{"id":2765,"date":"2025-11-05T13:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/?post_type=successes&#038;p=2765"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:43:41","slug":"mthobisi-mbali-from-isibonelo-g5-joined-the-programme-in-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"successes","link":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/mthobisi-mbali-from-isibonelo-g5-joined-the-programme-in-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Mthobisi Mbali from Isibonelo G5 joined the programme in March 2025."},"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\/11\/SS_Nov_2025_05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SS_Nov_2025_05.jpg\" alt=\"ACAT KZN - Helping rural Africans deal with Poverty, Malnutrition and HIV.\" class=\"wp-image-2752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SS_Nov_2025_05.jpg 800w, https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SS_Nov_2025_05-768x576.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\">Mthobisi Mbali from Isibonelo G5, who joined the programme in March 2025 says, <em>\u201cI am extremely grateful for the ACAT programme, which opened my eyes to the possibility of starting a business that could sustain us without needing formal employment. I have always dreamed of running a tuck shop but was hesitant to get going in my area because of the rural location with limited population and high unemployment rate. However, after participating in the Basic Life Skills training in March 2025, I felt motivated and started purchasing retail goods in April. Although my business isn\u2019t booming yet, I earn a weekly profit of R700, which enables me to restock according to customer demands.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2752,"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-2765","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>Mthobisi Mbali from Isibonelo G5 joined the programme in March 2025. - ACAT KZN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mthobisi Mbali from Isibonelo G5 joined the programme in March 2025.\" \/>\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\/mthobisi-mbali-from-isibonelo-g5-joined-the-programme-in-march-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mthobisi Mbali from Isibonelo G5 joined the programme in March 2025. - 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