Go-getting farmer thinks up her new 'baby' on child grant

19 July 2020 - 00:06 By LWANDILE BHENGU

A R350 monthly child-support grant and YouTube videos planted the seeds for farmer Welile Gumede to take an abandoned agricultural tunnel project in northern KwaZulu-Natal and turn it into a blooming, multimillion-tomato business...

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