From garbage to business … Busisiwe Gigaba of Nqabeni zone at Izingolweni displays her hand work. She makes place mats, shoes, hats and sleeping mats out of used plastic bags. Her monthly turnover from recycling ‘garbage to business’ is about…
Virginia Hlophe joined ACAT as a group member in 2020. She says:“When you stay in the village, one thing you can do, is to plant in the field or have a vegetable garden. The extension officer from the Department of…
Thembekile Duma joined ACAT in 2019, just before Covid-19.Zanele Gwala stands in her aunt’s tuck shop. Her aunt, Thembekile Duma joined ACAT in 2019, just before Covid-19. Thembekile said it was difficult to survive, but this tuck shop came about…
This is one of the sector groups at Highflats from Mhlabashana zone. The group is very cooperative and there is unity amongst all the members. The group makes small bottles of cough mixture to sell as part of their business….
New group members from Mkhukhwini Zone joined ACAT because they want to work together to fight poverty. They decided to make sure that all members of their group have their own garden and make use of buying seedlings and equipment…
Nonkululeko Dladla started in ACAT in 2022. Since then she has planted her own garden and is motivating her friends to do the same. She has also started to sell clothes. She says: “Before joining ACAT I didn’t own a…
Hlengiwe Hadebe joined ACAT when other ACAT group members told her about the benefits of saving. She says her homestead was not fenced before, but through her savings, she has managed to buy fencing and start a vegetable garden. Her…
The Vulindlela training team occasionally holds Home Food Security workshops where the general public comes to see what it is that ACAT does in the community. These workshops attract new group members. The training includes how to make a deep…
Gabisile Chiliza demonstrates the great improvement she made after joining ACAT’s programme. In the picture she stands in her tuck shop business, and in the next, she shows the blocks she has bought. She says: “Before I joined the Programme…
Thophi Sithole joined ACAT programme during lockdown in 2020 to acquire more knowledge and skills. Her Group’s name is Senzakahle. As a result of participating in the programme, she is now able to plant her own vegetables and help other…
Thandokuhle Thwala (36) from Shayamoya, belongs to Siyasebenza Group. He has a beautiful garden, which he started after attending the ACAT training. He has implemented most of the things he has learned from the training, like making compost, and has…
After Zenzele and Musa Mgwaba attended the Youth Basic Life Skill scourse, they decided to start their own little plot of spinach. Their garden is now helping to feed their family. They say they were very happy to attend the…