About Us
The merchandise that we choose to market is all hand crafted by local Southern African artisans, made with locally sourced materials. These items showcase the heart and soul of the beautiful people from our rainbow nation. Each creators products that we market has a distinct African flare but is marketable to the entire world. They are tasteful and beautiful pieces. Each are made by hand and generally are unique and once off pieces that are rarely recreated. We aim to keep the content of our site, every changing and continuously introducing and featuring new creators and their work.
Our aim is that these items bring our consumers joy and they embrace our initiative of hope Ithemba is the Zulu word for hope. Each item purchased supports a local artist and we believe that what we are doing is changing lives and giving our local creators an element of hope. I feel immensely blessed to be able to help these incredibly talented craftsmen and women one sale at a time.
Meet the makers & artisans behind Ithemba
SEE ALL MAKERSSharon B Design
“When you purchase a Sharon Boonzaier artwork or Sharon B Design product, you’re buying more than just a materialistic thing. You're buying something that captures moments of pure...
Wren
For us at Wren, we’ve found that great creative moments happen when experiences are connected. Our inspiration was the connection that was made while driving behind a truck...
Cape Island
Proudly South African, 100% female owned.
Mdukatshani Craft Project
The Mdukatshani Craft Project is based in the Thukula Valley in Kwazulu-Natal, working with Mthembu and Mchunu women to product a variety of crafted items in beads, copper...
