Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Monsters taking advantage of the dark
  • RUCE SD card project pleads for more donations
  • How to spot the narcissist before they destroy your life
  • KAK: It’s scarily good sh*t!
  • Music for submersion
  • Standard Bank committed to NAF despite pulling out of Jazz Festival
  • Free & unbound
  • Car guards by day – a vocal trio by night
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
Cue Media
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»A family tradition lives on
Uncategorized

A family tradition lives on

_Gr0cCc0Tts_By _Gr0cCc0Tts_July 5, 2013No Comments2 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Florence Jongola has a family business, and she is its CEO. With 12 years of National Arts Festival experience under her belt, Jongola is more than qualified for her job. Her headquarters are a stall on Church Square, and her PE home. Traditional clothes and bead jewellery are her trade.

Florence Jongola has a family business, and she is its CEO. With 12 years of National Arts Festival experience under her belt, Jongola is more than qualified for her job. Her headquarters are a stall on Church Square, and her PE home. Traditional clothes and bead jewellery are her trade.

It wouldn’t be a family business without Jongola having inherited the skills from her grandmother.

“I learnt as early as 12. It is the traditional way.”

Her husband, daughter, and son are all accomplished in the art of dress and jewellery making. In time, she plans to hand over the reins to her daughter.

Jongola’s stock sells from R30 to R350, the most pricey being the traditional outfits (umbaco) consisting of umbiqo, or a wrap-around skirt. The necklaces sold are made from beans that Jongola grows in her garden, called intanyisi.

A sense of community is alive in the stall as customers filter in to give Jongola words of greeting. Twelve years of selling at the Festival has made her a popular vendor, and her warm nature adds to this.

“God is always on my side,” is Jongola’s mantra, and she uses it to continue to drive her family business forward.

 

Previous ArticleWheelchair for girl after radio plea
Next Article Banter from Bahrain: An island with a noble history
_Gr0cCc0Tts_

Related Posts

Johan Carinus tree planting

Learn music fit for a king

First place for Malawian journalist- Need to upload Pix

Comments are closed.

Cue for you!
Cue for you!
Cue for you!
Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Latest video

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2022 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.