{"id":69558,"date":"2025-05-20T14:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/?p=69558"},"modified":"2025-05-21T10:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:12:32","slug":"non-profit-empowers-masiphumelele-youth-with-sewing-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/non-profit-empowers-masiphumelele-youth-with-sewing-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-profit empowers Masiphumelele youth with sewing skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A non-profit based in <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/masiphumelele-learners-to-debut-innovative-science-projects-at-eskom-expo\/\">Masiphumelele <\/a>hopes to upskill the community and build future leaders and facilitators. Founder Athene Knemeyer, runs<a href=\"https:\/\/thesewingcafe.co.za\/\"> The Sewing Caf\u00e9<\/a>, a non-profit organisation (NPO) that trains participants in sewing and stitching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  She said her mother&#8217;s love for fashion design influenced her from a young age. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My mother was a fashion designer and that&#8217;s where my love of fashion began. She was actually the trainer of the original sewing programme I expanded in 2013. I&#8217;ve always felt a responsibility to contribute, even in my small way, to healing what was so deeply broken in our society, particularly the staggering unemployment and poverty, especially in informal settlements. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Skills development and job creation aren&#8217;t just economic necessities; they&#8217;re moral imperatives for our communities,&#8221; said Knemeyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sewing Caf\u00e9 produces garments and accessories for brands, schools, corporates, hotels and so on as well as a skills-training centre. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Sew\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-69560\" data-id=\"69560\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2_20562-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2_20562-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2_20562-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2_20562-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2_20562.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The workers busy with their sewing machines.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-69561\" data-id=\"69561\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3_20638-1024x656.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3_20638-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3_20638-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3_20638-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3_20638.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Someleze Jabe, 20.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It also has an after-school sewing club for teens from Masiphumelele High. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are in the planning stages of launching a hub where entrepreneurs can come along and sew in a studio type space. It will serve as a place where our graduates (and the public generally) can rent machines per hour\/day\/month and use the equipment and machines to start their own businesses.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One success story from this initiative is Someleze Jabe (20), who previously worked at The Sew Caf\u00e9. &#8220;I&#8217;m originally from the Eastern Cape and moved to Masiphumelele in 2013.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I hold a BCom degree in Management Accounting from Stellenbosch University and I am currently furthering my studies there. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently completed a short sewing course at The Sewing Cafe Cape Town.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jabe started training at Sewing Caf\u00e9 at age 15, in Grade 9. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I was interested in their sewing programme because I always dreamt of starting something of my own, but didn&#8217;t know where to begin due to limited resources. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When our teacher introduced us to the free high-school sewing programme I saw it as the opportunity I had been waiting for. 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I have gained many skills \u2013 team working, sewing , creativity, customer engagement and many more. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The challenge at the beginning was that I didn&#8217;t have any prior knowledge about sewing machines or pattern making, so it took some time for me to adjust to a sewing and factory environment, but with patience from the programme teachers and Athene I became the best of myself.&#8221; \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jabe also started a new business, Jabeson Bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I see myself as having a big factory with lots of machines, as Athene has, with me providing jobs to people and contributing to lessening an ever-increasing unemployment rate in South Africa. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I also see myself as having stores across the country and continuing manufacturing strong, quality products that will tell our township stories and struggles to the world, and show people one&#8217;s background doesn&#8217;t determine one&#8217;s future. &#8220;As long as you are 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