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From R350 SRD grant recipients to small business owners – all in a year's work

This was in response to the unprecedented social and economic challenges that weakened the survival strategies of low- and no-income individuals and households, who had to endure financial hardship during the nationalWhen two young men from Kaalfontein, a township east of Midrand, received the SRD a year ago, after one had lost his job as a result of the pandemic while the other had been unemployed and unable to find work for four years, never had the pair imagined that they would one day refer...

While 27-year-old Lesley Molapisane's and his friend and now business partner 28-year-old Koketso Rametsi's employment journeys over the past three years differ slightly, both shared how"R350 used to seem like a very small amount to start any business". The pair explained that, while they have been able to stay in business for the past year, it had not always been smooth sailing, adding that perseverance and consistency were critical to"keeping us going".

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