Meet Refiloe Nicolas Rantekoa – The Breaad King of Soweto

Meet Refiloe Rantekoa, affectionately known as the “Bread King of Soweto.” This young entrepreneur transformed a humble side hustle into a thriving business, Borotho Bakery, which now employs 25 people.

Refiloe’s entrepreneurial journey began at the age of eight, when he started selling goods to support his family in Jabavu, Soweto. After completing his matriculation in 2008, he pursued a learnership with Bidvest and worked in the travel industry for five years. During this time, he continued to nurture his entrepreneurial spirit through various side hustles.

In 2016, when bread prices surged, Refiloe saw an opportunity to make a positive impact in his community. He founded Borotho Bakery, which translates to “bread” in Sotho. Despite initial challenges, including securing funding, Refiloe persevered and eventually secured a R50,000 bank loan.

With the loan, Refiloe set up a fully equipped bakery in his grandmother’s backyard, producing 20 loaves a day. As demand grew, so did the business. By 2017, orders reached 100 loaves a day, prompting Refiloe to expand operations to a 6-meter container and hire more staff.

Today, Borotho Bakery sells around 500 loaves daily, and has diversified its product offerings to include scones, burger buns, and hotdog rolls. Refiloe’s success has earned him numerous awards, including the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Best Start-Up Business Award, and Bakery of the Year Award.

Refiloe’s story serves as a testament to the power of entrepreneurship and community-driven initiatives. His commitment to providing affordable bread to his community has not only improved lives but has also created employment opportunities and inspired a new generation of entrepreneurs.

For more Info:
Twitter: @BorothoBakerySA or @Refiloerantekoa
Instagram: @borotho_bakery
LinkedIn: Refiloe Rantekoa / Borotho Bakery Enterprise Pty ltd
Cell: 071 9358 771
Email: info@borothobakery.co.za
Web: www.borothobakery.webnode.com

KwaZulu-Natal Female Student founds a Poultry Farming Business whilst studying

• Sne Ngubane’ the founder and director of Sne Poultry Farming
• Sne grows chickens and slaughter them for selling purposes
• Sne Chickens are the most affordable in the market

Meet the aspiring Sne Ngubane, a 23 year old Female Poultry Farmer.
Sne hails from Manguzi, uMhlabuyalingana, the Northeastern part of KwaZulu-Natal.

Sne’s in possession of no experience in poultry farming, she’s a Social Work Junior Student Student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Sne Utilises her self-taught skills to grow her business.

She’s not just in the business, she’s also selling slaughtered broiler chickens at an affordable price.

For a 23-year-old student to multitask, exhibits determination, dedication and most importantly, sweating as she’s still a student, on her 3rd year this year.

Sne calls herself Mrs Chicken. It’s her and the chickens as she has proven to myriads that living your business is a way to go. It’s so inspirational for such a young woman, deciding to use social media platforms just to push her business, not exhibiting to the world how beautiful she is.

When many thought starting a business is difficult, Sne lives to be the most concrete evidence that nothing is impossible, that with self-determination m, self-willingness and self-confidence, one can build Egypt.

We wish Sne Ngubane all the best as she’s climbing the ladder to expanding her poultry farming business. Her sticking to 3D’s (Discipline, Determination, and Dedication) conforms to Black Excellence. She’s an inspiration to South African Young Females. May her journey be as bride as her anticipations. It is so rare coming across such a young energetic woman, she’s a big deal – a game-changer.

Two Sisters Who Manufacturer Bricks Using Recycled Bottles

Meet Kedibone and Keletso Tsiloane, the sisters from Sasolburg in Free State, who founded a company (Ramtshilo) which manufactures strong, durable and fire retardant bricks using sand, cement and recycled plastics.

“The bricks look and feel like conventional cement bricks and they can be cemented and plastered like any other brick,” said Kedibone.

Kedibone said they only begun manufacturing the bricks / the business with about R5 000, which was used for the prototype.

The despite the challenges they are facing as people badger them with questions to ascertain if they will deliver the work, they are adamant to growing Ramtsilo and supply the bricks nationwide.

For more information about his company, use the below contact details

📞 0617898638 / 0727233552

📧 info@ramtsilo.com

🌐 www.ramtsilo.com

A Police Constable Resigns To Follow Her Career As An Environmentalist – Alina Phekonyane

Alina Phekonyane who served as a Police Constable for over 10 years – 10 years in good service.

Whilst in blue uniform, Alina was studying Emvironmental Health with Central University, she obtained National Diploma and Baccalaureus Technologiae (BTech) thereof.

Following her graduation, Alina resigned in March 2020 to fully pursue her Environmental Health career path.

She gave a testimony that she decided to study after 7 good years in the blue uniform.

“Flash back to when I was a police officer 7 years into serving as a cop I decided to go to varsity, I studied fulltime and worked fulltime (don’t ask me how because I also dont know). Sometimes I would go 3 days without sleeping but surprisingly I’d have so much energy. I graduated , resigned, completed my community service and lets just say the rest is history….”

From her life and career endeavours, we did learn that nothing is impossible if you are disciplined, determined and sweating.

Alina get to live her dream without fear as she acknowledged the redirection. This is inspirational!