{"id":2684,"date":"2025-06-09T15:41:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/?post_type=successes&#038;p=2684"},"modified":"2025-06-09T15:41:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:41:49","slug":"xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year","status":"publish","type":"successes","link":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SS_June2025_01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SS_June2025_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SS_June2025_01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SS_June2025_01-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year. She reports that it helped her to realise that she can make a living without being formally employed. She started a small garden, and then realised that she enjoyed selling. She now buys items such as clothes, blankets and running shoes which she sells to the community. Her dream is to grow her business until her name is well known.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2670,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"categories":[8],"class_list":["post-2684","successes","type-successes","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-farming"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year. - ACAT KZN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year. - ACAT KZN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ACAT KZN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-09T13:41:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SS_June2025_01.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/successes\\\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/successes\\\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\\\/\",\"name\":\"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year. - ACAT KZN\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/successes\\\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/successes\\\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/SS_June2025_01.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-09T13:41:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-09T13:41:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/successes\\\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/successes\\\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/successes\\\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/SS_June2025_01.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/SS_June2025_01.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"ACAT KZN - Helping rural Africans deal with Poverty, Malnutrition and HIV.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/successes\\\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"successes\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/successes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/\",\"name\":\"ACAT KZN\",\"description\":\"African Co-operative Action Trust\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ACAT KZN\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/ACAT_Logo.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/ACAT_Logo.gif\",\"width\":209,\"height\":72,\"caption\":\"ACAT KZN\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acatkzn.co.za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year. - ACAT KZN","description":"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year. - ACAT KZN","og_description":"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year.","og_url":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/","og_site_name":"ACAT KZN","article_modified_time":"2025-06-09T13:41:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SS_June2025_01.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/","url":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/","name":"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year. - ACAT KZN","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SS_June2025_01.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-09T13:41:47+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-09T13:41:49+00:00","description":"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SS_June2025_01.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SS_June2025_01.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"caption":"ACAT KZN - Helping rural Africans deal with Poverty, Malnutrition and HIV."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/xolisile-mbongwa-joined-the-acat-group-last-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"successes","item":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Xolisile Mbongwa joined the ACAT group last year."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/#website","url":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/","name":"ACAT KZN","description":"African Co-operative Action Trust","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/#organization","name":"ACAT KZN","url":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ACAT_Logo.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ACAT_Logo.gif","width":209,"height":72,"caption":"ACAT KZN"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/successes\/2684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/successes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/successes"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}