Buy Dwesa Arts & Crafts online

Fort Hare and Rhodes universities' Centres of Excellence have established an e-commerce portal to sell art and crafts manufactured by the community members of Dwesa / Cwebe.

Please support this initiative and visit their website at www.dwesa.com.

The site is maintained by the Siyakhula project - which aims at developing and field-testing the prototype of a simple, cost-effective and robust, integrated E-business platform in the rural communities of South Africa.

Shops available

Ngwane Art and Craft Shop
The Ngwane Art and Craft group is located at Dwesa, near the Dwesa and Cwebe nature reserves on the Wild Coast.

Ilingelihle Art and Craft Shop

The Ilingelihle Project is located in the vicinity of the Xhosa region, Alice, in the Eastern Cape Province. Beneficiaries include fifteen people who craft picnic baskets, cushions, beaded glasses and bed linen. Modern ideas and interpretations were applied to traditional craft techniques, such as strip-sewing, cross-stitch and prairie points. This colourful range won international acclaim at exhibits in San Francisco and New York.

For Nature Reserve contact details:

DWESA NATURE RESERVE

Tel: 083-6513766

Manager: Mr. Mbete
Unfortunately as there is no cell reception at Dwesa, so it's usually necessary to leave a message on the manager, Mr. Mbete's answering service.

For further information, contact Eastern Cape Tourism on: 047-5315290

or Nature Conservation on: 047-5311191

Postal address: PRIVATE BAG X1126
PORT ELIZABETH
6000
SOUTH AFRICA

Tucked between the Nqabara River to the south and the Mbashe River in the north, this 3900ha reserve is a nature lovers paradise. Excellent bird-watching, shell collecting, small game viewing, forest trails and long deserted beaches await you. Self catering log cabins nestled in the forest offer an alternative to the camp site only meters from the river and the ocean.