The study sought to investigate a possible relationship between SMME owners' financial literacy and business growth. Relationships between the SMME owners' financial literacy and several aspects of possible business growth along the broad dimensions of financial, strategic and structural growth were also explored. To achieve this though, the study had to first establish whether SMME
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