My first day on the job and thanks to traffic,what was supposed to be an early start ended up with us only leaving Edenvale at 9 O'clock!! Thankfully the road to Heidelberg was quieter,
allowing us to stop for a much needed coffee,myself excited and eager to see what the day would bring. On entering Ratanda,the location just outside Heidelberg,you can see the development that has already taken place,on one side of the street are neat little RDP houses but on the other you will see what looks like the older,ramshackle mining dorms and makeshift tin shelters!
The contrast is crazy! Some houses falling apart whilst others are well maintained with the latest BMW parked in the driveway! We made our way to the local library and waited for our contact to arrive.All eyes on us as we waited by the car. You instantly know you're the outsider here,
unfortunately,after an hour of failed phonecalls our contact informed us he couldnt make it,however,we met a local group of young artists and a lady named Poppy Mofokeng.
Once we set up a meeting for next Tuesday,Poppy assured us she would have a larger group of local craftsmen for us to speak to! So all in all it was a productive day,we'll just have to wait until next week to see how productive!
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Very cool to see there is a company in SA that feels the need to promote small upcoming craftsmen.. Instead of talking about the problems we face in SA, you have taken the initiative in promoting the unemployed and making them entrepreneurs .. Well done and I am sure your contributions in informing us will allow others to take pro active steps in doing our bit to encourage the economical growth of the "working class"
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