How the pandemic turned a Cape tour guide into a koesister champion
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Cape Town - When the Covid-19 pandemic took away his livelihood as a tour guide back in May 2020, Faieez âFuzzyâ Alexander from Wetton decided to try his hand at making koesisters for sale in an effort to support his family. He had never made them before.
âI had to do something not just to pay my bills but to put food on the table. I started making koesisters on a Sunday in the middle of May and selling them from home and on my first try I sold over 2 000.
V&A Waterfrontâs first intake in its food lab incubator graduate
By Dieketseng Maleke
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THE V&A Waterfront has announced that its R63 million investment in Makers Landing, in collaboration with the National Treasuryâs Job Fund, is bearing fruit as the first intake of SMMEs have graduated from the Food Lab Incubation Programme.
The company said the Makers Landing Food Lab Incubation Programme provided the perfect environment for growing food businesses, while it demonstrated the value of assembling the right partnership ecosystem, skills and resources.
Eight graduates were the first to complete the four-month intensive training programme.