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Housewife's creative knack pays bills

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It took boredom for Keolebogile Tlagae-Tsele to unearth her entrepreneurial skills. The 52-year-old narrates her journey to BusinessMonitor saying she has managed to transform herself from a housewife to a businesswoman despite having no qualifications.

She said it all started 30 years ago when she was developing her garden at home. By then she was just following her passion without knowing that it would at some point pay her bills.

By then her garden was also coming up nicely catching the eye of passers-by and neighbours who started asking to take pictures in her garden. As many requests started pouring in, she then realised that she could monetise her garden and started charging a fee for photoshoots.

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