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YOUTH MONTH: Vongani passionate about electronics

As the month of June comes to an end, Letaba Herald, continues to salute young movers and shakers who are making a difference in their local community.

Vongani Vuma is the founder of PC Clinic, an electronics company which he runs from home in Nkowankowa Section D.

His services include hardware repair, virus and spyware removal, installing operating systems, building of game cases, hard disk recovery and laptop-motherboard replacement.

Although he is a qualified geologist, his love for electronics runs deep.

His passion for computers began when he enrolled for his basic computer skills certificate at Avuxeni Computer Academy in Nkowankowa after passing his Grade 12 few years back.

Vongani working on a laptop.

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He started gaining curiosity around the pc’s hardware and it grew from there.

After attaining his Honours degree in Geology, he also enrolled for a teaching qualification, where he fortunately got a permanent post.

He currently teaches Maths and Science at DZJ Mtebule Secondary School and he says he enjoys every moment of it.

Vuma on his element.

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His advice to young entrepreneurs is to first identify if the kind of business they want to embark on, is being done by many people or not.

“If a lot of people are doing the same business, they must come up with a way of distinguishing it from the rest. Email vongani.vuma@gmail.com.    

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Emelda Tintswalo Shipalana

Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.

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