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Meet the five female makers behind The Watershed Design Lab’s freshest crop of local brands

October 3, 2024

Judging by this year’s new set of brands participating in the Watershed Design Lab, the power of the local creative community to create original products with great [...]

NEXT24 showcases 24 South African brands ready to take on the world

May 9, 2024

An exciting curated selection of craft and design brands from all corners of South Africa, chosen for their potential to enter the international market, will be on display as [...]

Get your budding business retail-ready by applying for the Watershed Design Lab

May 9, 2022

Good news for creative entrepreneurs in Cape Town is that the Craft + Design Institute (CDI) and V&A Waterfront is calling for a new group of Cape Town-based creative [...]

New project readies local craft and design SMMEs for the US market

November 23, 2021

The Craft and Design Institute (CDI) has partnered with Aid To Artisans (ATA) to bring their acclaimed e-Market Readiness Programme (eMRP) to South African creative [...]

New initiative will celebrate all things Cape Town to bolster economic recovery

November 16, 2021

The announcement of COVID-19 Alert Level One in South Africa in October 2021 saw local businesses breathe a little easier as doors opened wider to broader economic [...]

Cape Town’s clothing, leatherwear, accessories and textile design companies get support for new jobs for youth and women

October 19, 2021

Over the next three years, up to 60 Cape Town-based creative businesses and 200 learners will benefit from the Cape Skills and Employment Accelerator. Local design companies [...]

Entries for RE:SOLVE – a purpose-led innovation challenge that gives entrepreneurs funding for prototypes – are now open!

September 17, 2021

With South Africa facing numerous social and economic issues, many exacerbated by COVID-19, there is a real need for new ideas and innovative solutions to be fast-tracked. [...]

“Designing a brave post-COVID world” is the pertinent theme of this year’s #cocreateDESIGN FESTIVAL 2021, from 20-23 September 2021

September 6, 2021

It is resoundingly clear that we need to act in very meaningful ways to address the issues that face us as a nation, and a planet. But we are also drowning in opinions [...]

Barons lead the charge for women and youth in the Western Cape’s Clothing and Textile Sector

September 6, 2021

Hanover Park’s mother-and-daughter duo, Rene and Anusca Baron provide a sterling example of small business success for women within Cape Town’s communities, and [...]

Help is on the way for growing small businesses, thanks to CDI Capital Growth Fund’s aim of creating 600 new jobs by 2023

August 25, 2021

Despite the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic and other shocks to our economy, there are green shoots of growth in some sectors – this includes, for example, small [...]

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