Cobbler Dedicated To Enabling The Disabled

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PALAPYE: Modica ‘Bonnie’ Tsienyane a physically disabled cobbler is proving disability does not equal inability. Tsienyane, born with clubfoot some 42 years ago in Serowe, is a shoe cobbler of choice in Palapye.

He has 15 years of experience in shoe manufacturing and repairing. Bonnie learnt his trade in 1993 in Gweru, Zimbabwe where he was sponsored to train in leather works by Serowe-based Tshidilo Rehabilitation Centre.

In Gweru he trained at Bata Shoe Company. He studied in the first year and was employed by the company, designing and manufacturing shoes the next year. After two years he returned home and settled in Palapye, where he opened his shoe repair business.

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