Artists

Artist Profile Ntombizivumile Tshem I am a single mother of three girls staying in Ndlovini in Cape Town. I grew up staying with my grandmother as my parents were always away for work in Johannesburg. Growing up without parents was not easy at all. I even got my first child at an early age, and …

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Artist Profile Lumka Duna Born in Queenstown, South Africa. I was born and raised in Queenstown. As a little girl I loved school and sports. After finishing my matric I moved to Cape Town. It was not easy finding a job then I met Margaret, she introduced me to Monkeybiz. Since then, my life changed …

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My mother taught me how to do beading when we started Monkeybiz.

Artist Profile Phumla Mramba Born 1973, Eastern Cape, South Africa   Phumla has been beading for 19 years. She has 2 children, 1 son and 1 daughter. She loves being creative and coming up with new designs. When she isn’t beading she loves planting vegetables in her small garden. Let’s hear from Phumla: Ukhuliswe kanjani?Ndakhuliswa …

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Artist Profile Sepati Mhlafuno Born in Queenstown, South Africa I am from Mount Fletcher in the Eastern Cape. After I finished school, I got married then me and my husband we moved to Cape Town. We stayed in Strand we started a small business of our own unfortunately he passed away few years ago. I …

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My mother taught me how to do beading when we started Monkeybiz.