Oahile shapes future in tapestry crochets
Friday, September 30, 2022 | 260 Views |
Oahile is using her tapestry skills to eke a living
The 39-year-old Mahalapye native said art is her God given talent but tapestry crochet has been her bread and butter after graduating in 2017. She started doing art during her primary school days and continued with the subject in secondary school.
Oahile also said when she joined tertiary, she wanted to do something different because art was already in her blood. “I chose to study something business related because art was already in me. I knew at some point I will use my skills to start up a business but then I needed to acquire skills to market and sell my products on the international market,” said Oahile.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...