{"id":460,"date":"2017-05-23T18:58:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T16:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/mohair-headquarters-now-in-our-neighbourhood\/"},"modified":"2017-05-23T18:58:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T16:58:51","slug":"mohair-headquarters-now-in-our-neighbourhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/mohair-headquarters-now-in-our-neighbourhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohair Headquarters now in our neighbourhood."},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s winter and as we turn towards mohair for warmth we would like to introduce a new neighbour\u00a0to 6th Avenue: the Mohair Headquarters housing Mohair <\/a>South Africa, The Mohair Trust<\/a> and The Mohair Empowerment Trust<\/a>. They are just up the road from us at Dempsey’s Guest House<\/a> in Walmer. This beautifully designed Karoo-inspired building adds quality to the popular 6th Avenue strip of interesting and varied businesses. The building was designed by Jason Erlank Architects<\/a> and built by BSP Construction.<\/a> The inspiration behind the building design was to recreate a farm shed and bring the rural story of mohair to life, in a modern way. Vintage farm equipment has been incorporated into the building. The building is shaped like two barns\u00a0that have been linked by a walkway. This new Mohair HQ is a one-stop shop for mohair, it houses a library space for students, a mohair research library, a crafting space as well as a mini conference centre for functions and fashion shows.\u00a0The retail store stocks the best of local and international mohair designs.\u00a0The new Mohair HQ\u00a0is also close to the airport allowing easy access for tourists and visitors. The mohair comes from the Angora goat farms of the Karoo which are spread across the Eastern, Northern and Southern Cape. South Africa is the biggest role player in the world in terms of mohair quality, production and processing and accounts for 53% of global mohair production. Combined with Lesotho, SA produces 70% of the world\u2019s mohair. Port Elizabeth is the mohair capital of the world.  

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Mohair South Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Mohair SA now in Walmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Ruth McNaughton for “Studio Mohair”<\/figcaption><\/figure>   \"003\"<\/a> 127 Fordyce Road Corner of Fordyce Road and 6th Avenues, Walmer, Port Elizabeth Tel:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 041 487 1386 E-mail: info@mohair.co.za<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 marketing@mohair.co.za<\/a> Mohair South Africa: http:\/\/www.mohair.co.za<\/a>   The Mohair Trust: http:\/\/www.namc.co.za\/pages\/industries\/agricultural-industry-trusts\/mohair-trust<\/a> The Mohair Empowerment Trust: http:\/\/www.mohairempower.co.za\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s winter and as we turn towards mohair for warmth we would like to introduce a new neighbour\u00a0to 6th Avenue: the Mohair Headquarters housing Mohair South Africa, The Mohair Trust and The Mohair Empowerment Trust. They are just up the road from us at Dempsey’s Guest House in Walmer. This beautifully designed Karoo-inspired building adds …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,11,8,10,9,12],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","tag-dempseys","tag-nelson-mandela-bay","tag-news","tag-port-elizabeth","tag-sights","tag-tourists","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}