It is baffling and more than a little worrying that our former finance minister and current public enterprises minister, Pravin Gordhan has apparently so little understanding of what constitutes a viable and successful business.
The dynamics are simple: your assets must exceed your liabilities and your income must exceed your expenses. If the former is not true you are bankrupt already, if not but the latter is true you are on your way to bankruptcy...
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