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EC probes claims of clinics closing early, turning patients away

The Eastern Cape government will investigate claims that some clinics in Buffalo City are closing early and turning patients away.

The goGOGOgo organisation works with grandmothers across SA who are raising over four million children in under-resourced communitites.  Picture:

From Alexandra to Paris: GOGOs Driving Change

Organisation delivers intergenerational programmes focused on digital literacy, health education and income generation.

Obakeng Phale runs Aquafina Springs in Mahikeng, a water purification and bottling company backed by the Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency.  Picture:

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.

Andries Mgidi is imparting knowledge to young people through his roof thatching skill.

Mgidi crafts bright future with his bare hands

Andries Mgidi was still a schoolboy when he first picked up thatch.

Mokhale Poghiso stands at a traffic light with his degree certificate in one hand and a poster in the other hand looking for work on August 25 2025 in Bloemfontein. File photo:

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

After years of struggling to find employment, Viwe Mfazi started selling fatcakes to earn an income. What began as a way to survive has since grown into a small home-based business in Mdantsane that offers a variety of freshly baked treats to nearby schools and businesses.
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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.

Mthatha-born Simthembile Nzuzo, whose family was constantly stung by a swarm of bees in his Ncambedlana home as a young boy, has now become one of the top beekeepers in the province and runs a thriving farm that produces more than 15 tonnes of honey that is sold in many food retail outlets in the
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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Entrepreneur Zine Madikwa has turned her family’s rural farm in Port St Johns into a growing juice business, producing a range of natural fruit and vegetable blends under the Eastdene Farms Fruit Juices brand.

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.

National Heritage Council CEO Dr Thabo Manetsi

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

Duncan Village seamstress Hloni Nkathazo has turned a passion for creativity into a growing home-based business, with support from her husband Azola helping to take her designs to a wider audience.

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.

Emerging farmers are using co-operative farming to turn idle land into a growing source of jobs and agricultural production.

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.

Amandla Buswana, founder of Buswana Creations which was established in 2022

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.

Sharon Mallinson with students from Lighthouse School.

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.

Sharon (pictured) and Clifford Samuels beat the boredom bug for many years, but when Covid-19 forced them to lock up their Nahoon Beach guest house, they realised that they had to change. Picture: SUPPLIED

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.

Cala-born head of department for medical rehabilitation Dr Luphiwo Mduzana,who recently graduated with a PhD in health science rehabilitation from Stellenbosch University making him the country's first ever orthotist and prosthetics to hold such qualification, is now planning to shake up the profession including how its viewed in many communities in the Eastern Cape.

From Cala’s mountains to medical milestones

Dr Luphiwo Mduzana becomes SA’s first PhD in prosthetics, fighting to transform rural healthcare