After paying someone to clean his sneakers only for them to be left in the bucket for days and later damaged, Tshepo Lebese, 47, decided there had to be a better way.
In 2023 he opened Sneaker Zone Wash in Meadowlands, Soweto, where he offers professional cleaning, restoration and repair services for shoes and handbags.
What happened to my sneakers made me realise there was a gap in the market. People want their shoes cleaned properly, but not everyone has the time or knows how to do it without damaging them. Others are just too lazy to do it themselves and require the service, said Lebese.
