Women in business – Deborah van der Westhuizen

From early childhood she was always fascinated in the fact that flowers could be so beautiful, plants had healing properties and that there is an abundance of hundreds of thousands of plants that can heal all ailments. “All my life I have been fascinated and researching these miracles. I now continue to use my knowledge to deal directly with customers in being able to offer them natural healing in the form of Western Herbal Medicine and Vitamin and mineral supplementation in my store. ”Deborah, the former owner, formulator and developer of Phyto-Force Western Herbal Medicine for 25 years, is now the owner of Health Republic Kloof, providing top quality Western Herbal products and Vitamin supplements. Naturally she is an avid gardener and loves reading, walking, travel, movies, classic cars, her dogs and spending time with her husband and family. Deborah’s advice to other local businesses, is: “You must absolutely love what you do to be successful in business.

With reference to her take on shopping local, Deborah said: “Small, local business people are in business because that is what they love to do and they need to earn a living. They specialise in what they do, and they need local support to stay in business. It is always so sad to see a business close down because of lack of support, i.e. people believing it is cheaper to buy from large chain stores. Health shops are specialist stores stocking natural unadulterated, high quality products that have not been tested on animals.

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