Beginning in 2013, Mama Phomolo Raisa, the Clover Mama of Botshabelo, enrolled in courses with Clover Mama Afrika for sewing, cooking, and baking. She even had the opportunity to attend a welding course. All these she did while her mom was the Clover Mama Afrika of Botshabelo.

In 2018, she was appointed Clover Mama Afrika after her mom retired and took over all the projects her mom was spearheading. At the moment she has 13 projects she focuses on, including a daycare centre, a farm with egg-laying hens, a vegetable garden, a salon and a bakery, while also teaching people in the community various skills.

Every time she is taken on a course by Clover Mama Afrika, she comes back and teaches members of her community.

In 2019, Mama Phomolo was announced as a winner of the Mamas for the Ultimate Cleanliness & Hygiene award, which inspired her and pushed her to work harder in order to be recognised for other awards.

"I was not expecting it but it inspired and pushed me to work harder."

"Clover has taken me to even higher levels because I now own a pizza oven at my place,” she says excitedly.

According to Mama Phomolo, pizza ovens are usually found in shopping malls and she is the first one in her township who owns one.

"So, my people won’t need to go to the mall to purchase pizza; they can get it right here in Botshabelo at Phomolicious Pizza. Clover has done a lot for me and I am grateful."

Because of the vegetable garden and the bakery they can put food on the table themselves and also provide food for members of her community.

Mama Phomolo says the skills she has acquired through the training from Clover have helped her a lot in running her restaurant. In one of the Clover courses she attended, she learned how to prepare the food she serves here.

At her daycare centre, they are looking after small children while their parents go to work.

They also take care of the elderly, who come in the morning, two days a week, and receive breakfast and lunch. They keep them active by making them sew, and those who can help in the garden do so.

Another task they have taken on is to assist the youth and community members in taking part in free courses.

Mama Phomolo personally trains them, and Clover also sends an experienced person to give them additional training.

Once they’re done, Clover then issues them certificates and with these, they are able to look for jobs or start something at home for themselves.

Besides Mama Phomolo’s green garden with a variety of vegetables, she also owns a farm where she farms with cows, goats, pigs, and sheep.

She assists her community by selling the pigs and piglets and her chicken house produces eggs that she sells to members of her community and to nearby shops in the community.

OFM News/Zenande Mpame