The small business sector has long been regarded as the answer to SA’s chronic unemployment crisis, yet a raft of policy initiatives, funding programmes and support structures have failed to produce the level of thriving entrepreneurial activity required to generate employment at scale.

There are many theories about the causes of the underperformance of the small business sector in SA and the measures that may be required to address them. Sometimes, it is simpler to look for examples of success and replicate them...

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