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Khayelitsha cookies creates employment instead of using machines

From just two staff in 2005 to almost 80 women now, the hand-baked cookie business has risen from humble beginnings. Over 82 000 delicious, baked goods – rusks, brownies, chocolate chip and ginger cookies – are made daily by the women of Khayelitsha Cookies, and it is all done by hand. The company started in […]

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Khayelitsha Cookies empowering communities

Khayelitsha Cookies is a social enterprise based in Khayelitsha, founded by a group of women from the township who were struggling with unemployment and poverty. The women came together to create a business that would provide them with employment and empower other women in the community. Khayelitsha Cookies bakes a variety of handmade, preservative-free cookies that […]

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