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The woman behind Bertie - How Michelle turned an unexpected detour into Cape Town’s most loved coffee-on-wheels
If you’ve ever heard the cheerful buzz of a tuk-tuk approaching a school gate at dawn, or followed the smell of freshly baked cookies drifting through a weekend market, you already know Bertie. It’s the small-but-mighty mobile café that has become a Southern Suburbs staple, a little burst of joy on three wheels. But behind Bertie’s charm and community magic is someone even more remarkable. This is really a story about Michelle - the thinker, the doer, the community builder an
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