Lockdown has sparked the entrepreneurial spirit in Letah Mhlongo, who sells kotas in her village in Giyani, Limpopo.
Business is booming. Between 9am and 1pm, villagers make phone and WhatsApp orders to Mhlongo, who then delivers by bicycle.
“It’s R20 for a kota. I started this because I want the people around me to feel how it’s like to receive food deliveries, because people in deep rural villages are usually left out when it comes to food deliveries. And I’m delivering for free,” she said.ostgraduate certificate in education“My studies are going well. I will be finishing this year,” she said.“The business has been going great ever since it started. The only problem is stock. In my hometown I can’t find bulk stock.
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