Reggie Makhetha - born & bred in Soweto, owner of The Roots Restaurant & Gallery. Entrepreneurs run deep in his blood, the family have owned and run hardware stores to shopping centers and Reggie was involved since he was 10.
At first he would sell sweets and firecrackers from outside the stores, now he’s got his own spot, hear him out…
Reggie recons that if anyone wants to get into hospitality, you gotta have the passion, it’s no 9-5 job, the hours are long and you gotta enjoy people cause you're gonna deal with a lot of personalities. As far as the gallery is concerned, you must have an eye for good art, more on that…