Beauty Batimbele Ngxongo (born 1953)[1] is a South African master weaver of Zulu baskets.

[5] In the 1990s, a neighbor taught Ngxongo how to make intricate basket designs using local natural products (like grasses and Ilala palm leaves).

[5] A single Zulu basket that holds water take months to complete.

However, she has collaborated with two contemporary designers to create what they call the Hlabisa Bench.

The bench's shape channels the profiles of the hills of Hlabisa, the village where Ngxongo and her fellow workers live.