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You might indeed be able to provide this money that people need to start a business, but can they run a business? This new consolidated agency [National Empowerment Fund] focuses on that matter of preparing people so that they can run business successfully.

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Thabo Mbeki
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 18
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