An ad in Marie Claire (Issue dec 08 _ Jewels)
Divine boxes November 22, 2008
KUNYE (Xhosa for “forward together”) is a company established by Alison Coutras in 1995 as a personal contribution to combating unemployment. Kunye trains and provides work to groups and individuals who handcraft products, using recycled material wherever possible. Designs are a fresh take on traditional techniques, with beautiful, contemporary results.
They make in particular some products from recycled paper, below you can see what they could create with our brochures. It could be a perfect gift box for Streetwires products!
Kunye Boxes
Handmade November 21, 2008
All Streetwires products are handmade. So let’s have a look to artists’ hands working :
Our packing team ! November 18, 2008
I would like to introduce to you Streetwires’ packing team. Once the order is completed and quality is checked, they pack it in plastic wrap and in a cardboard box with a tag to identify the customer. They also add sometimes some specific tags or packaging for small or fragile products.
Siyeka, Bright and Nandipha, Streetwires lovely packers
Patrcik Schofield : Social Entrepreneur of the Year !!! November 17, 2008
Last Tuesday (13th November), Patrick for Streetwires was awarded as the South African Social Entrepreneur 2008! Therefore he gains access to the meetings of the World Economic Forum as well as the Schwab Foundation’s global network, providing unprecedented opportunities to engage global decision-makers from the public, corporate, media and academic sectors to strengthen and expand the SW’s model.
Congratulations! We are so proud of this award!!! Patrick came at the studio on Friday to show us the trophee!
An overview about this competiton :
“In a country which is steeped in hope and potential but which faces enormous challenges, social entrepreneurs have become change agents for society. They are individuals who seek to generate ‘social value’ rather than profit and create sustainable solutions that help society.
Ernst & Young and the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship are pleased to recognise the efforts and achievements of these individuals through the annual South African Social Entrepreneur awards. The finalists were Malizole Gwaxula and Jacob Lief of Ubuntu Education Fund, Shane Immelman of Lapdesk, Charles Maisel of Innovation Shack, Trevor Mulaudzi of The Clean Shop and Patrick Schofield of Streetwires Artists Collective.
Please have a look on these initiatives, there are all so wonderful!
In its third year in South Africa, the Social Entrepreneur Awards are an element of Ernst & Young’s World Entrepreneur Awards Programme. Social Entrepreneurs are those innovators who implement practical and sustainable solutions to address problems in numerous areas including health, education, environment, access to technology and job creation. Whether for-profit or not-for-profit, these individuals and their organisations have transformational social change as a primary focus.
“These entrepreneurs are hailed for their initiatives which are having a profound positive effect on South Africans across many spheres of work and life. Ernst & Young is proud to recognise them, and wishes them well in their future endeavours,” says Zanele Xaba, Country Leader for the World Entrepreneur Awards Programme.”
… Safari … November 14, 2008
I was in holiday (yeah, again …) and I spend few days in Kruger Park, below are some of the pictures I took there – inspiration for another Safari Range 
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Bye bye “Mama Africa” November 14, 2008
The famous South African singer Miriam Makeba passed away during Sunday night, she was 76.
She was one of the legendary African voices and a symbol of the struggle against apartheid. Her famous song Pata Pata - Myriam Makeba (1956) goes around the world.
She was born on 4th March 1932 in Jo’burg. She began sing in the 50’s with the “Manhattan brother”. She came back to South Africa in 1990 with the Madiba’s liberation after years in exile in Guinea, United States and France.
Rest in peace Mama Africa.
