Ilala Weavers is situated at Hluhluwe within the province of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. The organizations was established some 30 years ago, with a clear vision and objective of revitalizing and enhancing the age-old Zulu tradition of handcrafts, which at the time were in danger of being lost forever.

My name is Benedict Nkosinathi Ncube.I started doing craft wire work inthe year 2002.I was introducd into this industry by a friend,Mr Victor Chiteura.For almost a year ,he taught the basics of wire designing and beading.After learning all the basics of wire art,I tried to be independent.(i.e .producing my own products for sale at the local markets where I had to compete with well established artists).Even though it wasn,t easy i kept on trying to perfect every product I produced to improve on quality,thus when I met one the most creative wire craft designers,Raymond Khama and Andrew Dambul