Because two brothers hated getting their sneakers dirty and could not bear wearing dirty shoes, they came up with the unique idea of opening a tackie laundry.
Based in Spruitview on Johannesburg's East Rand, Sakhile Mbatha, 23, and his older brother Manqoba Mthembu, 28, have become entrepreneurs by providing a shoe-washing service, which Mbatha says is "much needed".
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