On realising that the advent of democracy would bring with it huge opportunities to previously disadvantaged individuals. It was clear that with the government pushing for more participation of the HDIs in the mainstream economy, there was bound to be dearth of experience in business administration and advice on this front was paramount. SMMEs are becoming the order of the day and we have seen that the success of these very important pillars of our economy depends largely on knowledge and because of the historical imbalances of the past as far as education is concerned, it became necessary for OHM to come about.