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Statistically, a very small percentage of South African adults are involved in starting a business in their lifetime. An even smaller percentage runs an established business (being a business older than three years). This makes the entrepreneur part of a very small, but economically important minority. Undoubtedly, this situation can be ascribed to the [...]

Like death and taxes, it is one of life’s certainties that debtors will default on credit repayments. The most common way to minimize this financial risk is to have debtors sign personal sureties – holding them liable should their companies indeed default. But how sure are you that your surety will hold up?
At the end [...]