Mr Mlata also know as Chippa was born in Mbekweni township where he grew up with the idea of business in mind. In 1996 he started business with a public phone shop. Due to his patience he managed to develop his business until he managed to own thirteen containers as his public phones. Due to the expansion of the phone shop business amongst the community Chippa decided to sell away his public phones which managed to raise him enough capital to start Chippas restaurant. In 2015 he started building the place and up to date Chippas business is getting even more and more successful. Chippas Place is a business initiative, which seeks to address the needs of both local and international tourist markets.