RC 261012SAfmAngela Ludek
Monday, 12 October 2026
A Monday edition on workplace leadership and the exhaustion of prolonged waiting, with a closer look at why South Africa's micro-enterprises so often fail to survive.
- 04:50
Stats SA put unemployment at 33.6% in the second quarter of 2026, leaving about 8.5 million people jobless, with youth unemployment at 47.4%.
- 04:52
ORT South Africa's Christopher Dickey estimates opportunity-driven micro-enterprises have roughly a 30% chance of surviving, versus about 10% for necessity-driven ones, though these are practitioner estimates, not national statistics.
- 04:54
Dickey says capital cannot compensate for a lack of business capability; stalled businesses often fail on unset prices, unfollowed customers and business cash being pulled into household needs.
- 04:08
The leadership guest urges managers to delegate decisions, not just tasks, since decisions are where the thinking happens and where trust in people's judgement gets built.
- 04:39
Mazindo says prolonged waiting can exhaust people more than failure does, and suggests testing a relationship by stopping reaching out for a week or two to see who reciprocates.