There’s a new crop of fashion African professionals who have taken it upon themselves to teach emerging talents in full scope.

Meet Phumudzo Muthanyi and Mbali Mokgosi, two young women from the Orange Farm township in Johannesburg who are turning recyclable plastics into valuable bags and accessories.

A new initiative called “Fashion Bridges – I Ponti della Moda” has been launched by Italy. The project aims to promote collaboration between the Italian and South African fashion industries.

Pathe’O has seen him rise from self-taught improviser to supplier to Africa’s wealthy and powerful, including Nelson Mandela.

Eli Gold, a Rwandan-born fashion designer and visual artist who settled in South Africa, uses art and fashion to express his passion for Africa.

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