Lehlohonolo 'Chevza' Nchefu.
A one-person venture studio from Johannesburg — building privacy-first software and bold creative brands that respect the people who use them.
Chevza builds things that move the world one product, one frame, one file at a time.
The ventures.
Everything the studio is building, in one place — shipped products, brands in build, and one very large idea. Each card opens the full story.
FileMayor.
AI-native file organisation for the command line. Your AI can suggest — FileMayor can act. Local-first, privacy-first, six-layer security (The Chevza Doctrine).
View launch kit ↗PurpleLens.
A Johannesburg photography studio — portraits, brand & commercial, weddings, and fine-art prints. Home of the bold black-and-white Iconoclast portrait series.
View site ↗ChevzaMusiq.
The sound side of the studio. Debut single “Mingo” — out now on every major platform. Press play without leaving the page.
Listen now ↗AETHER.
A self-powered subterranean megacity — SMR thermal core, autonomous maglev, tokenised commercial tunnels, agritech & IP exports. A $100B concept taken from whitepaper → 3D model → film.
Enter the city ↗PlayHard.
South Africa's one-stop events platform — discover, book, and run events in one place. Web + mobile, built on FastAPI & Supabase.
Follow the build ↗PurpleBos.
A whole-farm operations platform for African farmers — husbandry and cultivation in one system: herds, fields, feed, yields, and the money behind them.
Follow the build ↗PurpleRugs · Praxis · PurpleWash
A tufting studio, and more — building quietly under the Chevza umbrella.
Want to collaborate? ↗Flagship concept · Whitepaper → 3D → Film
Aether
The city we build downward.
A self-powered subterranean megacity — one reactor heart, autonomous maglev arteries, tokenised tunnels, and a sci-fi feature built from the same blueprint. Explore the interactive 3D cross-section, read the whitepaper, watch the story take shape.
How I
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Field notes.
Notes from building all of this solo — what worked, what didn't, with receipts.
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Open to interesting projects, partnerships, and collaborations. Based in Johannesburg — works everywhere.