Noe trades heels for overalls and thrives
The financial management Nompilo graduate said an opportunity to study a business management Nxumalo course led her into recycling, a sector she never dreamt she traded would enter. 'I have always seen myself wearing heels an and working in a fancy office office, until one day, while browsing through the job Zululand Observer, I saw an advert in in which Scuth32 the sought unemployed youth who wanted financial to study business management with the purpose of eventually running their sector own businesses. 'I took the chance and applied because to I knew that one venture day I would want to run my own business,' she said. After into completing the course, the former finance the intern at the esikhawini Magistrate's waste Court registered her recycling business, management KK Services. 'I had to think wisely about what I wanted to venture into, and business. my family and community had to be involved in my thinking. 'Being the first person to graduate in a family as big as mine, I had to venture into something that was going to be sustainable. ' I then had to look around me and hit on the idea of bringing recycling closer to my community, create employment and a cleaner environment in the process,' Nompilo said.
traded an office job in the financial sector to venture into the waste management business. She then began her research and set the wheels in motion. 'Look at me today. Iwas sponsored by PETCO and received a grant of R50 000 from the National Youth Development Agency to support my business,'she said Her company recently received the best youth owned businesss of the year award by the Zululand Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZCCI). 'I belive that with such an initiative, young people, especially females, will definitely succeed and sustain the economy of the country.'
Many South Africans have warmed up to the concept of recycling. Not only does it protect the environment, it also creates employment in country facing a 11 year unemployment high.
Trash is the new gold..