Halala: Woman, 29, with no background in agriculture starts farming

Halala: Woman, 29, with no background in agriculture starts farming

- A woman, Welile Gumede, has managed to become a successful entrepreneur at the age of 9

- Gumede started her own farming business with no background in the industry

- Her story inspired South Africans and proved that hard work pays off

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A young woman has inspired social media users with her success story. Twitter user Tumelo Warona shared the story of Welile Gumede on the social media platform on Monday.

Warona revealed Gumede is making a name for herself in the agriculture industry and she started a farming business without any background.

The post was captioned:

"Meet 29-year-old Welile Gumede from ILembe region, KZN. With no background in farming, she took the initiative to restore Govt's neglected greenhouse tunnels around Llembe. She is now regarded as one of Llembe's successful Entrepreneurs. She won 2019's SMME UKZN Champions Project."

Take a look at the post below:

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South Africans applauded the young female farmer and gave their two cents' worth in the comment section.

Twitter user, @Ngubenil, commented:

"Absolutely wonderful. Her t-shirt is bang on the money. This is the type of required influence."

Another tweep, @mutaladzi, added:

"That's what we want."

Meanwhile, Briefly.co.za earlier reported on another inspiring woman. On Monday, a lady, who was identified as Twitter user @PhnjJ, proudly talked about her hustle online.

The tweep, who is a qualified engineer, shared a photo on the social media platform and she revealed she works as a mechanic.

Her post read: "Am proud to be a mechanic."

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Source: Briefly News

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Maryn Blignaut (Human-Interest HOD) Maryn Blignaut is the Human Interest manager and feature writer. She holds a BA degree in Communication Science, which she obtained from the University of South Africa in 2016. She joined the Briefly - South African News team shortly after graduating and has over six years of experience in the journalism field. Maryn passed the AFP Digital Investigation Techniques course (Google News Initiative), as well as a set of trainings for journalists by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at: maryn.blignaut@briefly.co.za