Umlazi-Born Businessman Behind South Africa’s 1st Black-Owned Tissue Manufacturer Inspires Mzansi to Dream Big [Video]

• Mzansi netizens were inspired by the story of packer-turned-CEO Thembinkosi Mthembu from Umlazi township
• The businessman used to work for Durban Nampak before taking over the business years later to start Mthembu Tissue Converting
• His award-winning venture manufactures a range of tissue paper products and has grown from employing 37 people to 104 people

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Thembinkosi Mthembu from Umlazi township went from working in a big toilet paper manufacturing company as a packer to owning his own company.

The businessman is not only the CEO of Mthembu Tissue Converting but is also South Africa’s first black-owned tissue manufacturer.

In a recent Facebook post, Briefly News shared that his businesshas grown from employing 37 people to 104 people …