Welcome to our journey into the future as we realise our dream to be “the premier brand in township heritage tourism”. Sakhumzi Restaurant is situated on the trendy and historic Vilakazi Street in Orlando West Soweto. This popular street is the only place in the world that has had two Nobel Peace Prize Winners living on the same street – namely Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu. It is also the site of the emotionally captivating Hector Peterson Memorial, where the 13 year-old became the first victim of the Soweto Student Uprisings in 1976 after being shot by apartheid police. Vilikazi Street is the epicentre of Soweto tourism and can see up to 5000 tourists daily. As a result, the restaurant caters primarily for the foreign tourist market, as well as ‘bluechip’ corporate group bookings, such as for team building. The target market inspires the nature of the heritage tourism atmosphere and the African township cuisine of the restaurant. The regular patrons however, are made up of middle class Soweto on weekends, while the weeks are dedicated to hosting corporate clients and tour companies. Sakhumzi Restaurant’s doors were opened in November 2001 by Soweto-born owner Mr. Sakhumzi Maqubela. Mr. Maqubela left a lucrative career in a major bank after 13 years and used his savings to capitalise the restaurant, which grew from humble beginnings of five staff to 42 full-time staff working two shifts. Initially the restaurant could serve 80 guests at a time, but can now serve 450 people in total.