Thabang Le Rena Bakery

There were originally 12 women in this organisation who all baked from their homes.  In this way, the ladies learned baking skills from each other.  Gradually the group was reduced to five ladies who run this little bakery – the only one in Elandskraal.

Initially funding for the project came form the Department of Health and Welfare in 1999, and in the years since then they have received business management training and bread preparation skills so as to improve the quality of their product.  Their bread is baked in a small electric oven and, although they have a bigger three-phase oven with larger capacity, it requires three-phase power and this is not available.