2021 REGIONAL SUMMIT SUNRISE ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS NAME HIGHCLASS

2021 REGIONAL SUMMIT SUNRISE ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS NAME: HIGHCLASS FASHION AND DESIGN PARTICIPANTS NAME & SURNAME: NOMCEBO DLAMINI “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

PLEASE DESCRIBE THE BUSINESS • Please Describe what your business is about and how it is run. #SEING BUSINESS #HIGHCLASS Fashion and Design is a sole trader , run by Nomcebo Dlamini. Its main forecast mainly directed to personal aspiration and therefore defined in personal other person. “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

BUSINESS PLAN & CUSTOMER BASE? • Do you have a Business Plan in place for marketing your business to attract more customers? YES • Have you increased customer base through understanding the needs of your customers since starting their business? • # Yes I have increase customer base in that I have manage to market my business through opening my business page on facebook Instagram and whatsapp. I know what my customer want and I gain more knowledge through genderlinks trainings in the past till today. Insert Photo “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

VIABILITY AND JOB CREATION • Have you identified viable products or services that have • Insert Photo proved to be a success in the market? yes • Has the business been able to create jobs? # YES I have employed two full time employees and two part time if we have a big order. “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT? • Do you have a budget or forecasting tool for the business. • Insert Photo (Nomcebo to send photo) #YES • Are you able to produce evidence of expenses and sales such as receipts or invoices. # YES when there is a need. • Do you have a bank account for your business ? # YES “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

SAVING AND SELF SUFFICIENCY • Has been able to save from the business. • Insert Photo #Yes im able to save in the bank every month. Has managed to increase household income. Has levels of violence been reduced? Please explain # I have manage to educate my son and buy household things. “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR THE BUSINESS FOR PAST THREE TO SIX MONTHS INCOME EXPENSES ITEM AMOUNT Balance R 17000. 00 Purchases R 1600, 00 Sales R 2500. 00 Salaries R 2400. 00 Sales R 1700. 00 Electricity R 700. 00 Transport R 950. 00 Telephone R 200, 00 Bank charges R 60, 00 Sewing Machine maintainance R 250. 00 Tea and refreshment R 530. 00 Water R 600. 00 Balance c/d R 13910. 00 TOTAL R 21200. 00 “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR THE BUSINESS FOR NEXT SIX MONTHS INCOME ITEM TOTAL EXPENSES AMOUNT ITEM TOTAL “Empowering Women Ending Violence” AMOUNT

WHAT PLANS HAVE YOU MADE TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS? • Please list your plans to grow your existing business • Insert Photo (Nomcebo to provide photo) • I have open a sewing school I, m still preparing my paper work. • I have started a project of sewing learning tools for young children in pre-schools and valnerables children’s center’s, using material. “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? (NOMCEBO TO PROVIDE MORE PHOTOS) “Empowering Women Ending Violence”

IMPACT OF COVID-19 • HIGHCLASS fashion and design during this impact of covid-19 its activities became slow this resulted in less cash flow. Schools have to close and we lost orders from school children which we sew during their prom nights for school leavers and also we lost in sewing for pre-school uniforms. My business made a very big loss in that we could’nt even buy material during hard times of lockdown all shops were closed and there was no movement. • Salaries were cut into half and employees had to work from home to avoid the spread of the virus and safety. Part time employees lost their jobs. “Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence. ”

MITIGATION STRATEGIES • Each time I have a customer I make sure I sanitize them and everyone is wearing a mask, this make my business to keep going because I do take care of my customers and their finished product are being delivered. • I have been sewing masks since covid started this has boost my income as in some cases i sew orders in bulk for companies. E. g sewing 200 masks in commemoration of GBV in church and other companies. • We do maintain the social distancing when we are at the work place. “Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence. ”

FORWARD STRATEGIES ON COVID 19 • As a way forward il keep maintaining all the covid regulations , finished product for customers delivered and because I have most of my customers measurements i will sew and deliver what a customer want. • Advertising of my products in social media have helped me a lot. • By May I will be starting my sewing classes with about 15 already registered students 5 each in a class on different times and days. “Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence. ”