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Residents of Umjindini township in Barberton, Mpumalanga, no longer have to travel long distances for primary healthcare services thanks to a new state-of-the-art clinic that opened to the community recently.

The new Cathyville clinic, built by Barberton Mines, at a cost of R15.4 million, was officially handed over to the community by the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, and Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtsheni-Tsipane.

The National Development Agency (NDA) and Mfesane, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has donated 10 mobile beauty salons to the Saldanha Bay and Bergriver local municipalities in the Western Cape.

A beneficiary of the programme and the owner of Mama’s Beauty Bar, Ilse Masdoorp (26), says the mobile salon helps her feed her two children and support her husband, who was previously the breadwinner of the family.

Fancy Monama’s hobby has turned into a thriving business.

Fancy Monama is the founder of Bluu – a brand with a range of detergents.

The industrial engineer from Attridgeville in Tshwane always dreamt of owning her own product.

Monama’s dream became a reality about six years ago, after watching YouTube tutorials about making detergents.

Nomonde Ngwenya knows too well the devastating effects of abuse and has vowed never to return to that life again.

She is currently working hard to become a successful entrepreneur, with the help she receives from a non-governmental organisation (NGO) called 1 000 Women Trust.

Ngwenya who is from Cape Town in the Western Cape, is now the proud owner of a fish and chips shop.

The absence of food delivery apps in townships prompted Reneilwe Aphane to create Kasi Menu.

Aphane says entering the industry was not easy.

A trial partnership between small- scale farmer Tsakane Matsoga, Potatoes SA and the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD) is benefitting the province's farming comm-
unity. 

Knocking on doors looking for work led Mandlenkosi Nkosi to become a thriving businessman and an enviro warrior, advocating for recycling and teaching others how to profit from it. 

Ipeleng Kwadi is making a success of her farming business locally, but she has her eye set on supplying the African continent. 

Kwadi (29), from Brits, in North West, is a livestock farmer and recently ventured into vegetable farming and horticulture.

Lerato Tshabalala (32) fell in love with farming as a teenager, when her grandfather gave her a cow. 

“My grandfather was a subsistence farmer in Brooksby in Ditsobotla.

It’s crunch time for matric exams! Vuk'uzenzele has thus put some handy tips together to them excel. 

As the 2021 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations are set to start in November, it is time to give matrics all the support they need. This year saw learners having to navigate challenges due to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).