Young women create jobs and opportunity
As South Africa marks Mandela Month, a group of young women from Bikizana Village in the Eastern Cape are living out Madiba’s legacy, restoring dignity, creating jobs and building hope through farming. What began in 2022 as a means of survival for five young women has grown into a farming cooperative that now employs 25... The post Young women create jobs and opportunity appeared first on New Era .
As South Africa marks Mandela Month, a group of young women from Bikizana Village in the Eastern Cape are living out Madiba’s legacy, restoring dignity, creating jobs and building hope through farming.
What began in 2022 as a means of survival for five young women has grown into a farming cooperative that now employs 25 people and is transforming lives in one of the province’s rural communities.
Zakhe Youth Development Primary Cooperative, co-founded by Bukeka Buqwana and four other women, supplies major retailers and helps vulnerable households grow food and earn an income.
“At first, starting a cooperative was just a means of survival; now we are basically responsible for 25 families,” said Buqwana.
