Kgabo Moabelo shows youngsters how to surf the Internet. Picture: Cedric Mboyisa.
FROM being retrenched to being an entrepreneur – that is the story of Kgabo Moabelo (37) from Alexandra township.
A victim of recession, Moabelo was retrenched earlier this year after serving his company for 12 years. Instead of feeling sorry for himself and drowning in a state of despair, the man from Alex – but originally from Polokwane – went about reinventing himself as an entrepreneur. He decided to use his retrenchment package to start a business, not just any business but an Internet Cafe. Today he is the proud owner of the state-of-the-art Internet cafe, The Duke's Cafe Internet Solutions.
He says his retrenchment made him realise that “there's freedom to explore new opportunities”. He adds that retrenchment is “absolutely not the end of the world”. Teenagers and the youth in general are Moabelo main clients. According to Moabelo, their (youngsters') time on the Internet is mostly spent on Facebook. He has since joined Facebook as well... just to keep up with the modern trends of social networking!
The Duke's Cafe Internet Solutions offers other services such as laminating, printing, photocopying, writing Cvs and uploading pictures for Facebook fanatics. Internet access is R5 for 15 minutes, R8 for 30 minutes and R12 for an hour. Alex is truly online, thanks to Moabelo. This man has set an example by overcoming a difficult situation and emerge as a winner! Moabelo is indeed a shining star in Alexandra and a ray of hope to all of us, including those who lost their jobs when the markets collapsed due to economic crisis.
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