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Designer helps man preserve wife’s love

TRANSFORMing DRESSES INTO SHIRTS

The story of unwavering love between Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize and her husband Pat Mkhize has been preserved in fashion courtesy of Verushka Pather’s Khanya Designs.

Pather, a businesswoman and Indo-African fashion designer, has transformed high-end garments worn by Mkhize, the late deputy minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, into shirts at her husband’s request.

For Pat, wearing the transformed items “sustains their love”.

Hlengiwe, 69, who died in September 2021 of lung cancer, had served in various capacities in government over the years. She was the Minister of Higher Education and Training and the Minister of Home Affairs as well as the National Treasurer of

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