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South Africa exports around 240 000 tonnes of grapefruit each year. Contributing to this figure is a female farmer from KwaZulu-Natal.

Hard work and dedication were the only ingredients needed for Smangele Gumede from Eshowe to become a successful businesswoman. 

From financial administrator to egg producer, a 29-year-old woman has made a sizzling good start as an emerging farmer. 

Malesiba Mabitsela has made a cracking good start as an egg entrepreneur after leaving the corporate world to become her own boss.

Women's Month

One woman’s caring has created a self-help project that has been uplifting a rural KwaZulu-Natal community for over a decade.

The desire to care for others prompted Lydia Hlophe from KwaNyuswa in KwaZulu-Natal to quit her job as a domestic worker and start a community upliftment project to help those unable to help themselves.  

Women's Month

Silahliwe, meaning abandoned, is an informal settlement located near Bethlehem in the Free State. 

It is characterised by unemployment and poverty. The only beacon of hope for many is the Mapojotana Co-operative, founded by retired teacher and community builder Pontsho Mokoena in 2012.

Women's Month

Learners who have aspirations to join the aviation industry will soon be able to start acquiring suitable skills from as early as Grade 10 in Gauteng.

This is made possible by the Gauteng Department of Education as it has launched the Rhodesfield Engineering School of Specialisation with a focus on aviation.

A love for creativity has led Fuma to establishing a thriving business.

Yolisa Fuma has walked a remarkable road from living in poverty in the Eastern Cape, to discovering a passion for arts and crafts and now running her own workshops to share her skills with unemployed women.

Fuma was born in a township outside Queenstown in the Eastern Cape, sharing a small house with 15 family members.

Gender equality in South Africa’s sporting codes is gaining momentum.

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