This morning traffic was a nightmare! We did our best not to fall behind schedule on our way to meet Victor in Evaton, a producer of brick force (wire cable used in the construction of brick walls). He contacted us after our presentation on local economic development in Vereeniging (see Wed. 18 Nov) we’re handing him application forms and beginning to assess document his business growth. He’s very keen to enter our mentorship programme,according to him his biggest obstacles are entering the market and furthering his marketing possibilities. The meeting went really well, we toured his place of work and found that he has capable workforce and machinery to produce his product,We’re excited to introduce him into the programme! We then drove through the merciless traffic towards Eastgate, where we were to meet with Mthunzi,a senior ranking official of the Gauteng Provincial Government in the Arts, Culture and Heritage section and Gordon Froud, an internationally renowned artist,gallery owner and fine arts lecturer at the UJ (University of Johannesburg). The meeting started as soon as we where all seated, jumping straight into a Makarapa and Vuvuzela production project for next year. We discussed the pros and cons of upmarket designs against traditional ‘township curio’,the creation of prototypes,time consumption theories and the amount of products we hope to have created by February next year. The training was also discussed and it was decided we should start no later than the 8 December, completing the course by 15, beginning with the mentorship and production by the 4 January! Despite the long hours in traffic, today was great and alot was clarified and accomplished!
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