Millions of rands and man-hours are spent promoting entrepreneurship as a viable response to our massive problem of unemployment and its attendant social ills.

Millions of rands and man-hours are spent promoting entrepreneurship as a viable response to our massive problem of unemployment and its attendant social ills.

Many people are heeding the clarion call to become self-employed and are even becoming employers themselves.

Sadly, such an atmosphere has become fertile hunting ground for charlatans.

The worst culprits can be found in the trucking business as reported yesterday.

Though our country is awash with other scams, the "self-starting" trucking swindles should be singled out for special attention by the authorities because of their massive scale and potential to wreck lives.