South Africa: Improving the way I run my business

“I found the training very helpful and interesting. The most useful thing about the training was that I was taught how to save money from a business. This was a major lesson for me and I can see the improvement. Before I attended the training I had a small business selling cool drinks and airtime at my house. In June 2015 I started to venture into a new business of renting out rooms. I am hoping to finish the building of all the rooms by June 2016. So far I have built two rooms with bathrooms to rent out. It was at the Gender Links workshop where I got the information and the encouragement to build these rooms. I am managing to do this project all by myself”.

*Maria Mathebula from Phalaborwa (a pseudonym)