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Johannesburg - Most South Africans are still optimistic about entrepreneurship in this country, according to a recent survey by the international market researcher Gallup.
In the study eight out of every ten respondents indicated that their city or region was a good place for an entrepreneur to start a new business.
The figure was unchanged from the 2007 findings, according to Gallup.
The country's different income groups feel much the same way about the entrepreneurial climate.
It seems that the perception of what the government is doing for new business owners has changed in the last couple of years.
The proportion (22%) of respondents who reckoned in 2006 that government was making paperwork and permits simple enough for anyone starting a concern has increased for the third successive year and this year stands at 51%.
Respondents' confidence that government will allow enterprises to make a lot of money grew from 39% to 53% between 2006 and 2009, but the this year's figure is lower than 2008's 59%.
Less than half the respondents reckon their assets and property will at all times be safe, while many more believe that this is a bad time to look for work. This number went up from 53% in 2008 to the current 63%.
Between March and April about 1 000 direct interviews were conducted with South Africans aged 15 and older.
- Sake24.com
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