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From this business to that
Two years later, Gcobani Qhina is still thinking about how to thank his sister for encouraging him to join SaveAct. Mr Qhina joined his savings group in 2021, and has since started his most successful business, while expanding his already established enterprises by...
The tuck shop: A crucial start-up
Savings groups members are well known for using share-outs and loans to build their homes and start business, chief among them being tuck shops. Also known as ‘spaza shops’, these stores have proved to be quite a lucrative business venture for a lot of our members....
A couple of business owners
Khethiwe and Zakhele Sthomo from Ntabamhlophe are not only proud parents, they are also successful entrepreneurs. The family joined SaveAct in 2018, when Mrs Khethiwe Sthomo was working on her dream of becoming a full-time fashion designer. At that stage of her life,...
1, 2, 3….PLANT!
Savings group members and SaveAct staff recently received training in plant nursery development. The 24 members and five staff were trained by WAYSE partner, Siyazisiza Trust (ST, ) at their farm in Mtunzini, Kwa-Zulu Natal. The training covered topics ranging from...
Reinvention has no limit or age
Buyelani Jiyane is a formidable woman, and proof that reinvention has no age! Mrs Jiyane, who lives in Msinga, currently runs three successful business, with a new one budding; and her fifth one having been bequeathed to her son. Mrs Jiyane joined SaveAct in 2018 and...
Driven by purpose
Savings groups are a powerful tool for individuals to improve their lives. Now, in the village of Mehloloaneng, Matatiele, a savings group has gone a step further, and is aiding the upliftment of their community. The group, started in 2016, was inspired by the ABCD...
Preparing for lift off with Spring Impact
Spring Impact declares on its website that it was “founded out of frustration”. While working with weaving projects in Ghana and India, founder Dan Berelowitz realised that many were making the same operational mistakes, rather than learning from what works and...
Happy fowls means happy farmers
The humble chicken could become a game-changer for SaveAct farmers, if principles shared in a recent training course become the norm. The specialist training in poultry management, done over four days by WAYSE partner Siyazisiza Trust (ST), focused on the business of...
Farming in the blood
Tsephe Tebejane from Matatiele is a force to be reckoned with! This thirty-six-year-old first joined SaveAct in 2013, along with her mother. Since then, she has been a prominent representative for youth in savings groups and has been recruited to be a part of a few...
‘Supersaver’ ventures into kids’ party entertainment
Swinky Mchunu (47) is what we call a Supersaver! With four established businesses, all started with her SaveAct savings and loans, this busy woman, with an easy laugh and kind smile, is now starting a new venture — children’s party entertainment. She joined her first...
SG loans jump-start success for Eshowe entrepreneur
Mphile Mbuyazi joined SaveAct in 2020 because she saw local savings group members who were doing big things, things she wanted to do, and everyone around her kept encouraging her to join. Her success has been astonishing! With access to saving group (SG) loans she has...
Turning waste into wealth
The mark of a true entrepreneur is the ability to see treasure where others see trash. Claudia Ntuli saw good vegetables going to waste and came up with a plan to turn them into something she could sell. Ntuli is from Ntabamhlophe, KZN, and has been with SaveAct since...
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