{"id":2773,"date":"2025-11-05T14:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/?post_type=successes&#038;p=2773"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:44:46","slug":"thokozane-skhakhane-already-had-a-small-tuckshop-when-she-joined-the-basic-life-skills-training","status":"publish","type":"successes","link":"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/index.php\/successes\/thokozane-skhakhane-already-had-a-small-tuckshop-when-she-joined-the-basic-life-skills-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Thokozane Skhakhane already had a small tuckshop when she joined the Basic Life Skills training."},"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_13.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_13.jpg\" alt=\"ACAT KZN - Helping rural Africans deal with Poverty, Malnutrition and HIV.\" class=\"wp-image-2760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SS_Nov_2025_13.jpg 800w, https:\/\/acatkzn.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SS_Nov_2025_13-768x576.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\">Thokozane Skhakhane from the Chagwe Zone in Vulindlela already had a small tuckshop when she joined the Basic Life Skills training. However, she was not seeing much profit from her business. After learning about business management and bookkeeping during the training, she realized where she had been going wrong and made improvements. As a result, she has been able to add more items to her stock, and she is now experiencing growth in her profits. Thokozane has also started a garden and says she will have enough to feed her family and also sell to her community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2760,"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":[7],"class_list":["post-2773","successes","type-successes","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thokozane Skhakhane already had a small tuckshop when she joined the Basic Life Skills training. - ACAT KZN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thokozane Skhakhane already had a small tuckshop when she joined the Basic Life Skills training.\" \/>\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\/thokozane-skhakhane-already-had-a-small-tuckshop-when-she-joined-the-basic-life-skills-training\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thokozane Skhakhane already had a small tuckshop when she joined the Basic Life Skills training. - 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