Careers
From Alexandra to Paris: GOGOs Driving Change
Organisation delivers intergenerational programmes focused on digital literacy, health education and income generation.
By GCIS Vuk' uzenzele
From lecture hall to successful water business
Business supplies purified bottled water, ice, dispensary equipment, and a mobile freezer rental package to local residents and businesses.
By Phakama Mbonambi
Mgidi crafts bright future with his bare hands
Andries Mgidi was still a schoolboy when he first picked up thatch.
By GCIS Vuk'uzenzele
SASHA KNOTT | Why young job-seekers need to make their own opportunities
A matric is seldom enough on its own to land a job; candidates need to use their initiative to get some experience first, writes Sasha Knott
By Sasha Knott
Mdantsane woman goes from selling fat cakes to expanded food business
After years of struggling to find stable employment, Mdantsane resident Viwe Mfazi turned to selling fat cakes to earn a living.
By Siphosethu Ngcangisa
Buzzing ambition drives Eastern Cape beekeeper’s business
When Simthembile Nzuzo was four years old, a swarm of bees settled beneath the floor of his family home in Ncambedlana, outside Mthatha.
By Sikho Ntshobane
MDZ Go delivers digital economy in Mdantsane
Mdantsane-born Vuyani Mampofu launched his MDZ Go platform on April 1 which currently processes more than 30 orders a day using two delivery bikes and has partnered with several local food businesses in and around Mdantsane.
By Lisakhanya Ndwayi
Determined former teacher blazes a trail in medical field
From a classroom in rural Ngqamakwe to specialist training, Dr Phathiswa Sifuba-Makapela’s journey has broken new ground for young people hoping to build careers in medicine.
By Luke Charter
Zine Madikwa turns mangoes into a thriving juice brand
Zine Madikwa once considered pursuing a career that would take her across the world as a flight attendant.
By Sikho Ntshobane
Heritage council invites applications for project funding
If so, the application deadline for funding from the National Heritage Council is just over two weeks away
By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele
Peddie farmers turn fertile land into jobs and opportunity
In the rural villages around Peddie, where opportunities are scarce, a group of emerging farmers is transforming fertile land into jobs, income and a growing agricultural success story.
By SARAH BRADFIELD
Seamstress has right design for growing her business
Duncan Village seamstress Hloni Nkathazo has turned a passion for creativity into a growing home-based business, with support from her husband helping to take her designs to a wider audience.
By Siphosethu Ngcangisa
From garage startup to factory providing jobs
What began on a broken ironing board in her mother’s garage has grown into a fully operational factory for Amandla Buswana, a 30-year-old entrepreneur building a manufacturing business in KuGompo City.
By Siphosethu Ngcangisa
Art school founder’s approach shapes its success
For nearly two decades, Sharon Mallinson has been teaching children to express themselves through art — building a network of classes that now reach hundreds of pupils each week.
By Ted Keenan
From guest house to sweet success — local family builds community bakery hub
When Covid-19 forced Sharon and Clifford Samuels to close their Nahoon Beach guest house, the couple were left facing an uncertain future.
By Ted Keenan
