Alinda Minnie

What does your company do?

Create Jobs through Skills development & Training

What is your biggest success?

One day a lady who could barely speak english came out of the rural area from Hamanskraal area,desperately looking for a "cleaning " job in Pretoria where I used to live in Gauteng Province. I asked her her name.She said Lindie.I said...excuse me?!She repeated her name.I said well come on in,my name is also Lindie. I trained her by teaching her skills in sewing.I gave her a job.It was transforming her life for ever.She no longer had to be a domestic worker.She became a seamstress. She fed her family with her income.When my husband called "Lindie!" She would answer: "Yeeess!!!".So we rather called her by her full name,Lindiwe. Untill this day she would phone me to wish me a Happy New Year and would say" I love you!" We trained many,but only a few would show grattitude like Lindiwe did.The greatest achievement was definitely to uplift another human being from their hopeless circumstances,giving them hope and a future through training and skills development.The grattitude and love they had was an experience that no money can buy.Changing lives even on a small scale.I had a few more achievments,but this was defenitely my greatest achievement so far.

What has been your biggest hurdle?

The biggest hurdle was the corruption in South Africa.There is finances available for Skills Development.This means it can be done on a big scale,if the funds were allocated correctly and fairly. The biggest hurdle will be the financing of Skills Development on a large scale. The plan in short is a project where we train people through Skills Development.Then also giving them the oppertunaty to earn a sallary through Job Creation Projects. They learn from the best teachers in the spesific field to become their best in for eg. Fashion,Interior,Art and Business. With cheap imports from all over the world,it is high time for South Africa to fight the poverty through crafting and creating quality,handmade fashion,interior and art articles. There is so much talent under the youth that is waiting to be discovered and developed.... There is so much poverty that could be erased..... There is so much hopeless situations that could be turned into hope....for a future.... So the biggest hurdle would be finaces.Defenitely.