While the floods that battered large parts of KwaZulu-Natal in 2022 caused damage amounting to billions of rands and claimed lives, the event also opened the doors of opportunity for a despondent young man. ALSO READ: E-waste company revolutionizes electronic recycling in SA In just over a year after those fateful events, the 34-year-old went from […]

A youth-owned agricultural cooperative is helping to end poverty and unemployment in Marapyane, in Mpumalanga, by producing grain and vegetables. Bakgatla Grain Project is a youth initiative with six members who want to improve the lives of Marapyane residents, especially women and youth who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. ALSO READ: Making farming fashionable “We plant maize […]

A 29-year-old Masters in Chemistry graduate and former bursary holder from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has taken it upon himself to become a torchbearer for young professionals who want to join the sector to help find lasting solutions to the country’s water challenges. ALSO READ: Xitsonga Singer Miss Hilary and her mother celebrate […]

A Soweto-born University of Mpumalanga student’s journey to entrepreneurship is well on course, thanks to a comprehensive cellphone repair programme that is already helping him earn a living while getting through his studies. ALSO READ: Social entrepreneurship: creating sustainable livelihoods Khumbulane Phakathi (20) is one of the 149 beneficiaries of the National Electronic Media Institute of South […]

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. ALSO […]

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 […]

Kubik is proud of its pioneering, climate-friendly technology that recycles one of the world’s environmental curses — plastic waste — into construction blocks. But for the award-winning Ethiopian startup to achieve liftoff has been no easy task. It has had to fight tooth and nail to raise funds, says its youthful boss. KUBIK Kubik takes […]

Undeterred by old age and spurred by her passion for vegetable farming, a Cape Town woman is greening open spaces in the city’s poor parts and feeding those less fortunate. Aged 75, Christina Kaba is making a mark in townships across the Western Cape metro by introducing vegetable gardens that feed communities with homegrown produce. […]

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. Fanafikile Lephakha wants to see South African men conquer their […]

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 […]