Mpumalanga
1. Mrs Joyce Green
Mrs. Joyce Green was born in 1957 in the remote area commonly known as Ngodini in the Mpumalanga Province. She grew up under terrible conditions as she was raised by uneducated parents. It was a struggle to survive more especially for women. Women were not in a position to fight for their rights. Women were forbidden to go to school. After getting married at an early age because of circumstances prevailing at the time.
She was blessed with a daughter. Her husband passed away in December 1992. Mrs. Joyce Green was partially blind at a tender age. The path she took was driven by a message her husband left. The message was “never wait for things to be handed on a silver platter”. Instead of waiting for miracles to happen, she decided to approach WDB through the assistance of her 4 friends.samaf is one of the funders of WDB.
Mrs. Joyce Green is from a group commonly known as Sinhle. She started her car wash business in 2007 after realizing that things are tough and she does not meet the needs of her family. Starting a business was not an easy job due to lack of financial assistance. She heard about the WDB financial services and decided to apply. She was offered R1000.00 which enabled her to buy soap, bucket, 2cm horse pipe and spraying machine.
In her car wash business, she employed 4 people, 1 in a barber shop and 2 in the kitchen. She occasionally gives out free food to school children who are less fortunate. She vows not to allow her situation of not going to school affect her daughter. Her daughter is currently enrolled at the University of Venda. She is looking after her brothers’ kids who are also schooling. With regard to her own education, Mrs.Green did not go beyond standard 3. Her philosophy in life “nothing is impossible”. |
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2. Mrs Viera
Mrs Viera comes from Fernie Section in Mpumalanga Province. She owns a dressmaking factory. She loved sewing from her early age where she used to sew clothes for her dolls and imitated her grandmother who used to sew jerseys for them when they were still young. Her love and passion for sewing made her realize that dressmaking is in her blood. She decided to follow her dream and approached Financial Services where she borrowed R1,000.00 for her business start up.
Her business focuses on sewing school uniforms and sells it to the nearby shops and factories that sell school uniforms. Her business has grown in such a way that she managed to repay her first loan in a month and went to the second loan of R3,000.00.
Miss Fernie thanked samaf and Fernie Financial services Co-operatives for the contribution in her success. She indicated that because of samaf who disbursed funds to Fernie FSC she has managed to buy more machinery for her business and she is planning on increasing the staff number in order to meet the demand that is required by her customers. |
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Application for Funding
Application for the registration of FSC
Application to register as a Service Provider
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