She said this during her visit to the park to engage with entrepreneurs who have businesses on the site recently.
This was part of the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation’s programme which has been conducted throughout the country as part of the industrial park revitalisation programme.

The minister gave a platform to local businesses, such as Peppadew, Bushvalley Chickens, Mzansi Bakeries and others, to share their successes and challenges.
Peppadew shared with Kekana that they are in the process of employing 3000 locals in the next few months.

Family members, Tutu and Kulani Maluleke, shared their success journey with Mzansi Bakery, which specialises in bread and confectionaries. The pair started their business in 2013 in Malamulele and eventually started another branch in Nkowankowa and will soon open another one in Seshego. They currently have 30 permanent employees and supply the whole of Mopani district with bread on a daily basis.

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Tutu is also the the CEO of Grano Foods Bakery who produces ingredients such as dry yeast and premix pan oil, which they use at the bakery.
The minister promised to assist the pair with a bread slicing machine and funding for branding during a visit at the bakery.

Kekana and her entourage, which included the Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM) mayor, Gerson Molapisane, Concerned Group for Nkowankowa and Dan, and the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDET), also conducted an unannounced visit to various factories including Thabaletsi Tombstones.

During the visits she checked if the businesses complied with labour laws especially when it came to employing foreign nationals and occupational health and safety regulations.
She concluded her visit by stating that she will return again to the park and that she will do everything in her power to address the issues which the businesses raised such as funding, water, electricity and protests.