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24 years old, Khayelista, I used to live with my parents and my three younger siblings. I am the first born. joined TAB in 2021 – that’s when I started. I didn’t pass my matric in high school, but I wanted to. So I went to rewrite my matric, but I didn’t get the results. … Read more
42, Khayelitsha, I grew up in Langa and went to school there. I moved to Bellville when I got a job with the City of Cape Town and worked there for seven years. While there, I wanted to follow my dream – to become a fashion designer and make clothes! I always wanted to have … Read more
32, Khayelitsha, I was attending school and did consumer studies. My focus area was design. My mother used to sew, and that’s what inspired me. I wanted to be a designer. After my matriculation, I wanted to study design at UCT, but my marks were not good enough. I stayed at home and went to … Read more
39, Khayelitsha, I am a businesswoman. I did a sewing course when I was young, and then I got a job at TFG and made clothes for seven years. In 2019 I resigned because I wanted to own my own business. I joined TCB and started buying an selling clothing. I graduated in 2021 with … Read more
36, Gugulethu, My name is Pheliwe Mbengo. I’m 36 years of age and reside in Guguletu. Before I joined TCB my life was not of a good standard because of unemployment. I can say my life was difficult. I completed my matric in 2004. Then I did some short courses in IT A+ and Networking. … Read more
36, Stellenbosch, Hi my name is Phathiswa Daweti from Stellenbosch. I am an Enterprise Development beneficiary of TCB and about to graduate from the 2-year programme in July 2022. Before I join TCB I was struggling financially and dependent on my abusive boyfriend because I was financially needy, but TCB developed my personal growth in … Read more
I started at TCB in 2020. The year was full of financial difficulties for me and my family. I was not working and I have a child that needs medical attention (she’s a disabled child with lots of challenges). At that time my sister lost her job too due to Covid so it was hard … Read more
We started a new programme, Remake, to work with seamstresses and use donations of excess fabric to start micro-manufacturing small businesses. TCB won the Mail & Guardian Greening the Future Award (category Waste Management Best Practice). Our Resell and Repair programme is listed in the international Acumen “100 Corporate Ready Social Enterprises” report. We launch … Read more
Covid19 hits our Participants and ECD centres hard. With the support of our partners, we use our warehouse spaces to offer food parcel distribution, essential service goods such as winter clothing, and stipends to assist ECD teachers who have lost all sources of income.
Our Cape Town building is destroyed in a devastating fire (rebuild completed in 2021). We expand our GROW Programme to Johannesburg.