4 April 2021 | Building Business, Mamelodi, Proud of my Town
It is difficult to imagine anyone starting a business amidst a pandemic and to say that 2020 was filled with numerous twists, turns and uncertainties, would be an understatement. So, imagine starting a business during this time – and not just any business, but a...
24 February 2021 | Building Business, Mamelodi
The unfolding story of Gugu Makhubu “I knew this is who I was going to become. This is me. I love helping people. I want people to become better versions of themselves. I want them to reach greater heights, do more and be more,” says Gugu Makhubu, Founder...
19 December 2020 | Building Business, Mamelodi, Proud of my Town
Gloria Mashigo’s journey as a chef is both unexpected and inspiring – with intriguing highs, agonizing lows and heart-warming in-betweens. But what drives this chef to create cakes of impeccable taste and quality? Walking into her premises and looking at...
14 December 2020 | Building Business, Mamelodi, Proud of my Town
Guest blogger, Lesego Masethe, shares the story of the second-place winner in this year’s Ranyaka Building Business competition held in Mamelodi, Tshwane. While there is no clear definition for the term entrepreneurial ecosystem builder, what is common in all...
14 December 2020 | Building Business, Mamelodi, Proud of my Town
Guest blogger, Lesego Masethe shares the story of the first place winner in the Ranyaka Building Business Social Enterprise competition for 2020. Given Maboela’s Flex Internet Café in Stoffel Park, an informal settlement situated in Mamelodi, east of...
3 December 2020 | Boitekong, Fix Your Space, Kanyamazane, Land & Property, Mamelodi, Proud of my Town
An old tyre, a few discarded plastic shopping bags, a two-liter plastic cooldrink bottle and enough soil to fill the tyre to create a little vegetable garden – this is what you need to create what Steven Barnard from NuNet calls the “Garden of Life”,...