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How fear of failure is stifling SA entrepreneurs

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‘We anticipate some of the reasons are the environment or the enabling environment for businesses to thrive or survive in is deteriorating at the moment, and people are scared to take that chance,’ says Professor Natanya Meyer, co-author of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor South Africa report.

1 Feb 2024 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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