Before Ngamo, Elomusa worked as a shopkeeper, a job that paid but wasn't where her real interest lay. She had already

completed her Advanced Levels, passing with flying colours by her own account.

Raised by her aunt in Hlabekisa line, in the Tsholotsho Efusini area, she grew up watching her aunt get by through self

employment, with money often tight.

Her focus at Ngamo is Crop Production and Wildlife Management, and unusually for a course this hands on, she

describes herself as stronger in theory than in practical work. What drew her here was a straightforward passion for

farming and the entrepreneurial doors a recognised agricultural qualification can open, particularly into farm

management work.

She is aiming to get hold of a piece of land and start her own farm, then use it to create employment for people in her

community, picturing herself becoming an independent crop and livestock farmer running her own operation.

“I want to gain skills and knowledge in agriculture, to become someone in the future.”

Previously at Tsholotsho High School. Elomusa is now part of the training programme at Ngamo Vocational College and Livestock Farm.