Umtha is a fair trade business handcrafting beaded jewellery since 1992.
We are situated in Cape Town, South Africa, and supply the local and international market.
Our vision is to design and produce quality, innovative jewellery with a proudly South African flair, at affordable prices.
Our vision is also to provide employment opportunities for previously disadvantaged South Africans and foreigners with refugee status.
We aim to make a difference in people’s lives, particularly those with limited fair wage job opportunities.
To Umtha being fair means:
paying a fair wage to our employees, charging our customers fair prices, transparency and accountability, ethical trading relations, a commitment to breaking cycles of poverty by empowering employees, and a genuine concern for our environment and its people.
Umtha is a member of the Word Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO).
