Bookkeeping is regarded as a day-to-day function of a business operation in tracking cash inflows and cash out\nflows. Micro-entrepreneurs emanate from a wide range of disciplines with or without bookkeeping knowledge; however,\nbookkeeping execution is inevitable in operating a sustainable business. The purpose of this paper was to analyse\nmicro-entrepreneurs� bookkeeping practises within the retail clothing industry in Cape Town. Data were collected by\nmeans of questionnaires under positivism approach. The sample size was n=62. The Statistical Package for Social\nSciences (SPSS) was used to quantify and analyse data collected. The findings showed that most micro-entrepreneurs\ndo practise bookkeeping manually, but do not complete the bookkeeping cycle. Worryingly was that was that most microentrepreneurs\nindicated that decision making is based on maintained financial records. This translates to unstainable\npoor decision-making emanating from incomplete bookkeeping records which may ultimately result in business failure.\nTo this effect, it was recommended that micro-entrepreneurs� should engage on complete bookkeeping practises so that\nbusiness decisions are based on accurate financial records hence insightful quality business decision outcome towards\nbusiness success.
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