About Us
PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN
Dear Rae Jewellery's passion for empowering and employing local South Africans has been a driving force in the business since its inception. Each Dear Rae piece is designed and made by Karin and our hand-picked manufacturers at the Cape Town based studio.
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KARIN RAE BARNES
Karin Rae’s love for jewellery began at Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa, where she studied a BA Fine Art (Jewellery and Metal Techniques). In 2008, she completed a semester at the Pforzheim Hochschule in Germany, which solidified her decision to start a brand of her own. Drawing inspiration from her diverse South African and German familial heritage, Karin breathed life into her dream and launched Dear Rae in 2010.
GODFREY MOKAEANE
Godfrey Mokaeane is a social impact entrepreneur, with a key focus on investing in businesses that can benefit from this. He also runs his own businesses that have strong social impact missions, in areas of Future Cities, Human Mobility, Food Security, Investments & NGO’s. He is Group CEO of Motion Holdings Group. He assists and guides non-profit organisations globally to make the shift to for-profit with a social mission.
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