Posts Tagged ‘#femalefarmer’
Tsholo inspires in the Daily Sun
Our graduate Tsholofelo Mokwele continues to inspire us all with her dedication, hard work and can-do attitude, which are reaping substantial success for her farming business TCM Squared. Check our her story published this Women’s Month, August 2022, in the Daily Sun (Pic below is from the Daily Sun story). Sky is the limit for […]
“I like the fact that I can give other people jobs and put food on their tables.”
Kopano Matseoane (36) wishes she had started farming much earlier, instead of working at her previous jobs in IT and as a business analyst, as she could have advanced even further by now. “Farming is a lot of work but it’s interesting, and it’s liberating to be your own boss,” says the owner of Kopanomatseoane […]
Tisetso leaps from “zero knowledge about farming” to a harvest of plenty
Before enrolling at Buhle, Tisetso Mkhwanazi (30) had ”zero knowledge about farming,” she admits, although her enthusiasm was resulting in intermittent sales – even during the Covid-19 lockdown – from the vegetables she grew on her small plot. Tisetso received start-up funding for her farm in Benoni, Gauteng, in a project with our partner Sodexo. […]
Women in Agri interviews Buhle graduate Kgomotso Ramatlo
Kgomotso Ramatlo tells Women in Agri that her retrenchment from a management position in a bank was a blessing in disguise, as it enabled her to leap straight into a greater passion – farming. She now runs a thriving vegetable farm, employing four full-time employees and five to eight seasonal employees. (Pic from Women in […]