Johannesburg - When she was 18 years old, Gugu Mbatha asked her grandmother to allow her to quit school.
For those 18 years of her life, she had seen her grandmother struggle, as she tried to put food on the table and educate her, stretching a social welfare grant to its limits. At such a tender age, Mbatha knew what she had to do. She had her sights set on Joburg, the famous city of gold, where her own glittering dreams could finally come true.
She is now the chief executive of Mfanyana Security, a portfolio that employs as many as 200 people. From the backwaters of Estcourt, she has managed to craft a remarkable rags to riches story, pulling herself up by the proverbial bootstraps to the top of the pyramid in a dog eat dog industry.According to her, a single-minded ambition to succeed at all costs drove her desire to one day own the finer things in life she saw other people parading while she was at work.
“I used to boil eggs, make sandwiches and pick peaches at home, put them in a plastic and sell them,” said Mbatha.Before that could happen however, a seed had to be planted. One bright day, her friend Nthabiseng Keroane told her that, given her success in the taxi industry, she could perhaps prosper in the security business.
“When I came up with the idea of the security company I never really knew it would turn out this big. She embraced it and ran with it and I’m so proud of her. It teaches me that everyone has their God-given path and God will do whatever it takes to make sure they find that path and sometimes he will use people,” Keroane said.
This doesn't encourage youth to go to school, she must also disclose her connections, you may find that 85% of her business is with ANC government. Mostly corrupt tenders and be here lying that you can make it without education.