Budding tombstone business grew out of Soweto couple's modest florist

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What started out as a humble florist has transformed into a budding empire as a Soweto couple's tombstone business turns heads.

What started out as a humble florist has transformed into a budding empire as a Soweto couple's tombstone business turns headsThe grave of Trompies music star Emmanuel Mojalefa 'Mjokes' Matsane at West Park Cemetery in Johannesburg. The colourful stone marker is a creation by Khaabo Tombstones in Soweto.“Mjokes” Matsane died in a car crash in May, family and friends celebrated the larger-than-life star with a life-size colour tombstone in his image.

Mafela's grave made the biggest waves after his family memorialised him in 2017 with an engraved couch and TV set to represent his life. Lebo and Nthato Nkwadi started a florist business, Khaabo florists, in 2008. The business then incorporated media companyIn 2014 they started their tombstone business which has grown from plaques to the huge statues we see in Joburg cemeteries today. ; singer Dorothy Masuka; rapper Linda “ProKid” Mkhize; struggle hero Maphatsoe Emmanuel and musician Nomasonto “Mshoza” Maswanganyi to name a few.

“A lot goes into the factory, we have 120 staff who can create anything in stone. And we have the best cutters and polishers in the business. We like to be guided by our customers.”Khaabo also designs graves with Braille and can insert QR codes, a scanned label that contains information about the deceased.

 

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