With unemployment rate of South Africa increasingly high, we look at small businesses that one can start with just R10K (Ten thousand rands).

Entrepreneurship is tipped as the only way that can bring about financial freedom to South Aficans in particular the 42% unemployed youth in the country. Economist have tipped Agriculture as the sector that can create employment opportunities.

As motivational speakers advice prospective entrepreneurs to follow their passion and do what they love to achieve financial freedom, it is not always the case when it comes to business, sometimes finding out what services are in need is what entrepreneurs must explore.

Poultry tops the list of businesses that one can easily start and make profit within 3 months, growing chickens might look easy from the outside but it requires passion and dedication, with meat one of the highly consumed products in South Africa starting a chicken poultry business won’t be a bad idea at all. It takes about six weeks to grow chickens ready for consumption and the business doesn’t require a lot of capital, with just R5000 one can afford to buy infant chickens (Chicks) to grow, also food and feeding products.

Information Technology is a growing sector, one can explore opportunities in this sector with little or no income and educational background, starting a digital business will always come handy as one doesn’t require an office,  you can always work remotely. Web development is a big sector that one can explore as there are means to learn such as using YouTube and free books.