THEBE MABANGA
WHEN Keith Michael started operating a small printing company in a garage in Sophiatown 20 years ago, little did he know that it would one day turn into one of the top printing companies in the South Africa with a net asset value of R400 million, and just over 300 staff complement.
Michael’s company, Lebone Litho Printers, is now preparing for the next phase of its growth with a move to its R100 million offices and fully integrating digital printing with its traditional printing business, which remains strong, despite the decline in demand for printing, and has just negotiated the COVID-19 storm with a sustained increase in revenue.
An activist by his own right, Michael, who was jailed for taking part in the anti-apartheid struggle, founded the company in 2000.
He grew up in Westbury, a historically coloured township outside of Johannesburg.
The area is crime-ridden and dominated
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