Designer finds booming business in used tyres

Kago Monageng PIC: KATLEGO MOTSAMAI
Kago Monageng PIC: KATLEGO MOTSAMAI

Used car tyres are typically not considered to be beautiful or recyclable, but a young man from Kanye aims to change that.

As a graphic designer and an environmentally conscious youth, 30-year-old Kago Monageng believes that used car tyres can be recycled and reused to create luxurious lounge seats for households.

Having established a creative design agency called Demographix Communications, Monageng is running a booming business selling his products, dubbed ‘tyreseats’, a self-explanatory word that refers to seats made from tyres.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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