Tommy Makhatho

Founder and Managing Director, Bibi Cash & Carry

Tommy Makhatho is Founder and Managing Director of Bibi Cash & Carry.

Bibi Cash & Carry is a black-owned supermarket and wholesale business in the eastern Free State, serving lower-income shoppers. In August 2024 it opened a flagship store at Setsing Plaza in Phuthaditjhaba with funding from the National Empowerment Fund.

In the job

  1. Bibi opened a flagship store at Setsing Plaza in Phuthaditjhaba, in collaboration with the National Empowerment Fund, which drew more than 15 000 shoppers on opening. Source

Career before

  1. Hair salon operator and hair-care distributor, Soweto and Free State
  2. 1991Founder, Jabula Cosmetics

Sources

  1. bizcommunity.com
  2. sundayworld.co.za
  3. supermarket.co.za
  4. startupmag.co.za
  5. nefcorp.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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