BLOOMING MARVELLOUS

Ronewa Creations

Dinah Kgeledi & Lesego Seloane

START-UP COSTS: ‘Early on, I funded the business and covered the basic costs,’ Dinah says. ‘We then got some funding for the necessary equipment, which was a great help, and within the next two years we purchased a vehicle. All in all, our start-up costs came to between R150 000 and R200000.’

TURNOVER: ‘From 2019 to 2020, we turned over just below the R800000 mark; now we are close to R1 million if not slightly above,’ Lesego says. ‘We started with a team of five, and now there are 25 employees on our books.’

With a background in botany and a passion for beautiful green spaces, aunt-and-niece team Dinah Kgeledi and Lesego Seloane decided to break into the male-dominated space