When planning a trip to SA, not many would consider visiting a township. But entrepreneur Ntsebenziswano November believes that can — and should — change. "I experienced difficulties in finding a place to sleep for friends who were visiting Cape Town and wanted to stay at a local B&B," he recalls. "We searched the internet and found that the information was outdated and we couldn’t speak to someone on the other end. "That frustration left us wanting to make it easier for people to find places to eat, sleep, party and tour in townships," he says. Although the business idea was hatched in late 2015, they settled on the name DiscoverIkasi only a year later. November and his business partner, Nobesuthu May, created a Facebook page to test the idea and received much interest. "People started sending us messages asking more about what we were doing," November says. "We had something good and decided to invest in a website. We didn’t even know how we were going to make money out of it but ...
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