She Wears Shwe-Shwe

Shwe shwe weddings

2009-01-13T15:03:46Z

Towards the end of last year I knew about two weedings that incoroporated Shwe shwe into the design and them of the weddings - The one was mentioned on one of my favourite local bogs - Babazeka's blog and the other was Megan who I share an offic...

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Dineo

2008-10-07T16:48:02Z

When I started working with the Naledi Victim Support Centre I was drawn to Dineo, who with her white hair and similar shoes reminded me so much of my own gran. The next time I saw her I summoned up some courage to tell her and how much I h...

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Jeanette

2008-09-30T16:54:34Z

A few weeks ago I posted the pictures of Jeanette's Springbok supporter outfit. I passed her now in the street on my way to a meeting and she was wearing a great blue shwe shwe dress. I didn't have too much time, or my real camera, but manage...

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Matric Dance Gran goes in Shwe shwe

2008-09-26T16:59:59Z

There is a lovely story in the news today about a boy who took his grandmother to his matric farewall as a thank you for looking after him since his parents died. A lovely enough story on its own- made even more special by the dress he had mad...

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Violet

2008-09-19T21:25:04Z

My work in Naledi in Soweto is primarily with the CPF (Community Policing Forum), but I have found a happy home with the volunteers who run the Victim Empowerment Centre or Trauma centre and have been able to organise some much needed training ...

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Jeanette - shwe wears springboks.

2008-08-23T16:37:16Z

Jeanette, who lives in Brixton and cleans for my brother one day a week had on the most amazing outfit yesterday. I had to stop and ask her more about and why she had chosen the specific fabric - and I was not at all disappointed by her answer...

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Clarens

2008-08-23T16:24:51Z

I have posted about great shwe shwe finds in the little town of Clarens before and now have some more great finds to add. My marvelous husband and I went down to Clarens a few weeks ago for the Clarens Mountain Bike Race. Its also were we...

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Tau

2008-08-21T12:52:45Z

Gorgeous Tau turned one this weekend and to mark the very special date I sewed her a shwe shwe party dress with some red shwe shwe I had at home. I finished it off with some of the turquoise and brown ric rac I had bought in Germany last year...

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Constance

2008-08-11T23:07:52Z

On Thursday this week as I was power pacing through dusty streets Naledi in Soweto past chickens and children with Napoleon, Chairman of the Community Policing Forum, I thought about how interesting my new job is. On Thursday I helped the...

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Agnes and Angelina

2008-07-12T13:41:15Z

For my Birthday this week I organised a dinner at one of my most favourite places in Joburg - Zietsies. Zietsies, the home of Elzabe Zietsman and the temporary home of many guests and people like me who pop in all the time, is situated on ...

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