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Clay Craft Studio📍 Klerksdorp, NW
Terracotta Serving Bowl
Wheel-thrown stoneware. Iron oxide slip. Cone 6 fired. Food safe. Approx. 26cm.
CeramicsFood safeOne of a kind
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Clay Craft Studio📍 Klerksdorp, NW
Hand-built Teapot — Ash Glaze
Slab-built stoneware teapot. Ash glaze. Holds approx. 600ml. One of a kind.
2d 14h 33m remaining
Current bid: R 640 · 7 bids
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Body Care
Veld & Tallow📍 Potchefstroom, NW
Beef Tallow Face Cream
Pure rendered beef fat, raw honey, rose hip oil. No preservatives. No synthetics. 60ml amber glass jar.
TallowNatural60ml
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Food
Karoo Harvest📍 Beaufort West, WC
Wild Honey & Chilli Preserve
Hand-harvested wild honey, dried Karoo chilli, apple cider vinegar. 250ml jar. Pairs with cheese, braai meats, sourdough.
PreservesGluten-free250ml
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Boetie se Mamas📍 Klerksdorp, NW
Hand-woven Wall Hanging
Natural cotton warp. Merino wool weft. Earth tones. 60 × 80cm. Wooden dowel included.
TextilesHand-woven
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Body Care
Veld & Tallow📍 Potchefstroom, NW
Tallow Soap Bar — Rooibos & Honey
Grass-fed beef tallow, rooibos tea, raw honey. Cold process. Cured 6 weeks. 110g bar. Gentle on sensitive skin.
TallowCold processRooibos
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Hanlie Handmade📍 Potchefstroom, NW
Silver Clay Ring — Textured Bark
.999 fine silver clay, hand-textured with real bark. Size P. Hallmarked.
4h 12m remaining
Bid: R 280 · Reserve not met · Buy now: R 650
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Food
Tannie Sarie se Kombuis📍 Vereeniging, GP
Boeremeisies (Pickled Apricots)
Traditional boeremeisies. Dried apricots, sweet wine, spices. 380ml jar. Family recipe, made in small batches.
PreservesTraditional380ml
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Maisie Makes📍 Stilfontein, NW
Linocut Print — Veld Flowers
Hand-carved linocut on 300gsm cotton rag. Signed and numbered. Edition of 20. A3.
PrintEdition 20A3
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Body Care
Veld & Tallow📍 Potchefstroom, NW
Tallow Body Butter — Lavender
Whipped beef tallow, jojoba oil, lavender essential oil. Intensely moisturising. 120ml jar. No water, no fillers.
TallowLavender120ml

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Traditional recipes, seasonal ingredients, honest food. Jams, preserves, pickles, biltong, rusks, baked goods, honeys and more — made by hand, in home kitchens and small farms across South Africa.

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Traditional preserves & jams
Wild honey & infused honeys
Biltong & droëwors
Handmade rusks
Fermented foods & kimchi
Seasonal fruit preserves
All food items are homemade or small-batch produced. Shelf life, allergen information, and storage instructions are listed on each item. Please read before purchasing. Vendors are responsible for compliance with applicable food safety regulations.
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Food
Karoo Harvest📍 Beaufort West, WC
Wild Honey & Chilli Preserve
Hand-harvested wild honey, dried Karoo chilli. 250ml. Pairs with cheese, braai meats, sourdough.
PreservesGluten-free250ml
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Food
Tannie Sarie se Kombuis📍 Vereeniging, GP
Boeremeisies (Pickled Apricots)
Traditional recipe. Dried apricots, sweet wine, spices. 380ml jar. Small batch.
PreservesTraditional380ml
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Food
Boland Biltong Co.📍 Paarl, WC
Silverside Biltong — Traditional Cut
Grass-fed silverside. Sea salt, coarse pepper, coriander. Dry cured 5 days. 200g vacuum-sealed.
BiltongGrass-fed200g
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Food
Die Ruskblik📍 Colesberg, NC
Buttermilk Rusks — Aniseed
Traditional South African buttermilk rusks with whole aniseed. Baked in a wood-fired oven. 500g bag.
RusksTraditional500g
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Many food makers in the market take custom orders — seasonal preserves, bulk orders, wedding favours, gift hampers. Ask a maker directly.

Made from the earth.
For your skin.

No synthetic preservatives. No hidden chemicals. South African makers using traditional ingredients — beef tallow, rooibos, buchu, baobab, marula and more. Every ingredient listed. Every batch small.

Ingredients you'll actually recognise
Beef tallow — the original moisturiser
Rooibos — anti-inflammatory, antioxidant
Buchu — traditionally South African
Marula oil — deeply nourishing
Raw beeswax — protective barrier
Essential oils — from SA farms
Beef tallow soap is
not a trend here.

In Klerksdorp and across South Africa's farming communities, beef fat has been rendered into soap for generations. It cleans well, lathers well, and doesn't strip the skin. The makers in this market have been doing it this way long before it became fashionable anywhere else.

Grass-fed beef tallow closely mirrors the fatty acid profile of human skin — it absorbs without blocking pores
No palm oil — no deforestation, no ethical concerns, and it performs better anyway
Traditional cold-process soap retains glycerin — commercially stripped out and sold separately
South African beef fat, South African makers, South African skin
Veld & Tallow
📍 Potchefstroom, North West · Making since 2018

Rendré Britz renders her own tallow from grass-fed cattle on her family farm. Everything is made in small batches, cured properly, and listed with full ingredient lists. No compromises.

All body care products are handmade in small batches. Full ingredient lists are shown on each listing. If you have known allergies or sensitivities, read the ingredients carefully before purchasing. Always patch test new products.
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Body Care
Veld & Tallow📍 Potchefstroom, NW
Beef Tallow Face Cream
Pure rendered beef tallow, raw honey, rose hip oil. No preservatives. 60ml amber glass jar.
TallowFragrance-free60ml
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Body Care
Veld & Tallow📍 Potchefstroom, NW
Tallow Soap Bar — Rooibos & Honey
Grass-fed beef tallow, rooibos tea, raw honey. Cold process. Cured 6 weeks. 110g bar.
TallowCold processRooibos
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Body Care
Veld & Tallow📍 Potchefstroom, NW
Tallow Body Butter — Lavender
Whipped beef tallow, jojoba oil, lavender essential oil. Intensely moisturising. 120ml jar.
TallowLavender120ml
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Body Care
Buchu & Baobab📍 George, WC
Buchu & Marula Healing Balm
Raw beeswax, marula oil, buchu essential oil. Traditional South African healing formula. 30ml tin.
BeeswaxMarulaBuchu

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Clay Craft Studio
Wheel-thrown & hand-built ceramics · functional and decorative
Wilkoppies, Klerksdorp · North West
24 listed62 sold⭐ 4.9Since 2024
Ceramics
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Veld & Tallow
Beef tallow soap, face cream and body care · cold process · grass-fed
Potchefstroom · North West
12 listed41 sold⭐ 5.0
Body Care
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Karoo Harvest
Wild honey, preserves, seasonal small-batch food
Beaufort West · Western Cape
8 listed23 sold⭐ 4.8
Food
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Hanlie Handmade
Fine silver clay jewellery · hallmarked .999 silver
Potchefstroom · North West
11 listed18 sold⭐ 5.0
Jewellery
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Hand-built Teapot
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