Mzokhona Maxase, one of the founders of eco-friendly business Cubic 38, wants to create a greener environment for all. (PHOTO: Supplied)

These South African entrepreneurs are turning tyre trash into shoe polish and business is booming

Mzokhona Maxase, one of the founders of eco-friendly business Cubic 38, wants to create a greener environment for all. (PHOTO: Supplied)

Mzokhona Maxase, one of many founders of eco-friendly business Cubic 38, desires to create a greener surroundings for all. (PHOTO: Supplied)

The trio of younger males gazed on the mountain of discarded tyres – an eyesore and an environmental hazard to most individuals, however to them it was a possibility to flex their entrepreneurial muscle.

Mzokhona Maxase (now 27), Tshepo Sithole (28) and Fortune Hadebe (27) had been college students on the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) in Pretoria, however they had been unable to attend lessons as a consequence of protests on the college. 

So, they went for a stroll and paused exterior Carbon Klean, a tyre recycling facility in Pretoria West.

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