Abstract
The frustration experienced by immigrants attempting to integrate into a host society forces many foreigners into small businesses. Foreign nationals’ small businesses have emerged as attempts by some foreigners to be exonerated from the accusation that foreigners contribute to economic woes of South Africans by increasing the unemployment rate, “taking our jobs”, putting pressure on scarce resources and providing cheap, low-skilled labour. As a result, an increasing number of foreign-owned small businesses in South Africa operate in difficult business terrain, compounded by socio-political and economic problems. An investigation of the survival of foreign nationals’ small businesses is therefore imperative, especially in the Johannesburg Central Business District, since Johannesburg is the economic hub of Gauteng and of South Africa as a whole...
M.Com. (Business Management)