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A group of women in the Free State are eradicating poverty in Meloding, Virginia, through a community development and nutrition centre that provides daily meals to unemployed and vulnerable residents.

Bomme ba Boithatelo bo Botle consists of a group of women dedicated to serving their community by providing meals to residents who are living below the poverty line.

What started as a passion project for women to be financially independent is now a booming bakery business that has created about 25 employment opportunities.

Matlhogonolo Ledwaba’s The BreadBox Bakery and Studio began as a way of positively impacting the lives of women by empowering them with baking skills.

Ledwaba is based in Midrand, Gauteng.

Fanafikile Lephakha has blossomed from growing up in rural Phuthaditjhaba in the Free State to being internationally recognised as the first black South African to cross the Atlantic in a rowing boat.

Lephakha went to the University of Johannesburg where he became a qualified chemical engineer.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has warned members of the public about fraudsters using online job advertisement websites in the name of the organisation to obtain personal information from unsuspecting job seekers.

The Commission has noted various advertisements doing the rounds on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.

The Department of Health has urged South Africans to remain vigilant and avoid known or suspected contaminated food, water and surfaces following the Cholera outbreak.

“Never drink water from unsafe sources such as rivers, dams, or streams, unless boiled or disinfected first,” the department said.

Citizens are urged to visit their nearest health facilities if they experience any slight symptoms of diarrhoea which is a sign of cholera.

Determined to get into the male-dominated steel industry, Shocky Nengovhela from Middleburg in Mpumalanga, left her job and started her own steel engineering company, Tembo Engineering.

“Mechanical engineering is my passion. I have always wanted to get involved in this industry. We are a growing company. It was not easy to get to where we are now,” she said.

Nengovhela holds a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from the Tshwane University of Technology.

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s Working on Fire (WoF) programme has deployed a second contingent of 200 firefighters and 13 managers – Mzanzi Hotshots 2 - to assist in ongoing fire suppression operations in the Canadian Province of Alberta.

This follows the deployment of 200 firefighters and 15 managers - on 3 June 2023, this group will return on 11 July.

The second group of firefighters left for Edmonton, Canada, on 14 June 2023 from Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport and are expected to return on 21 July.

Zakhele Sono (36) believes that choosing to be an artisan was the best decision of his life. He believes that young people should consider artisanship as a viable career choice.

Sono, from Nkomazi in Mpumalanga, holds a National Certificate in Engineering and Related Design from the Ehlanzeni Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) College in kaMaqhekeza, Mpumalanga.

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Good day Vuk’uzenzele

My name is Seeiso Alfred Majela from Worcester in the Western Cape.

I am writing this message regarding Budibeng Shinning star Electrical Engineering construction.

As the directors of the company we would like to know how we can be assisted with funding for our business.

Warm regards

Seeiso Alfred Majela

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Dear Seeiso Alfred Majela

Thank you for your email.

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