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Useful Websites

Find a Student
www.findastudent.co.za
Any small business looking to employ students for temporary or project based work will find this website useful. Provides a flexible and affordable recruitment service to SMME's.

Business Opportunities

African Council of Hawkers and Informal Businesses (South Africa)
P.O. Box 4122, Johannesburg, 2000, Tel: (011) 838 2983
Looking after the interests of hawkers and informal traders.

Solar drying of fruit and vegetables
http://www.nda.agric.za/docs/solar/solardrying.htm
How to dry fruit and vegetables using sun-manual from the Department of Agriculture.

Soul vitamines

Criticism never built a house, wrote a play, composed a song, painted a picture or improved a marriage.

No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.

New on the Bookshelf

So You Want to Start a Nursery
By: Tony Avent, Publisher: Timber Press, Aug 2003
ISBN: 0881925845
Available from: www.amazon.com
Focuses on the business and planning concerns of the nursery owner, from considering whether to consult a lawyer about a partnership to whether to build your own greenhouses. The author looks at the nursery industry as a whole, with discussions on the merits and disadvantages of retail, wholesale, mail-order, and liner operations. Readers of this book will obtain the tools they need to make a business plan of their own.