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My grandmother Dikeledi was a seamstress. She passed away when I was three but a lot of people say the gift was from her, which is why I became interested in sewing and making beautiful things

— Thabo Makhetha-Kwinana

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“And I remember being told that we are royalty and I told myself that I want to go as a Basotho princess.”

How it all started was that I was creating a garment for myself for the Durban July at the time and the theme was royalty.

“I remember a lady praying over me and telling my parents, ‘This child is going to do amazing things with her hands one day.

I grew up in a Christian home and we would go to prayer.

Your blessings are in your movement. If you stand in one place, doors won’t open for you. So go for it.

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