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The myth of the mighty business plan

Entrepology: : It's like a fake licence - you still have to learn to drive

By Barrie Terblanche 

4 July, Times Live - The rent-a-business-plan industry in South Africa reminds me of the Eastern Cape traffic authorities. I once taught a young man how to drive on gravel roads in the rural parts of the province, but refused to take him onto the main roads until he got his learner's licence. One morning, after several failed attempts at writing the exam, he proudly presented a full Code 14 licence which he had bought from a crooked official for R600.