When I thought things were going my way with everything under control boom there comes electricity problem a transformer that was supplying us with electricity leaked the oil ant it had to be switched off and it's been ten months now without electricity. But as usual life must go on . With the little savings we have saved we agreed on buying a solar system and a gas stove. tried by all means to stay in business but it was not easy. Until the shop was not doing good at all and had to close it.… Continue

Then 2020 I gave birth to beautiful twins.but then Covid-19 hit me in a very hard way. Had to close the business and the shop and school transportation stopped but got the permit to sell incentives but a year down the line my mom passed away because of covid-19. I was in a bad space for a very long time but had to accept and life had to go on. Had to start over again. But in all that one good thing came out of it my brother who was using drugs signed himself to a rehab and moved to another… Continue

2017 was a very bad year for me, my daughter had a broken pelvic and a tored bladder nerves and my son had broken wrist from the car accident. Me and my partner both lost our jobs had so much debts. Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse three weeks after the accident my husband was taking our son to check up and their taxi was involved in an accident then they were both admitted to hospital. While all my family was in hospital and I was left alone to sort everything out I decided to… Continue

I opened my first shop at home from my savingsin 2011 I was saving about R100 a week the only skill I had was baking magwinya I used that to my advantage had two of my choir mates working with me but unfortunately I had a little brother who was on drugs then he was taking things, breaking the shop until business was struggling. Then a big break came when I was introduced to selling perfumes .my life changed I used to sell them everywhere at the choir stages ,after church services at the clinic… Continue

My name is Neo Matlapeng a 41 year old God fearing mother of four beautiful kids. 8 was born and raised in Soweto Meadowlands. From a family of six children raised by a single mom. Completed my matric in 1999 then went to dobsnville college but couldn't complete my studies because of lack of finances. Then I met Thapelo who is my husband now and had my first child who is twenty and doing his matric now.things were so hard then and I got a job at a fish and chips shop where I learned to do… Continue