They want to talk about "stimulus packages for youth entrepreneurship" like we’re waiting on PowerPoint slides and bank loans to survive. I’ve sat in Sandton boardrooms where they call my work "edgy African fusion" while offering R800 for a full brand identity—same work they charge R50k for abroad. We don’t need more incubators, we need clients to stop exploiting our culture while underpaying our hands. My mother cleaned houses so I could design logos for people who still don’t see me as an equal. Pay the damn rate. Fund the studios in Diepsloot, not another glossy summit where everyone flies in from London. This isn’t about innovation. It’s about dignity.
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