If I can do it, anyone can. I started my career at SocioTech in 2018 as an infrastructure worker – cutting and packing nets. I would accompany facilitators to training sessions if there was construction to be done. Over time I began to help out at those sessions, but I come from …

I grew up in Nqutu, KwaZulu Natal. My mother had a food garden. We ate from that garden, and she sold vegetables to create extra income. Later in life, my wife, Sithembile and I kept a vegetable patch at our home in Katlehong. In 2019 I heard about the SocioTech horticulture programme. I was no stranger …

My BBL journey has definitely helped me to gain confidence and focus. That doesn’t mean that I have all the answers. I think we women often put ourselves down. We think that we are not good enough and I still have moments when everything feels overwhelming – especially since my growth with SocioTech …

Working at SocioTech fulfills me. I am living the life that I ardently wished for, but that I thought might never be possible. Before I got this job, I was working in hotels, and that was okay, but it didn’t satisfy my soul. This is the field that I always wanted to work in. I remember being a kid in high school …

My journey with SocioTech’s BBL is filled with God’s grace. In 2018, I was a pastor at Hope for Africa Church in Dennilton, and I was finding it painful ministering to hungry people. It was very clear to me that those in need cannot eat ‘God bless you’. Words alone will not put bread on the table. …

I graduated as a diesel mechanic in Witbank, and I did my internship in Steelpoort, but when Covid came I was retrenched. I went back home to Mmotwaneng. That was a difficult time, but I had always had a passion for planting, so I focused on growing food. During the pandemic, everyone was fearful …