Visiting the small Northern Cape town of Prieska, I came across a woman who was stuck for many years in the field of teaching, couldn’t take it any longer and decided to start a business from scratch.
She resigned from teaching, found an old property which had been the original stables in the town and began to build accommodation for a bed & breakfast establishment. This entrepreneur has an artistic flair and she used it to good effect with attractive interior and exterior decorations. She went to great lengths to make her place rustic and authentic, even finding doors and sliding wooden windows from a old house being demolished in Swellendam. Continue reading “A woman who fought for her freedom and independence”
