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University Graduate Makes A Living Through Washing People’s Clothes

10 months agoTue, 04 Jun 2024 08:16:28 GMT
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University Graduate Makes A Living Through Washing People’s Clothes

An unemployed Masvingo university graduate has created her own employment and is making a living by doing people’s laundry.

Prudence Paradza, 25, has yet to secure a formal job after graduating with an Honours Degree in Development Studies from Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) in Masvingo in 2023.

Speaking to TellZim News, Paradza decided she could no longer continue burdening her parents who had other responsibilities and came up with this idea. She said:

After graduation, I discovered that it was difficult to secure employment and I saw that I could not continue burdening my parents so I realised that I could use the home washing machine to make a few dollars. I have since realised that it’s paying off.

I do washing, folding, ironing, steaming and removing stains on clothes. Since I do not have a scale, I do charge per load, which consists of 20-25 items which I charge US$8.

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I use my washing powder and fabric softener but if the client has their own they want me to use then I use that.

Paradza is currently operating from home in Mucheke B but she said if she gets more customers, she will consider renting a new place in town. She said:

The business is running smoothly, I have many clients and am currently operating from home but I am looking forward to getting a place in town.

I have discovered that some clients are not comfortable bringing their clothes at home so I think getting a place in town will make it easy for them.

It feels good knowing that you don’t depend on anyone and it gives you the courage to keep pushing. I am prepared to put in extra effort so that I can make my hustle bigger.

Some clients are not comfortable bringing their clothes to Mucheke, that’s why I am pushing so that I can operate in town, Electricity is another challenge as I am forced to wash during the night when electricity is back.

Approximately 30,000 students graduate annually from Zimbabwe’s institutions of higher learning but due to the country’s economic challenges, many graduates struggle to find jobs that match their skills or meet their expectations.

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58 Comments

Anonymous · 10 months ago
Growth and Comfort do not coexist. Most good things if not all they are a result of being under pressure, think of formation of diamonds. Our education is biased towards employment but it should be the other way round Entrepreneurship is the way to go.
Anonymous · 10 months ago
At her age she is very innovative and could grow in her business to be a bog laundry mart. If she finds a job which am sure she will get hired soon becuase of her courage, she should not abandon what she has started. She can even employ whilst she is workinb. everyone aspires to be employed then open a business later.
Mr Truth · 10 months ago
She's so beautiful and innovative. Not kumirira muface
Drew · 10 months ago
So innovative nyika haimbofe yakaita zvaunoda even if you take Obama to be the president of Zimbabwe but iwewe ndiwe unotoita zvaunoda
Mhofu · 10 months ago
You see how misdirected our people are, they think washing other people's clothes for money is not business. In many developed countries washing clothes is big business.
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Lexy · 10 months ago
Well done young lady. I salute your vision. Never look back and you will become an employer as you grow your business. I salute you wholeheartedly
cde · 10 months ago
chakafatira kunaka ichi
Anonymous · 10 months ago
You start with just a collecting point in town just a small room which is cheaper
Rodex · 10 months ago
is this worth to be news
Anonymous · 10 months ago
It certainly is cause a number of people have been inspired. Such feedback also helps policy makers review [where necessary] their policies
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Rodex · 10 months ago
so is this worth to be news
kamburai vasikana vegwazhi · 10 months ago
eheka ngavakamburwe baked beans iyoyi eheka tovakambura chete
bheji bheji · 10 months ago
ndichamuroora chete uyu bheji bheji mafero kandai Mari kana mune nharo ndiriko $100
Anonymous · 10 months ago
Good move it’s much better than kunoshandira umwe munhu#be your own boss
chibaba · 10 months ago
ndaenda kuma green bombs handi vakavhura hre😃😃😃
green bomber 💚 · 10 months ago
at 25 she I legible for national youth service training please ngavav**** Mushagashi training center vana vawane rubatsiro ava. tsepete tsepete ❌🤞
green bomber 💚 · 10 months ago
*v*****
green bomber · 10 months ago
vhu.re
star · 10 months ago
kungoti bvambi rezanu is a thigh vendor otherwise dai arikutotengesa wiwi na yoyoyo kuti caramels
coni · 10 months ago
ndopaunoona kuti Zim ma1 xaa can you imagine
mugurameno · 10 months ago
Ngatitsigirei pfungwa yemunhu ndisingashandise mazita enapato nokuti idea iyi ndeyake not from a political party.kana tine mibvunzo ngatibvunzei tinzwe paakananga
surrender · 10 months ago
simple stop voting zanu
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 10 months ago
Iwe uri .vamwe hobho vobva va voter. Modii paya
Gweshegweshe · 10 months ago
She's doing very well. Shinga munhamo nemu matambudziko
Mafira kureva · 10 months ago
Ngaapinde zvake mukomana nyika iwane ma investors kwete ana tongombeya scarfmore
patz · 10 months ago
Mukomana upi. Dont live in the past Zvakaendwa izvo
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 10 months ago
😂😂😂 Murikuda kuti apinde pai chaipo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mai T · 10 months ago
ipapo parikurambirwa namnangagwa
zindiga · 10 months ago
onzwa the so called leaders vachiti zimbabwe iri kufamba ma graduates edu achishaya mabasa.basa ndere kungo tanga ma useless programmes eg.border gezi youths tibvirei we want an economy that produces real jobs.
🦀🦀 · 10 months ago
haurevi nhema ndoozvimwe zvakadonhedza Ramaphosa zvekuti ma youth arikupedza dziidzo sometimes dzepamsoro mabasa dololo,handisikuti kuwacha kwakashata but kwete graduate veduwee ,haugarire pa desk kuwachira munhu mtema,even ma house gero arikushandira vanhu vatema muno mu Zim are being the least paid 60us and bellow,coz tajaira kungotsikirirana
👀 · 10 months ago
Nikola Tesla chaiye the legendary electrical engineering pioneer akato mbobata shovel zvakasimba doing construction work wozoti iwe hako wakaita dhevheropumentaru studies ndochii ichocho under STEM?munoswero tambisa mari dzevabereki muchitadza kuenda kuma polytechnics after graduation mongodzoka ku blue collar work zvenyu apo ED huchiii chibaba achigaroti nyika inovakwa nevene vayo hamunzwi zvino taura our visionary leader nyika haivakwe nekurova tuck in nekupfeka tumagirazi nyika ikuda vanhu sesu vanoswera vakapfeka ma work suit.wakatogona mfana wami ndiko kunonzi kuva decisive kwete vamwe vako vanongo swerera kutukirira our revolutionary movement apo muhomwe musina kana cent.
Antman · 10 months ago
Doing shovel work as an employee. Bill gates and others were employees. So were do you want her to get capital?
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a · 10 months ago
you are the best
🥸 · 10 months ago
Truth be told , a normal economy should be able to sustain it's people depending on skills aquired zvekuti wakutowachira vanhu hembe ratodrama
Ktm · 10 months ago
Imbama mwana uyoo
🦀🦀 · 10 months ago
zim is open for business rekuwachira vanhu here,saka akaenderei kuUZ ,and chamurikutendera mnangagwa chii ,ndiye arikumutengera sipo yekunowachisa here
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Patz · 10 months ago
Thats how all those huge laundry companies started. Majaira kushandira varungu muchipuhwa USD 300 pamwedzi chupet
patz · 10 months ago
Wakatodhakwa zvako iwe akuudza kuti akaenda ku UZ ndiani. You are even not aware of huge and lucrative a laundry business can grow to. Ukungofunga zvekuwacha hembe paden. Landry can be industrial/ commmercial. She did development studies and do you think its all about????
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🦀🦀 · 10 months ago
read headlines clearly,yataura zve University graduate,and mubhoi wawakaona anobhadhara kuwachirwa hembe ndiani,dont compare with those bug companies vanowacha nekuira dry cleaning,munhu mtdma haaburitse bag wangu
patz · 10 months ago
Big companies start small then grow and anyone can do it its not like your colonial thinking that only whites can do it. University graduate hazvirevi kuti akadzidza paUZ chete as you wrote. She actually studed at GZU
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patz · 10 months ago
Wish you the best. I can see you buying more washing machines and renting a place in town. Thats the right course you are taking and very soon you will be an employer and your business will be diversified- laundry, drycleaning etc. Remove the colonial employee syndrome in your heard and become an employer. Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo
Im in possession of the biggest known Blambi ever · 10 months ago
Huya ndikurore zvangu ini ndine mrengerenge HURU kwazvo nekudzidza kwako uku unochemerera zvine kuchikoro mukati kwete amweni anochema kunge madhongi
Anonymous · 10 months ago
Zìbenzi zi**** nxaaa
Account Holder · 10 months ago
well done.,...apa uri bullet zvako
xx · 10 months ago
ndiyoyi Zimbabwe yacho wena,
Zim-Sketch · 10 months ago
with Vene most of our dreams will die in a pipeline...... they don't understand how the economy works.
Wexhera · 10 months ago
Rorwa zvako mwana waamai Zimbabwe mahwan iyi
Patriot · 10 months ago
Start businesses vechidiki Zimbabwe is open for business...thank our beloved President His Excellency Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa ✊🏾🇿🇼
Monkey paw · 10 months ago
Zvimwe zvamunokuza s, chii chaizvo, this os a graduate for fuvksake
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fugu pfeee · 10 months ago
very soon anenge otovhura company inoita dry cleaning. chinogona chimoko icho
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Anonymous · 10 months ago
Clever girl
Anonymous · 10 months ago
Musangovukura apo muchitaura zvisina basa hausi kuona kuti I desperate measure yaitwa nekuda kwe ZANU PF yakauraya nyika nehumbavha foko off
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Anonymous · 10 months ago
That's how real people not thieves start their washing companies. Please she must get in touch with me Immediately for business space
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