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Thapelo has always been a sucker for entrepreneurship in the culinary and wine industry. His latest venture is a restaurant called Molitva which he co-owns and the launch was held today. A few celebrities came in their numbers to show the actor support, and thanks to Phil Mphela, we got to know who was in attendance.
Phil was also in attendance and through, SPOTTED, Phil gave us a picture on which ZAlebs showed up to his media launch. Celebrities such as Celeste Ntuli, Mampho Brescia, and Nambitha Ben-Mazwi looked gorgeous.
SPOTTED: Actress Nambitha Ben-Mazwi
— Kgopolo (@PhilMphela) August 27, 2021
The #TheEstateOn3 star is at @ThapeloMokoena’s restaurant media launch. #Molitva pic.twitter.com/Lm6LJbL7Iu
SPOTTED: Celeste Ntuli
— Kgopolo (@PhilMphela) August 27, 2021
Actress/Comedianne is at @ThapeloMokoena’s restaurant media launch in Jozi. #Molitva pic.twitter.com/lK7U2Akf6P
SPOTTED: Actress Mampho Brescia
— Kgopolo (@PhilMphela) August 27, 2021
Former Isibaya and currently Netflix’s I Am All Girls star is at @ThapeloMokoena’s restaurant media launch in Jozi #Molitva pic.twitter.com/DOvNalRSeC
Thanks to wine and restaurant reviewer who goes by the name @MsMabala, we got to get a sneak peek at what the restaurant has to offer. According to her, the sea food is a hit.
Molitva
— YT: Cooking With a Bang (@MsMabala) May 2, 2021
📍Protea ridge, Krugersdorp
Need a break from the city? This is it. An amazing outdoor restaurant. The farm has a sunflowers blooming when in season. Amazing selection of tapas. The food is amazing. They serve fresh seafood as seen on my reel https://t.co/HBKfEZUFpf pic.twitter.com/VRFwPbdWgW
Had the most magical day out at Molitva with my family ❤️ to my homie @ThapeloMokoena ... these were moments to treasure 🙏 pic.twitter.com/4nRHLPsHlK
— JSOMETHING.COM (@jsomethingmusic) May 2, 2021
Thapelo also co-owns a shisanyama joint in Cape Town called Ukhamba Beer Worx situated in Claremont. Living up to it's name, it is proudly African and inspired by the mouthwatering cuisine.
That's not all, Thapelo also partnered with a winemaking family called the Bosman family of Wellington in the Western Cape. Together they came up with a wine called Nero and according to Thapelo, it has scored its first accolade.
A day ago, Thapelo announced that Nero has been nominated for the 2021 Drinks Business Awards in the United Kingdom. It is up for the award as Best Launch into the market.
In an interview with Sowetan last year, Mokoena announced that workers at the vineyard get to have their own share of the profits. " [This] is an incredible story as well of how two families, an Afrikaans family and a Basotho family can come together and form a company that can produce wine products of passion and out of just human connection and human love... on top of ownership, there's a bigger exercise where we can really come together not only as people of different races per se, but just as people and create something of value... when the right people come together the results of passion and unity can blow your mind," he told the publication
INCREDIBLE NEWS 🌍🍷🇿🇦🇬🇧
— Official Thapelo Mokoena (@ThapeloMokoena) August 25, 2021
Just In! Our resilient #BosmanBakoena @NeroMomentsZA grape has been nominated for the 2021 Drinks Business Awards in the United Kingdom🥂
Nominated for BEST LAUNCH into the market. Thank U to @teamdb for the nod CC @WOSA_UK https://t.co/e8cirqVbbu ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/ihSTm2BtrZ
Congratulations Thapelo!
Another thespian entering the restaurant business is former Skeem Saam actor Oros Mampofu. The former Skeem Saam star launched his new restaurant called Hotspot Grills with his baby mama Bianca Carm. Their restaurant is situated at the Epsom down shopping centre in William Nicol & Sloane street.
Their launch seemed like a huge success and they thanked their supporters for the turnout.
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