The 36 year-old, Thobekile Mkhize, is the founder and CEO of Mabotho Designs. Hailing from Amanzimtoti in Durban, Thobekile produces designer luxury leather goods with material sourced from local tanneries. A tannery is the place where the skins of animals are processed.

Tanning hide into leather involves a process which permanently alters the protein structure of skin, making it more durable and less susceptible to decomposition, and coloring.

Guest: Thobekile Mkhize -        Founder and CEO of Mabotho Africa