At The Africa Cafe we are not only famous for our food but for our decor as well.  We include our vibrant tableware in this category as each piece is carefully and caringly hand-painted at our ceramic studio with bold colours and patterns, bringing some of the art of Africa on to every table top.  Having the opportunity to also be involved in the creative process of these beautiful wares is a real privilege, but most of the credit has to go to those who work for us and do the painting. Our craftspeople come from the winelands, the city and the township. Some are trained and some learnt on the job. One picked grapes for an estate, another painted gold-leaf onto a lion on top of City Hall for six weeks.

Our head of design is Mfuneko Dingiswayo who was born in Langa, a township of Cape Town, in 1979.  His passion for his craft has been shown numerous times in the awards he has won for his beautiful one-off works as well as the success of the designs he creates for our various ranges of tableware and functional art.  Currently the Hornbill Bird Jug which Mfuneko created as a menu for the restaurant 3 years ago has been flying out of the studio faster than it can be produced!  Those who have recently dined with us will definitely have noticed the baby that was born of the original idea and which we use for our salad dressing.

Mfuneko Dingiswayo