Empowering entrepreneurs for economic growth
A group of ten aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs from within the Matzikama Municipal area are benefitting from an enterprise development...
Empowering entrepreneurs for economic growth
Community Impact
Local enterprise fueling economic growth
Local enterprise fueling economic growth
Khai-Ma Textile and Trading, a pioneering 100% black woman-owned business in the Pella community, has embarked on an inspiring journey towards...
Incubator programme empowers local entrepreneur
Incubator programme empowers local entrepreneur
Windpomp Kwekery, an agricultural enterprise based in Loeriesfontein, recently benefited from an innovative incubator programme. This initiative,...
Ensuring quality healthcare access
Ensuring quality healthcare access
The donation of a new mobile unit, at the Douglas Breipaal Clinic, has sparked excitement among community members as it marks a significant step...
Training to improve impact and quality of ECD education in John Taolo Gaetsewe District
Training to improve impact and quality of ECD education in John Taolo Gaetsewe District
Despite the country’s 42 000 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres, which care for 1.2 million and employ close on 200 000 staff, it is...
Local SMME’s triumph gives hope to community
Local SMME’s triumph gives hope to community
One of Bredasdorp’s favourite takeaway shops, RS Take Away, known for its famous beef/pork ribs across this friendly Overberg town, is a recent...
Highlights
Student breaks ground with bursary support
Maipelo Happiness Mmereki, a 20-year-old BSc Geology student at the University of Limpopo, is breaking barriers as the first in her family to pursue tertiary education. Her academic journey has been made possible by the Kathu Solar Park Bursary Programme, of which she became a beneficiary in 2023. Growing up in Kuruman, Maipelo’s choice to study geology reflects a deep connection to her community, where mining and agriculture are the backbone of the local economy. Minerals such as manganese, iron ore, tiger’s eye, and crocidolite—the richest deposits of which are found in the Kuruman...