Eagle Dough Buddies, a bakery founded by brothers Sipho and Believe Mavundla , has flourished through an incubation programme based at Kruger Station, a lifestyle precinct at Skukuza Main Rest Camp in the Kruger National Park.
Visitors to the precinct often leave with arms full of baked goods including crispy ciabatta, golden-brown sourdough loaves and pillow-soft bread rolls.
During South Africas 30 th Tourism and Heritage Month, the Eagle Dough Buddies partnership is a shining example of tourism companies supporting small, black-owned businesses. This collaboration demonstrates the positive impact these partnerships can have on local economic growth.
The business of hospitalityIn 2020, Motsamayi Group, which co-manages Kruger Station with SANParks, recognised the potential of the Mavundla brothers. The brothers, who ran a small bakery in Bushbuckridge, were eager to expand but lacked the resources. Motsamayi enrolled them in a business incubation programme at Kruger Station, providing training, mentorship and the tools needed to grow their business.
