A flea market and high tea to end Women’s Month
A group from the Joscho Kliptown Square flats in Kliptown celebrated women by empowering them through entrepreneurship and a classy high tea event.
The community of Joscho Kliptown Square flats came together at the end of last month to celebrate women and girls as Women’s Month came to an end.
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The group hosted a flea market as well as a high tea event later on the day. The Kliptown Square Flea Market was founded by Bee & Zee Delights which is run by Beryl Mokgethi and Nozi Zwane.
The aim of the flea market is to empower small business owners by giving them a platform to sell their products on a monthly basis.
“The community of Kliptown has suffered a great loss throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and many residents have become unemployed,” said Vali Novela as she guided residents through the flea market to show them what each vendor was selling on the day.
Homemade cookies, biltong, clothing, ice cream, ladies underwear, slush puppy, ironing board covers, spices and skin care products are just the few items that were sold at the flea market on that day.
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Later that afternoon, the young girls and women had a high tea event that was hosted by Phenomenal Women.
13-year-old Shezlin Stephens who is a volunteer at Phenomenal Women recited a poem to encourage and inspire the attendees.
“Our key sponsors were Joshco and other donations were received through the Chefs School in Kliptown, as well as Subz who donated sanitary packs to our young girls.
Themba Motaung was our programme director followed by Jeremiah from Joshco who welcomed our guests as well as Dr. Herman Edeling talking about healthy living.
We also had the honour of having FNB speaking to us about financial banking and Chriszelda Jooste, Sonto Simelane, and Charmaine Hensen addressing the crowd and motivating them,” added Novela.
Bee & Zee Delights would like to thank the Joshco management at the Kliptown Square flats not only for a successful event but for providing a platform and allocating space within the complex for the flea market to run once a month.
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“It was truly an amazing day and we couldn’t just let our ladies leave empty handed. So for best dressed and best hats, winners walked away with beautiful gifts sponsored by FNB,” concluded Novela.
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