Youth Panel Beater Flourishes

LOBATSE: A 29 year-old man has started a flourishing panel-beating business with experience merely gleaned from his colleagues over the years. Apart from repainting vehicles, he also specialises in cutting and re-building accident damaged vehicles to a new look.

Abel ‘Hiroshima’ Molefhe was born in a rural settlement of Tshweneyagae in the outskirts of Lobatse in 1998. He moved here in 2000 to seek employment, but later started developing a passion for spray painting and panel-beating, which has turned into a profession in which he rules the roost after establishing himself as a brand. 

Having been in the industry for the past 13  years, Molefhe says his passion for spray painting and panel-beating started when he was still a youngster.

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Micro-procurement maze demands urgent reform

Whilst celebrating milestones in inclusivity, with notably P5 billion awarded to vulnerable groups, the report sounds a 'siren' on a dangerous and growing trend: the ballooning use of micro-procurement. That this method, designed for small-scale, efficient purchases, now accounts for a staggering 25% (P8 billion) of total procurement value is not a sign of agility, but a 'red flag'. The PPRA’s warning is unequivocal and must be...

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