‘Retrenchment was exactly what I needed to get going!’

Durban — Neliswa Mntungwa always knew she did not want to live her entire life in the corporate world, and wanted to be self-employed.The romance of making more money than she was at her job was appealing. While she was still working she would often experiment with ventures on the side, but something always held her back.Until 2019, when she was retrenched from her job in the corporate world.“I was in my eighth year when I got retrenched. For me that was the defining moment because there was no excuse for me not to pursue my dream,” said the 35-year-old from Pietermaritzburg.“It…