UZama Mbongwa Wenza Ibali elinomdla nenjongo
Kwidolophu ezolileyo yase-Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal, ubuchule bukaZama Mbongwa buhamba njengeepateni ezintsonkothileyo azilobolayo.
Kwiminyaka engama-27, lo myili omncinci waseMzantsi Afrika udibanisa ibali elidibanisa uthando lwakhe lwefashoni, ilifa lenkcubeko, kunye nokuxhotyiswa koluntu.
Iingcambu kunye neNkuthazo
Ekukhuleni kwakhe e-Estcourt, uZama wayengumntwana ocamngcayo owayefumana intuthuzelo kwiikona ezithe cwaka, ehlala ephulukene nelizwe lakhe lokuyila.
Umama wakhe, utitshala ozinikeleyo, engazi watyala imbewu yenkuthazo amaphepha okuhlelwa anegunya avuselela umnqweno kaZama wokuqala wokufundisa, ngelixa ebukele inkuthalo kamama wakhe wakhulisa intembeko yokusebenza emchazayo namhlanje.
Iinkumbulo zobuntwana zokubhala phantsi zityhila ukuthanda kwakhe ubomi bonke bokubhala nokubalisa amabali nokuba oko kwakuthetha “ubusela” amalaphu asetyenziswe ngunina ukuluka amabali akhe ngefashoni.
Uhambo lukaZama ngefashoni lwaqala ngotsalelo olungagungqiyo olusingise kuyilo lwefashoni indawo apho ubuchule bokuyila bungenamida, inkangeleko ayinamda, kwaye iyantlukwano iyakhula.
“I-Crocheting ayinaxesha,” utsho ngokuqiniseka, ecinga ngesitayile sakhe sokutyikitya esichasana namaxesha onyaka kunye neendlela.
Kuye, ukuthunga asikokwenza nje iimpahla; yinkumbulo evuselelayo imfudumalo engqonge usapho lomlilo, iincoko ezingezizo, kunye namaxesha olonwabo ekwabelwana ngawo nesibathandayo.
Ibali le Katalia: I-Crochet engapheliyo
Ukuba ingqokelela yokuqala kaZama inokufikelela kumgaqo weenqwelo-moya ngomso, ibiya kusebeza intsomi ethe gqolo:
“Ukukrobela akunaxesha.”_ Ibrand ethi Katalia ayibophelelekanga ubudala; ngumbhiyozo we-crochet’s charm engaguqukiyo elungiselela iintsana, abantu abadala, kunye nabantu abadala ngokufanayo.
Nokuba yiminqwazi yelanga yeentsana ezikhusela ulusu oluthambileyo okanye izinto ezinxitywayo ezithokomeleyo ukusuka kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana, iziqwenga zikaKatalia zibonisa inkolelo kaZama kwisibongozo esinomtsalane wecrochet.
Ukujonga imingeni ngeNtliziyo
UZama akazimiseli njengemiqobo kodwa uyazivuma iintlungu zokukhula. Ukwandisa kufuna iqela ikanti ukufumana abantu abawuthandayo ubugcisa kunye nombono kunokuba luqilima.
Emva koko kukho umngeni wokuqonda: abanye bajonga i-crochet “njengempahla yabantu abadala,” ngelixa uZama eyibona njengento eguqukayo yenkcubeko ye-pop, ngakumbi phakathi kwe-Gen Z.
Kwaye masithethe ngamaxabiso indalo ethatha ixesha elide yokukrola ngesandla ifanele ukuqwalaselwa ngokufanelekileyo, uyaxoxa.
UZama unombono weengcezu zakhe ezihombisa abantu ababonisa ukufudumala kunye nobuntu ngabanye – okufana nokukrola ngokwawo. _”Xa ndisithi ukukrola akunabudala, bendithetha abathengi bam,” uyancuma.
I-Katalia ijongana nezibiyeli zeminyaka yobudala kunye nefashoni; imalunga nokuhlangabezana neemfuno ezisuk’ entliziyweni nokuba ziibhutsi zabantwana ezithambileyo okanye isinxibo sabadala.
“Kwiminyaka emi-5 ukuya kweli-10, ndibona iKatalia ikunye nabatyali-zimali, iqeshe abantu abangama-20+, inevenkile ethengisa izinto ezinkulu, iqhuba ii-franchise, kwaye iqhuba iindibano zocweyo zolutsha.”
Iphulo lakhe lidibanisa inkululeko yezemali, ukudala amathuba emisebenzi, kwaye ngaphezu kwako konke ukuvakalisa amabali ngesinxibo sokuluka.
UZama unethemba lokuxhobisa abanye njengoko esomelela – ekhuthaza impilo-ntle yengqondo, amaqhina oluntu, kunye namathuba ezoqoqosho.
Uzinzo kunye nemisonto yeNkcubeko
I-Katalia yintshatsheli ye-eco-consciousness: imathiriyeli yokunyusa i-upcycling (njengeeplastiki eziphinda zisetyenziswe), ithanda imicu ephilayo, inciphisa inkunkuma.
Ilifa lemveli likaZama laseMzantsi Afrika liwufaka nzulu umsebenzi wakhe – iipateni zemveli zibe yityathanga lokubaliswa kwamabali enkcubeko, adluliselwe kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana.
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Ukuphumelela ibhaso lokhuphiswano lweNikNaks? “Iya kuba nkulu,” utsho uZama enyanisekile.
Izicwangciso zijikeleza ukubuyisela-ukusungula iiprojekthi zoluntu ezikhulisa amabhongo olutsha kwidolophu yakhe.
“Ndingathanda ukuphakamisa umgangatho wam kunye noluntu lwam ukuze ihlabathi lazi iKatalia njengebrand yecrochet.”_
UZama akaneli nje ukwenza iimpahla – uhlanganisa amaphupha, ukuzingca ngenkcubeko, kunye nelifa apho ubuchule bokuyila kunye novelwano zihamba kunye.
Ezandleni zakhe, i-crochet iba lulwimi oluthetha ngokungaphelelwa lixesha, ukuba kunye namabali amnandi anxitywa ngabantu.
