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Changing Woodstock prompts café to change tack

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In this episode, owner of Life is Good Richard Konye tells us how he adapted his Cape Town-based coffee shop into a sip-and-paint establishment focusing on community growth, connection, and creating unique customer experiences in an effort to adapt to a changing neighbourhood.

26 Jul English South Africa Business · News

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