Each year on the 9th of August, South Africans of all backgrounds join together in celebrating National Women’s Day...
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I had a great day out at the Kapula Gallery last week! The Gallery is in a large warehouse just down the road from the Kapula Candle & Ceramics Factory in Bredasdorp, South Africa. As you walk in, you are greeted with a ROIT of color! The place is full of beautiful handmade and […]
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Did you know that South Africa has the longest stretching wine route in the world? It’s Route 62 – also known as the Wine Route. A beautiful two-lane road that meanders for 528 miles between Cape Town in the Western Cape, all the way to Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, offering a wonderfully scenic route across […]
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Here is an interesting South Africa fact – it has the only street in the world to house two Nobel Peace prize winners. The street? Vilakazi Street, which is located in Soweto, South Africa, just outside Johannesburg. The Nobel Peace prize winners? President Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu both lived on Vilakazi Street! In […]
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Well here is a chance of a lifetime….. We have a mission – we support artisans in countries where we can have a positive effect on the rate of unemployment. Every purchase of a product from Thumbprint Artifacts impacts these artisan’s lives by helping them to support their family and build self-respect. As these […]
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World Rhino Day is 22 September, a day set aside to showcase the catastrophic loss of rhinos due to senseless poaching throughout Africa and Asia. To help raise awareness for this cause, Thumbprint Artifacts is asking ‘friends and family’ to paint your toe nails pink! Post a photo of your pink toenails on the Thumbprint […]
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