Sakeenah's Catering and Events

21/01/2025

It's with the heaviest heart that I write this post. I've tried for way too long, fought every battle I could to make something out of nothing, I'm fighting depression and anxiety and my episodes have been so bad that it almost feels like I'm in a constant loop of hell.... I'm losing my passion for this business and it's time to close this Chapter. This is something I've been contemplating about for weeks already, as we're currently trying to find a other place and I don't wish to move the business yet again, I moved it 2 years ago and I haven't had much pleasure or any wins really. It started to feel more like a mission, an exhausting one at best and the spark has slowed down and I finally admitted that things aren't working out where I'm currently at a few nights ago - my husband did not take this lightly, in fact, his mad at me for this decision but life is expensive and I'm not gaining any profits for the lengths I do go, I've merely been doing more favors than anything else, something's got to give💔

I want to thank each and everyone for all the support over the years, the following was more than enough for me, I want to thank you all for your prayers and advice over the years. I may do one or two favors here and there but that would be just it.. just favors, nothing more.

Thank you once again!
Stay Safe Fam🌸

20/01/2025

Okay, so I'm currently going through the most, I resigned from my position in corporate where I was earning R8,500 per month for two years straight, I got married, had another baby, my business took a dip because I moved, I had extra responsibilities now that I thought I could manage and every day was a fight for survival. I resigned from my R8,500 job because I was literally losing my mind, I had a mental break and to this day I am every single week in therapy.

My husband has been in between jobs - not purposely, the company he worked for just randomly stopped giving him shifts - he won the CCMA case in October and had a temporary contract which ended in November, I got an opportunity to work for City of Cape Town earning a messily R4,000 to R4,500. My rent alone is R4,500 and it is for the first time behind in payments, I'm getting a whole lot of heat from my landlord, I couldn't afford to buy my daughter's stationary or uniform for that matter and right now I'm literally waiting on my Clicks Club points to cash in so I can buy my son formula... I am not exaggerating when I say life has been lifing.

I'm exposing this and it may put me in a bad light and also lose customers but this is one thing I absolutely don't appreciate! Firstly, business has not been great for months already, I'm merely doing favors. This is one of my regular customers, for the past 3 Christmas periods I only had her order - I took it out of my loyalty to her and it didn't matter to me if I didn't make a profit on her order, she only orders for Christmas, mind you.. but I am a loyal person so I always did it out of the goodness of my heart, I always tell myself "more will come" in 2022 I advised her I will be moving, at that point I wasn't sure where I was moving to.. I remember she telling me "wherever you go, I will follow" - Promise never kept, mind you! Because Christmas 2023 I made arrangements and took a long walk with my kids, one being in a pram, hopped on a train and prepared to stay at my mom's place to accommodate this person who "PROMISED" they would follow me... I merely made enough money to get to my mom and get back home 2 days later, I was still very much on maternity leave, I disrupted my children's schedule to be accommodating cos that's how loyal I am - I have been making zero profits on her order every year!

2024 I made it my mission again to be accommodating because we really needed electricity, something to eat.. ect. I messed up the order, I admitted to my faults, out of courtesy and because I felt like a complete failure I offered to reimburse her - something I've never had to do in all of the 9 years I've been in operation, I'm OCD when it comes to wanting to perfect my craft. I did not make a promise to this person... I offered and I'm exposing this because I am furious that I am being demanded something I've never had to do before!

My husband is extremely upset knowing how much effort I've given this person only for her to respond to me like this.

Alhamdulilah... I will survive without your orders but don't you ever make demands because I could have ignored you and told you to go screw yourself but out of my loyalty to you, I didn't and this is what I'm getting?! Nah it ain't worth it!

19/01/2025

I'm on the brink of closing this chapter, I'm going in for 10 years and I'm nowhere near to getting closer to having the business provide my salary. It's been hard since day 1, I had zero capital but I believed in this, I believed I would get there someday, the last year I made zero profits, I'm really just running around doing favors but alhamdulilah I'm still trying... I'm not exactly sure for how long still but for now..for now I'll celebrate this little win today!

This order was challenging although small, I came home from work last night and immediately Mae the fillings, binging on 2-3 hours of sleep, I was up at 5am and rolling out pastry, folding Samoosas and making Pizza toppings right before having to leave for work... I couldn't finish in time, my 9 year old made the Pizzas, my husband finished the entire order off, from getting through half the pies from scratch to baking it and attending to two kids... he jumped for joy when he saw the review... so this is more his win than it is mine and he rightfully deserves it! My husband and daughter was the true champs today... alhamdulilah! 🏆 🏆

Shukran so much for the feedback Gadija 🙏🌸

19/01/2025

Second Order for 2025, could not have come at a better time. Life has genuinely been lifing, I don't even have a phone anymore. This is one of those orders that I needed just to keep the lights on for another day or two. This is not how I wished my year had started but alhamdulilah...we move.

I started immediately last night after work with the fillings and hubby and my daughter finished it up and then the kids drove him so insane that he didn't take pix of the rest of this order🫠

Shukran to Gadija for entrusting us with your order, we hope that you and your guest have enjoyed the Savouries and we would like to welcome your Grandchild to this world, may he/she be the coolness of his parents and grandparents eyes and may you enjoy every bit of this little Bambino. ♥️

09/01/2025

This week on Proe, one of my favorite WomanPreneurs, the very shy Imraah Abdurahman will feature... please show her some love, she's absolutely adorable 🥰 also, you can catch her in Bo-Kaap with the best of Koeksisters and Samoosas 😉

09/01/2025

Thank you all to those who showed some love on Proe for my daughter, we absolutely proud of her and we appreciate your love ❤️

PROE - Season 33 - Episode Afrikaans Home Cooking Television presented byAbidah Dixon MohamedOur guest cook in this week's episode isRa'aidah ArnoldSharing s...

03/01/2025

Jumuah Mubarak from our Kitchen to Yours🌸

I'm so excited to see my daughter in action, please show some love...🙏♥️

03/01/2025

Alhamdulilah... we learn and we improve... 🤞🏾🌸

01/01/2025

Last order placed for 2024, first order for 2025🥳 mind you, this order was for a very finicky person, I kid you not, my former colleague - Britney will legit tell you if something doesn't satisfy her, she'll bring it back and I guarantee you, she will...🫣 but if she wasn't impressed the first time she ordered, I doubt she would have ordered again or should we just hold our breath until she gives feedback?? I think for now I'm safer holding my breath!😰

Thank you so much Britney, I hope you and your guest enjoyed the treats.

31/12/2024

My overly confident 9 year old is featuring this Saturday, tune in and show some love🙏🌸

Also, my dearest, sweetest a.k.a maker of the best koeksisters in Bo-Kaap Imraah Abdurahman follows the next week

Show us some love?🙏🤲🏼♥️

31/12/2024

Thank you Fam🌸🙏

Here's to an awesome 2025🥂

30/12/2024

Hello Fam 🌸 thank you to those who tuned in 🙏

PROE - Season 34 - Episode 4Afrikaans Home Cooking Television presented byAbidah Dixon MohamedOur guest cook in this week's episode isSakeenah PontoSharing s...

27/12/2024

I'm working tomorrow 😰 and I no longer have a phone, so some of y'all may see this before I do... please let me know what you think 🙏🙏

27/12/2024

⚠️Service Announcement⚠️

This is a bitter pill to swallow right now.

Going forward I will no longer be running services in Kuils River myself, I realized since moving, it's not very profitable for me as I don't have transport of my own, Uber is too expensive, I did an order for Christmas and I failed, I failed drastically, this was also the third Christmas in a row that I only get one single order for the day, as we speak I'm sitting literally in the dark, no electricity, no food, I went to bed hungry last night, my son is without nappies and I'm sick as a dog. Life has been lifing the life out of us but alhamdulilah, therefore I am saying I will no longer be running the services in Kuils River, I gave out too much and earned nothing in return, I feel like a complete and utter failure, not for the business, the business I've revived many times and kept moving, kept on learning but now this era in my business is officially over.

You may continue to place orders with me for Savouries and Koeksisters, I will redirect all orders to Momma Bear.

I think it's officially time to focus on my area and surroundings.

I'm so sorry for the failed order, I'm so sorry I won't be making your treats anymore.

I am grateful to the community of Kuils River that supported us for the past 9 years, that gave my business the grounds to stand on, I'm grateful that you kept food on my table, I kid you not, I have fond memories of orders done in Kuils River that covered many bills including school fees, thank you Kuils River!🙌 please do not fail to make use of our services, Momma bear will continue to serve you 🤞🏾🌸

Thanking you for your support 🌸

24/12/2024

My shattered nerve... 😱😨

I just told my husband I actually look terrible in this video but this comes from being an overworked momma, getting 2-3 hours of sleep and the only response he had was "you going to see after this episode,we'll get in business Insha'allah" I was expecting a "are you nuts? You're beautiful" 🙄 but we accept the close enough efforts🫣🥹🤌

Alhamdulilah, the Time has come, I'm having my own episode on this Saturday, please show some love🤲🏼

Shukran/Thank you for your Support 🌸

20/12/2024

Today my husband Graduated top of his Class or my class...🤔 anyways, first person I showed the ropes to and he did his first platter today 🥳🤭

This was a very short notice order and me working, having two kids at home for the holidays...it's been wild, they want to be entertained and we need to work... no one said it would be easy, right? Without hesitation Manlief took over the pastries whilst I did the fillings and he finished it off and ensured it was delivered, alhamdulilah...now he always goes by this saying: "it doesn't matter how it started. It's the ending that's important" I don't think he did too bad, given that I had to go to work and he had to stay with the kids and get this order done... welcome to my world honey...🫠

Carmelita, thank you so much for entrusting us with your order. I hope you have enjoyed it.

20/12/2024

Just be Like Nike...

Jumuah Mubarak from our Kitchen to yours 🌸💚

17/12/2024

I'm not sure about y'all but I can't wait to see the end result .. alhamdulilah, still in awe of this moment 😊🙏