THE WHEEL DEAL
‘SUCCESS MADE ME REALISE I’M A GOOD LEADER, AND THE BEST PROFIT IS HAPPINESS’
THERE’S not much you can do to salvage a worn-out tyre. When the tread wears out many of us take our cars to the tyre shop to have new ones fitted. But as Benathi Makiyela will tell you, one man’s trash is another’s treasure.
The 23-year-old entrepreneur makes innovative furniture from old tyres he collects from motor spares shops and scrap heaps.
Benathi got the idea to repurpose old, worn-out tyres while painting schools in KwaZulu-Natal. “I was inspired by how the playground swings were made of tyres and
