“When you see me again I will be driving a big car and have my own business.”
Benjamin Mawasha, trainee mason at the Phalaborwa Foundation, may be dreaming big, but he is adamant that he will not be working for the government, or indeed any other boss one day. He will have his own company and he will be helping others make a living; probably in his home village of Motupa, that is in the Bolobedu area near Tzaneen.
Benjamin also knows the certificate he will receive on completion of his current training course at the Palabora Foundation is just another step, that already includes a Grade 12 pass and a driver’s licence that will take him to the top.
“After I finish here, I want to do a business plan and register a CK (small business).” Benjamin is committed to his own his future and to help others become a part of his story.
“I want to have beautiful things and I know it is only when I have my own company that I can be rich and I want to be rich.”