We chat to owner Rodney Mudzengerere about his journey and passion for vintage and denim.
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FESTIVE TRADING HOURS – DECEMBER 2022
The festive seasons means some of our tenants will be taking a short break from trading to rejuvenate, be inspired and come back with a bang in 2023. Here’s a look at which stores will be closed for the December holidays.
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Mungo moves into a new larger store.
Festive season 2021: Trading hours
With the festive season fast approaching; we’d like to make your life easier, with longer shopping hours and excellent gifting ideas.
44 Stanley has two late night shopping evenings: Friday, 10 December and 17 December. All stores will be open until 7pm. Do pop in for last-minute Christmas shopping, a movie, dinner or to browse.
Stores will all be open until Thursday, 23 November 2021 and will start reopening from 2 January 2022.
The XL Cafe, Voisin and Mr Vinyl will be open throughout December, except on the public holidays. Keep an eye on their social media for updates.
With Covid-19 cases rising, we encourage sanitising, wearing masks and practising social distancing.
Stay safe. Be kind. Support small business.
Reaching out to loved ones
“Whether it’s celebrating a special occasion, brightening someone’s day, or conveying condolences, we will deliver your blooms in a personal, caring way.”
Petal & Post, mainly an e-commerce store’s Joburg branch is in 44 Stanley. The brainchild of Kim du Plessis. Petal & Post is a female-owned business at reaching loved ones when hands aren’t able to.
A mere three years after establishing the Cape Town branch, Petal & Post expanded to Johannesburg and Durban.
With Covid-19, we are grateful for Petal & Post to reach our loved ones when we can’t. Read the rest of the article here.
Living up to its name: Peachy
“We’ve tried to support our team as much as possible financially during times when we were unable to trade, and we couldn’t have done it without our amazing landlords at 44 Stanley.” - Matt Suttner
The Saturday Star recently talked to owner and creative Matt Suttner about Peachy bar: the favourites, the staff, the vibe… And why, life with Peachy, is oh so Peachy.
Film festival to inspire: ARIFF 2021
“The ARIFF seeks to address issues of accessibility, empowerment and development for previously and currently disadvantaged segments of society.” - Naledi de Wee
The 4th annual Africa Rising International Film Festival (ARIFF), first hosted in 2018, boasted a hybrid model this year with online viewings, in-person events and talks.
A variety of films, from countries like Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya was shown. This film festival also partnered with Tik-Tok, a short form video social media platform, a first for the continent.
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Ifuku's Rodney shares his passion
The Inhabit spend a day with Ifuku owner, Rodney. He shares his love for clothing, music and his origin.
Remembering History
“But I also think it’s important that within the life of the library, it’s not a library about archives. It’s essentially a living library, so we start to collect and transfer material on to vinyl.”
Artist Kudzanai Chiurai opened The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember was opened in 44 Stanley in May 2021.
Journalist Atiyyah Khan chatted to Kudzanai about this space.
Latitudes x L'MAD Collection
Latitudes has paired up with L'MAD Collection to release a beautiful collection of nine limited-edition silk scarves by South African artists:
Cinthia Sifa Mulanga
Shakil Solanki
Io Makandal
Maja Maljević
Jana+Koos
Olivié Keck
Pebofatso Mokoena
Puleng Mongale
The official launch of Made it to the life raft collection takes place this weekend at Guillotine where they are available to purchase. Come and meet the Latitudes and L'MAD Collection teams, as well as the participating artists, as they discuss all things art, fashion and collaboration.