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Once a domestic worker, Khethiwe Maseko (32) is now growing her own poultry business. 

Maseko, from Ekangala in Pretoria, is the owner of Gugulam Poultry House. She started in January 2018 with only 50 chickens.

Her business has grown and she is now producing 300 chickens per cycle.

When the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic led to profit loss in the public transport business, three KwaZulu-Natal women taxi owners found a new way to supplement their income within the sector. 

Orefile Mthombeni is one of the people in the aviation space who ensures that an aircraft is safe before it carries passengers. 

She is the technical standards specialist at State-owned company Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS).

With no education in cosmetology, somatology or cosmetic formulations, Shantelle Booysen used her love for pedicures to create products that are now being exported to 34 destinations. She also employs about 2 500 people in the country.

Her multimillion-rand company was one of the first South African companies to successfully register its skin care range with the United States of America Food and Drug Administration Agency, the Ministry of Health in India and the European Union.

Otsile Kgomo (23) is driving change in his community by teaching people how to produce their own crops.

Kgomo, from Makapanstad in the North West, owns Bakone Balemi Evergreen, a registered non-governmental organisation (NGO) that produces vegetables to sell to local markets.

Refilwe Manuel (26) grew up in a family of farmers. She was inspired to start farming at age 13 when her parents bought her broiler chickens.

Manuel realised from an early age that people need agricultural supplies if they are to eat three meals a day. She knew that this meant that she would never be out of work if she became a farmer.

If you don’t have a valid will, you will have no control over who inherits your assets when you die. This might lead to people inheriting your money or assets, even if you didn’t want them to.

If a person dies without making a will, the assets that they owned will be distributed in terms of the Intestate Succession Act, to the people who must rightfully inherit them.

Former gang leader Welcome Witbooi (38) has warned parents to monitor their children closely and spend enough time with them to keep them away from gangs.

“It’s the small details parents must pay attention to. Suddenly coming home late is one of the critical signs. If your child is suddenly buying a cell phone or sneakers, you should be concerned and take immediate action,” he says.

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is making sure that voters are not misguided by disinformation.

Disinformation can constitute hate speech or incitement to violence against certain groups in the society.

On November 1, South Africans will vote for their preferred candidates for councillor positions in their respective areas.

Vuk’uzenzele consulted with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and the South African Local Government Association on what a voter needs to understand about the role of a ward councillor. Below are some of the responsibilities of a ward councillor.