South African Tourism is a statutory body whose main object is to promote tourism to and within South Africa, by marketing the country as…
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In recent years the SA government identified small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) as a major contributor to future economic growth. One of the main…
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The global investor outlook is shifting quickly downward, with many macro approaches underperforming due to risks from trade wars, political uncertainty and inflation. Yet…
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One of the biggest excuses people give for not starting a business is that they don’t have that “big original idea” yet. There are…
