Award-winning hairstylist from Tsakane looking to train others

Tsakane – Multi-award winning hair stylist, Lazaros Sumbane wants to take would-be hairstylists to the top with him.

Sumbane, who received accreditation from the Service’s Sector Education and Training Authority (Seta) after the inspection of his premises on Ndabezitha Street in Tsakane, now aims to go bigger.

“I converted the house I had built on Ranyao Street in Extension 11 into the academy, and am now working on getting this site to be approved as the academy,” says Sumbane.

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Sumbane started doing hair in 2007 when he worked in a salon on weekends, cutting hair.

The owner of the salon asked him to help out with other duties when the salon was full.

“I asked to help him with doing people’s hair, and after discovering I am good at doing hair, I decided to open my own salon,” he says.

In 2011, Sumbane decided to to start an academy, but soon realised he was not using professional standards when he was doing hair.

“I wanted to open an academy to teach others how to do hair, and when I attended workshops I realised that I was not doing hair correctly and so learned better ways to do hair that I could teach my students,” he explains.

Following that, he attended Motions Hair Academy for two years where he received a hairdressing qualification.

In 2015, he registered his business, Ekurhuleni Pro Love Academy, and worked on finding learning material to meet all the requirements from the Service’s Seta to have an academy.

Even though he has yet to receive the go-ahead to run his academy from the Ranyao Street site, he is already working on projects for his students who are currently learning at his site on Ndabezitha Street, to get practical training.

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“We have been put on a database by Service’s Seta and they will contact us to bring our students whenever the opportunity for a special project comes up for our students to be able to get on-the job experience,” he says.

According to Sumbane, the academy is not only for people who have never worked in a hair salon before, but also for industry professionals who want to improve their skills.

Sumbane says the main reason he wants to start the academy is because he has seen how hairdressing has bettered his life, and he wants that for others too.

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“With hairdressing, you will never go hungry because you can do many things in hairdressing like being a hair technician, work on ships or even be a salesperson for products,” he explains.

“You can create employment for yourself by opening your own salon, and even employ others, helping improve your community,” he concludes.

Sumbane can be contacted for more information on 073 116 2966.