FARMER LAYS A SOLID FOUNDATION IN POULTRY OPERATION

I n 2010, when Phuti Mphelo and her husband, Dr Sello Mphelo, moved to Lephalale, the rapidly growing town was alive with opportunities. The once-quiet small farming town, formerly Ellisras, in

Limpopo’s Waterberg municipality was surrounded by new megaprojects in the electricity and coal-mining sectors. These projects had attracted people from all over South Africa and from other countries, and Lephalale was a boom town.

The timing was right for the young couple, who planned to establish themselves in the health and medical services industry.

“The Limpopo government supported my husband through his medical studies,” says Phuti. “So when the time came for him to do his community service, we chose to settle in Lephalale, where there was major growth and development driven by the construction of the Medupi and Matimba power stations, and the establishment of coal mines in the