14 Jan 2010

Hey there! Let me start off by welcoming the new year! 2010 promises to be full of new challenges and rewards. It’s already been a crazy year and we’re only a week or so in! Unfortunately I haven’t been back to any of the communities from last years blog entries, everyone’s still getting into the swing of things apparently. However, I’ve been allocated the task of web creation and am currently building a website for Tangerine Marketing ( A branch of Neosho Trading ) which has been keeping me busy and pretty damn frustrated for the past few days. Today I was allowed out for some fresh air though, we headed to Pretoria to meet up with Hanolet Uys, a partner from Neosho, where we went through the applications and entries of entrepreneurs from last year and selected 25 of the most promising and qualified applicants. Sadly out of these 25 we only expect around half to successfully complete the training. Obviously we’d love to be optimistic and ensure everyone a pass, but that’s not the reality of it and we have to be realistic, don’t we! I’ll be getting a bit more personal this year with interviews and a look inside the lives of the people we work alongside as we continue on our journey to make S.A a better place, or at the very least a place with less unemployment!! Here’s to 2010 and all the things we aim to achieve!