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Now this is how to ride out a pandemic. Meet Soweto’s money spinners

07 July 2020 - 07:00 By Alex Patrick
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Book iBhoni was given huge thermal backpacks which safely store food and goods on the riders' backs so the bikes did not have to be modified.
Book iBhoni was given huge thermal backpacks which safely store food and goods on the riders' backs so the bikes did not have to be modified.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi

Bicycle entrepreneur Mpumelelo Mtintso watched his business disintegrate as Covid-19 took hold. 

But, with a deft switch of purpose he has turned a downturn into a great little earner.

 

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