Get Ready: KAMERS Joburg 2016 Is Here

PHOTOS Charl du Preez STYLING Nicky Myburgh WORDS Tracy Greenwood

With a 200-strong waiting list of enterprising crafters, KAMERS is one of South Africa’s most exciting platforms for small-batch creative producers.

In this, its 13th year, KAMERS has introduced a number of new initiatives designed to promote entrepreneurship and offer young crafters a supportive platform from which to launch their retail operations. A programme for young entrepreneurs called Incub8, launched in association with ABSA, will see about a dozen hand-picked crafters (under the age of 28 and who’ve been in business for a year or less) given the opportunity to trade at KAMERS large-scale pop-up spaces across the country. They will also be mentored by experts to help them to grow their businesses.

“The creativity and self-starting energy that is out there, in the most unlikely of places and all over South Africa, is extraordinarily encouraging!” says Kamers Creative Director Wanda du Toit.

KAMERS Joburg 2016 will be held at St John’s College, Houghton from 20 to 24 April 2016. Tickets cost R50 at plankton.mobi, R70 at the entrance and R100 for a five-day pass, all of which include a KAMERS shopper bag and magazine. Entry is R50 for students and pensioners (including gift bag) with free entry for under 18’s (not including shopping bag and magazine). The event runs from 9am until 5pm (Wednesday to Saturday) and from 9am until 3pm on Sunday.