Entreprenuer on Main Road makes cardboard toy planes

A well-known quote, ‘An entrepreneur is someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down’, best describes Morris Jere.

He is a gifted young man who is working hard to make a living by making and selling cardboard planes and animals held together by wire.

In a country with an unemployment rate of 26,6 per cent, it is encouraging to see someone creating a job for himself. Fourways Review caught up with Jere, a Zimbabwean national who lives in Cosmo City, on the corner of Main and Maple roads in Kyalami where his eye-catching creations tell a story of a person who has a passion for art.

Jere said, “I come to this road as much as I can with my stuff hoping to catch the eye of people driving and walking past so that they can buy. I started making planes after I saw a man doing it in Germiston when I was so broke and desperate for a job.”

Jere also paints on canvas in his spare time. “As a man and father of two, I knew that I needed to make money, but it is a tough business working for yourself. I am hoping many people will support me.”

He added that he could make up to three big cardboard aeroplanes in a day. “The smaller versions take more time so it takes me a day to make one. I love what I do and I am proud that when times were very hard I found a solution to feed my family.”

Making cardboard planes has fueled Jere’s love for aeroplanes and he hopes to one day fly in one.

He said he wanted to thank a resident, Margi Donde, who showed her support by buying from him and also posted on Facebook about him.

Details: Morris Jere 074 346 6414.

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