The retail sector forms a critical element of a community’s economic and social welfare. It provides
people with choices and services. These choices were until recently very limited in township areas.
The pre-1994 retail ...
The present paper maintains that initiatives to promote and support small businesses need to focus on those with growth potential rather than on the small business sector as a whole, and that the human factor, especially ...
A five year longitudinal study (2007 to 2011) was conducted among a panel of informal micro
businesses in the informal sector of South Africa. The study was aimed at examining micro business
survival and attrition. A ...