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CONTENTS 02. FIKS MAHOLA A man of many talents Fiks Mahola is sharing a bit of both acting and his involvement in Masinyusane.
06. BODIED SA Thozama Dube talks waist trainer product.
09. TINY TREATS Little but impactful gifts.
11. DIGITAL SERVICES The duo from Bedford going digital.
14. POTENTIAL BUSINESS An online community businesses company introducing their way of uniting startups.
18. TOURISM Camagu Ltd is already a step ahead as they have 2021 plans already.
20. FASHION DESIGNER house of Tshiwo founder and their background.
24. FINANCES
COMPETITION
Wear your mask.
Afrika Kesho going blunt on selfishness.
26. MAKEUP, BOOKS & FUN Young people owning thieir craft and talent is a way to go.
34. CLASSIFIEDS Check what is there you did not know about in your area.
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LEADERSHIP
PAGE 02
"Do what makes you happy, without taking away the happiness of others".
Fikile
Wonga
Luke
Mahola
was
born
in
the
dusty
streets
of
Kwazakhele, Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape and still residing at his birth place. The man is the co-founder of Masinyusane – an organisation that is there to develop and empower South Africans through education. He is also a stand up comedian who always leave smiles on the audience faces from theatre productions to being an MC to events like My City and more.
We asked Fiks what led to the forming of Masinyusane?
“So I
met Jim, fellow co-founder in 2008 and after some discussions we felt that as two young men (at the time, now we are old and balding),
that
we
could
never
solve
the
issues
plaguing
PE
townships, but if we help young people, they in turn can uplift their families,
and
ultimately
their
communities.
To
this
end
we
run
literacy programmes for kids at school during school hours (Grade R to grade 3), as well as find all PE township high school learners who qualify for varsity, help them get funded and mentor them until they graduate.
So
youth
unemployment
development are huge on our radar.
and
early
childhood
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So What's Masinyusane?
your
role
at
“Being a co-founder, I
have no real role at Masinyusane, so I end up doing everything, from making tea to firing people, but all this is done with love and respect for the benefit of not
only
the
community young
organisation
as
a
people
whole.
needs
but
the
Sometimes
tough
love
to
leader I have to welcome warmly and
Lastly, how did you survive lockdown? As
discipline accordingly when it is time
Masinyusane,
prior
the
to do so”.
lockdown,
asked
our
progress
and
learn
lessons
so
as
a
we
sponsors if we can divert
Please share about your acting career – the current drama you are part of, where it started and your achievements in acting this far. "I
funds for food parcels, as we
knew
May
alone,
donated
comedian
rand,
kiddies
the
theatre
Bay.
I
and
migrated then
to
proper
would
starve. They all agreed. In
initially started in 1997 as a stand-up in
families
one
over
a
making
biggest
sponsor million
them
food
the
parcel
theatre and film later. I am currently on
sponsor in the city. At the
SABC
same
Kniediep
broadcasted
on
-
which
SABC2
is
being
Wednesdays
time,
we
doing Quaranteevee, a
at 19h30. It is a huge deal, because it
programme
is PE’s first ever sitcom on SABC, which
ones.
is
flighted
on
Youtube.
I
almost
immense
sad talent
in
itself,
that
offering for decades".
PE
given has
the been
began
for
the
Episodes Baytv am
little are &
grateful
that we never rested.
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POTENTIAL BUSINESS
PAGE 06
“You’re one prayer away from changing your life”. The
founder
of
BodiedSA
real
name
is
Thozama Penelope Dube. who was born and raised
in
Durban
at
a
township
Ntuzuma. but currently live in the
Northern
went
to
proceeded
part
of
Stanger to
KwaDukuza, in
KwaZulu-Natal. High
enroll
called
in
She
School,
then
University
and
graduated in 2015 at the University of KZN. She
currently
holds
a
degree
in
Bachelor
of
Social
Science
in
Psychology and Community Development.
“Previously I had started a business called “Lashed Up” which was based on women’s eye lashes and it actually was my first business in 2018. I always wanted to start a business that I’ll love and have a passion for but never really knew what it was. Then a good friend of mine had a chat this one day about how I should do a business based on my looks, features as well as social media. I then had a “Eureka” moment where I literally found an answer to what I wanted to venture on. I’ve always loved my body and grew up being insecure about my dark skin which today makes me even more beautiful, so I came up with @bodied_sa because with being so confident about my body, I wanted a lot of other women to be confident about themselves and achieve the body goals they want. Selling waist trainers and on a later stage lingerie, was the idea I came up with, I then launched my business on the 1st of September 2020 and my life changed ever since that day”.
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“The response I got towards the launch of my business was very overwhelming, I mean when you start a business it’s always a trial and error sort of thing that goes through your mind and whether or not people will like what you sell or even buy any of your items, but the day I opened for orders was the day I received so much support from so many people, it was amazing and to say the least, I was extremely happy, and still am”.
What are the advantages of using a waist trainer? “There are many advantages of wearing shape wear/waist trainers that many people are actually still unaware of. These are, it reduces back pain and provides back support, eliminates love handles, defines the waistline, increases body confidence, accelerated weight loss and lastly it can be comfortably worn under clothing. However, we do advise our clients not to wear it when going to sleep or longer that 5 hours max”.
Are these available in any retail stores or you have your own shop? “We’re currently an online store and don’t have a physical shop yet, however by God’s grace we hope to have a walk in store soon”.
How did you survive lockdown? “To
be honest, the lockdown was
one of the most hardest moments ever, I had such a hard time trying to adjust to the “new normal” because it had affected so many parts of my life. One thing that got me through though was prayer
and
my
family
members
who
are
constantly
always
my
support system”.
bodied_sa
Bodied SA
POTENTIAL BUSINESS
PAGE 09
BY KAYLA & ZINTLEZONKE
Tiny Treats was founded by Lebohang Dolo, also known as ‘Kayla’ and Zintle Mazibuko, also known as ‘Zintlezonke’. They both reside in Vosloorus in the Eastrand. Lebohang is a graduate from the University of Pretoria and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Sciences and Zintle is a graduate from Rosebank College and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences.
Tiny Treats was founded and launched on the 2nd of June 2020, and it was inspired by a business called VPP gifts ‘n things from Botswana. We were inspired so much that we wanted to bring the concept to South Africa. Our target market is everyone who wants to gift their loved ones no matter what age, and make their day special. It’s also people who want to gift someone but have no idea what they should get them, and therefore Tiny Treats has made gifting so simple and at an affordable price.
The only challenged we faced when starting the business was that we started with no capital and therefore were fully dependant on client orders for the first month. At Tiny Treats we have a standard pricelist for our packages and our clients also have the option to customize their own packages, whereby they let us know what they want inside and we quote them according to that.
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Our package prices range from R250R1000. The package price is exclusive of the delivery fee. The delivery fee is charged according to the location of delivery. We use a delivery company called Prime Cottini, @primecottini on Instagram. Our clients need to pay the whole
amount
including
the
delivery
fee to
make
an
package
order
delivered,
and
get
delivery
their
takes
3
days max.
Where do you see yourselves in 5 years time? “We would really like to grow
our
business
to
FOR ONLY R250
nationwide
standards, where we’ll also be able to deliver
and
courier
our
packages
to
other provinces since we only deliver in Gauteng for now. We would also like to
collaborate
corporate supplier
hospitality
businesses
for
colleagues
with
gift
and
and
packages
for
their
and
be to
events.
a
their
FOR ONLY R600
We
@tinyt_reats.
collaborating with some small business
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still working on
that make small treats such as biltong, nuts, we
scented can
packages”.
candles
incorporate
etc, in
stuff
that
our
gift
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DIGITAL SERVICES
V&P Multi Services is a digital branding company founded by the duo
from
Bedford
in
the
Eastern
Cape.
The
duo’s
names
are
Vuyolwethu Mahleza who matriculated at Johnson Nqonqoza High School in Somerset East Eastern Cape, obtained a Public Relations Diploma in 2019 at City Campus Port Elizabeth, towards Electrical N courses, and Phelelani Seyisi who matriculated at Templeton High School, obtained his higher certificate in Information Technology: Support
Service,
towards
final
year
Diploma
in
Information
Technology Software Development.
The gentlemen are running the company from their small town but definately
reaching
bigger
towns
as
the
advantage
of
running
companies that creates digital content can have you reaching for the starts.
Like most of the startups the guys has turned Vuyo’s
(Rithoni Mahleza) room into an office his mom doesn’t really like it, but hoping what his son doing will one day workout. Their company offers a variety of services from advertising, branding and web development.
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PHELELANI SEYISI
VUYOLWETHU MAHLEZA
As the digital world is taking over so many young people have decided to learn and apply their skills to make a living, which is a very positive and right thing to do especially now that one can run a
business
struggling
from
to
be
their
comfortable
noticed
and
be
space.
Most
competitive
as
startups they
are
are not
branded or professionally formed to have a digital appearance, which is organizations like us are always a need. We were doing this for a while but we started officially as a formal business on February 25th 2020. We felt that we had to take our future into our hands as we have the acquired skillsets to do so.
"In the next 5 years we want to see our business fully grown and moved out from working in a room to an official business space where we will have a team of young people who do not only work for us but sometimes do tutor classes for our community kids so they can also be digital citizens. And our advice to other youth is it do not matter where you come from but always look at the future with a positive mindset".
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POTENTIAL BUSINESS
AN ONLINE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY NS
Projects
Provider
is
Skill
a
Community
and
Resource
Owned
Online
Procurement
Business
Centred
Service
Operational
Database. Originally designed as a Business Operations Program. This is a Social Media Integration Program, designed to establish, develop
and
operating
evolve,
online
the
with
social
on
the
media
Economy
ground
as
database,
level
service
delivery
community
growth
focused
operations.
It
is
a
business
operational Facebook
development
program, business
utilizing
pages
and
social
services,
media
as
advertising
integration
and
method
to
procure required resource simultaneously developing and evolving progressively with the social economy, and was launched on social media by the company: NATHI SIYA TRADING AND PROJECTS PTY (Ltd) trading as NSProjects, through the campaign called THE DIY INIATIVE in August 2019.
This is designed as a self-sustaining, operational and improving social community Program, promoting business, community, growth and skills development by means of rotation of resources through advertising
means
to
database (NSProjects).
its
community
of
social
followers
and
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NsProjects NSProjects Sponsors,
has
extended
Investors,
participate
in
a
and
an
the
invitation
overall
collaborative
and
effort
to
Youth
General
to
in
Business,
Community
provide
support
to for
disadvantaged families during the pandemic through planning and executing
a
community
support
and
outreach
program
utilizing
food parcel delivery and support.
In raising funds, this will allow NSProjects to successfully obtain the required goods for these parcels while simultaneously developing a business support and supplier database to liaise with throughout the duration of the proposed program. With NSProjects located in Durban
KZN,
and
the
majority
of
active
members
within
the
Community of NSProjects currently based in KZN, initiation of the Program has been set to begin in KZN South Africa.
This program began in the EC and the second community to be assisted is the location of Hammersdale Durban (KZN) South Africa. The plan is to assist a minimum of 20 Families with food parcels and Covid 19 Essentials such as sanitizers and masks.
By inviting our community and youth to participate, NSProjects aims to grow and empower its members. A successful launch of the program will allow for employment opportunities, skill and labor resources utilized and ultimately begin our united community goal which is sustainable living.
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My
story
and
experience
began
three
years
ago in The Netherlands, where I got exposed to various
things
such
as
the
world
of
backpacking and since then I've fallen in love with traveling.
Which angle are you introducing as Camagu Ltd. " As Camagu Travels would like to
promote
and
empower
through
tourism.
Contribute to improving the well being of local communities by giving place to a
meaningful
connection
and
between
travelers
local
communities. Lastly we would like to have a positive
on
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local
economy
and
environment.
Do you think now rates in the tourism industry may go low to attract business again? "Domestic tourism can provide economic incentives for a place to preserve, maintain
and
regenerate
the
local
history,
infrastructure and environment. I do not think places
of
accommodation
will
be
dropping
their rates, because the Covid 19 pandemic has crippled the industry, however they might offer incentives like if you spend four nights the 5th one
is
free.
Sites
and
parks
may
operate
differently, as with the selected nature reserves and national parks which will have free entry
from 28 September to the 04 October 2020.
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MOTIVATION OF THE BRAND Seeing a gap in the community of a huge rate of unemployed youth, I decided to use the skill that has been passed on from generation to generation in my family to make a difference in my environment by starting a fashion production house with the aim of job creation with the growth of the community. House of Tshiwo original is an apparel production that provides traditional wear, giving every being of every size fitted and personalized clothingfor every event and time of the year, offering limited designer items for each client's needs.
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It's OKAY TO BE SELFISH Let me start with an unpopular opinion: it’s okay to be selfish; to focus on your own needs first. Often, many of us are brought up to believe that being selfish is completely wrong; we are made to believe that doing so will create ill feelings between us and our friends, family, or the world in general. I believe this should not be the case. This is because, believe it or not, focusing on your own needs first will benefit you and the world around you in many more ways than if you choose to do the opposite. The value you will add to both your life and the lives of the people important to you may not be immediate, but it is worth it.
You will notice that in none of the statements I have made until now
have
I
said,
“focus
on
what
you
want.”
This
distinction
is
important to make because as much as focusing on your needs can add the greatest value to your life and the lives of those around you, the process often requires sacrifice. And yes, I said sacrifice; that taboo word that no one who aspires to live an easy life wants to hear.
The reason sacrifice comes into the picture is simple: when you focus on your own needs, you should not only learn to say no to the rest of the world, but you should learn to say no to yourself as well.
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This includes saying no to certain desires you might have that give you temporary satisfaction, but ultimately take away value from the greatest investment – which is YOU. Say no to desires that leave you worse off at the end of the day.
Do you remember that “TASTY BURGER COMBO” that you indulge in regularly? I’m talking about that combo that leaves you begging for more despite putting a dent in your wallet. That one that leaves you begging for more even though hours later you forget about all that goodness like it never happened. Yes, that one. You must learn to say no to buying it! I’m not saying you shouldn’t treat yourself with good food once in a while, but why not buy yourself a book instead?
If you’re skeptical about being selfish enough to buy yourself a book instead of going out and spending all your money this weekend on friends and alcohol (a satisfaction that is temporary), ask yourself about the value you gain from reading a worthwhile book. With a good book you will learn a new skill, a skill that will help you get that promotion, a skill you can turn into a business, or simply a skill that can help ease your life and make you live better. For the young audience, don’t wait for later in life to start buying and reading books and learning the skills these books have to offer. Start now. Just like how an investment in any asset will give you higher returns (more money) if invested for a longer period of time, as opposed to one
invested
for
a
shorter
period
of
time;
the
same
principle
applies. The earlier you start, the greater the returns. In case you’re thinking, “But buying and reading books to gain new skills is not investing in anything,” think again. Investment in yourself has an economic term attached to it called human capital investment.
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MAKEUP ARTIST
MakeUp By Blossom CHUMA MRAMBA
Meet Chuma Mramba from Mount Frere, who is currently residing in East London, Eastern Cape. She has recently obtained her Bachelor of Health Science (BHSc) in Medical Laboratory Sciences. Chuma started to her makeup business in 2018 till present.
“Generally I am a very ambitious and zealous person. I strongly believe that I am unique and distinct for a purpose. I have a great potential to make all my dreams a reality. I always liked looking good and classy even if I am off to nowhere. I would sometimes spend more time putting my makeup on than the time I spend on the bath, and this was all because I wanted to perfect my makeup before approaching my friends and the public to share my skill for the business I always wanted to own. After few times I have been trying friends noticed my amazing work and some were already asking me to plug them to the person who touches my face and that is when I gained confident to get my makeup business off the ground”.
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Chuma Blossom Mramba
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What are your highlights since the beginning of your business? “Since I started this journey as a MUA I have had 3 bridal makeup gigs which I consider them as the greatest and most significant highlights
throughout
my
journey.
The
great
thing
about
being
recognized for such gigs is that one also scores new clients who also share the word when you make them happy. And now I have clients whom I met through referrals from those gigs and hence I make sure whenever I am hired for any event whether small or big I make sure I live an unforgettable mark to grow my clients numbers and importantly, to make people happy for what they pay for”.
How did you cope during lockdown?
“The lockdown period has
not been an easy one, not only business wise but every individual was
challenged.
So
I
basically
created
makeup
content
and
uploaded on my channel. That kept my sanity”.
"In 5 years I see myself as a CEO and founder of Blossom makeup & Beauty Studio. I want to have my own place rather than doing house
calls
believe
in
and
all
that.
themselves
possible with God.
And
and
I
would
follow
their
advice
young
dreams.
All
people things
to are
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BOOK RECOMMENDATION
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NOT
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Bongani Putsoane is a South African born entrepreneur, author of Knocked Down but Not Out, having funded by #Pegmovement Pty company in late December 2018. He is the middle child amongst 4 siblings, Bongani was born and bred in Prince Alfred Street, Pietermaritzburg. Over within
the
years
the
Bongani
community
has
such
made as
many
being
a
efforts full
to
time
be
youth
involved pastor,
preaching to children and many young adults is something he quite enjoys. He served faithfully in the Foxfire youth team of African Enterprise for a year in 2016. He has also visited over 100 schools within South Africa ministering as well as sharing his testimony.
Bongani
is
organisation
not
only
called
the
founder
#Pegmovement
but
also
which
the
has
CEO
of
impacted
the over
millions of people not only in South Africa but also in countries such as Malawi and Zambia. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Pegmovement had impacted over 1 million people within the first 60 days through the use of a peg. As a result, so many individuals not only getting saved but also being healed and delivered.
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In Bongani Putsoane’s Book, he shares his own personal story about the mistakes as well as all the things he did at young age which he is not so proud of. He shares his stories hoping that many young individuals may learn from the mistakes he made so that they may make better decisions for themselves as well as for their future. Bongani opened up so that those individuals who are facing many consequences from the bad decisions which they made, can see that at the end of the tunnel there is light.
BOOK REVIEWS:
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ENTERTAINMENT
LUIG I A PRIL
G O S P E L R A P A R T IS T
Born in Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape, Luigi April is one of the South African gospel hip hop rap sensations who has recently released his new album "Hier kom n' ding" early this year. Luigi grew up without a father and his mother couldn't support him because she was sick.
“When growing up I then got involved in gangsterism because I was seeking love and attention at that stage of my life and ended in court for stealing whereby my grandmother had to stand by me in my mother's place. My grandmother called her Pastor brother to talk some sense into me because I also left school at that time, I was
a
nuisence.
I
started
smoking
at
the
age
of
sixteen,
also
started having sex and drinking alcohol. I then joined a band called
Arcades,
and
I
started
drinking
worse
and
having
sex
unprotected but God was good".
Out of all that challenging life Luigi came into his senses after he met Christ and he shared to us about his album and the other great work he does.
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"This album is a very big hit on SABC TV and
various
other
media
platforms.
What makes this album different is that first
of
all
that
sponsored
by
the
music
Kyknet
TV
video
and
was
shot
by
Lourens Human in Woodstock for Kyknet TV channels". The
bang
is
also
that
this
artist
also
released an international sneaker brand with
Alive
Shoes
international
and
clothing
also
brand
an titled
"#HKND - Hier kom n' ding ". For a man that this
comes is
a
from
great
humble
elevation
beginnings, in
his
music
career. He isn't just a rapper but also a KANNA AWARD winner of the best cast for
musical
theater
production
of
the
KKNK 2001. A man of many talents if I might add. He
has
also
currently
his
new
music
video on all music television and radio platforms. He has also released his new book titled "A walk with the Lord - My experience with my God and this book reveals all about him in his faith and also his upbringing with a brand new clothing called "A walk with the Lord".
Luigi April Page
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067 646 8776
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Our WhatsApp magazine is now distributed to 10 315 direct requests every month, that excludes those who forward the magazine to their friends, which is not a crime though we encourage people to directly request the magazine from us, for us to build our footprint, and these numbers are escalating every day. Our numbers includes the Nelson Mandela Bay residents where we are based, national, Nigeria, Lesotho, Namibia as our social platforms are reaching more than our area, If you need advertising contact us as our Twitter account also has more than 10 000 followers consists of citizens from and out of SA too.
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