14 February 2021 - 00:00 By Sbu Mkwanazi Fehmida Jordaan, founder of Fehmz Mocktails. Image: Supplied
Lately, people have had to go without booze and now some of them aren t going back. Fehmida Jordaan, founder of Fehmz Mocktails, is on a mission to ensure that, for those happy to have ditched the hangover, non-alcoholic drinks of great creativity and variety can fill the gap.
In 2015 Jordaan, out of necessity, established what would become her labour of love. As a Muslim, she had limited libations to enjoy. It s haram (forbidden) for her to consume alcohol, but she still wanted to have exciting concoctions to quench her thirst.
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Dec 24, 2020
Entrepreneur and owner of Fehmz Mocktails, Fehmida Jordaan says people must be prepared to work hard to build their businesses and make a success of their ventures.
Fehmida was speaking to Radio Islam on Thursday about balancing a fulltime job with building a business in a difficult economic climate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fehmida, commonly known Fehmz says while building a business takes a lot of effort, the COVID-19 lockdown did not make it easy.
“It was a hard few months. But Allah has the most amazing way of working things and He gave us the most incredible year. We thought of different things of how do we change things around, how do we work with our retailers.”