Street people share too
They felt just having someone to listen to their life stories was fantastic. I was also astonished by the many unsung heroes helping, writes David Gemmel
#TheStreetPeople | Helpless, Hapless and Homeless
"The Housing Shortage is just a rumour put out by people who have nowhere to live”
PICS: Bubbly sex-worker Given is confident about her job, clients
It is what she does, so she makes the most of it and enjoys the sex! David Gemmell speaks to Given who is a "lady of the night".
The Painter & The Craftsman
Cross lives in Melville, but comes to Greenside because there are “too many people selling crafts in Melville”.
The return of the TrashJunkies
Glenhazel supermarket helps feed poor recyclers
#TheStreetPeople: If someone says they pay better for plastic on the other side we go there
You have cursed them while your driving to work or home, for taking up space on the roads, but they probably have to walk another hour and more to reach their destintion
#TheStreetPeople: Car guarding is a 'job' many take pride in
Making a living on the street isn?t easy, but some do make ends meet
#TheStreetPeople : How one man and his dog survive on charity
Chris and his dog, Stompie, have been begging for food or work on the corner of Bella Vista and Rifle Range roads, Joburg for the last seven years.
Story behind a sign of the times
What leads a father of twins to swallow his pride and spend his days at the traffic lights in Cresta?
#TheStreetPeople : The One-Legged Wallet Man
He sells wallets for a living and hopefully can afford to buy an artificial leg one day
#TheStreetPeople: Collecting rubbish suits bag-man David
I think people see I am clean and smart and I am friendly, so a lot of them smile at me and give me money
#TheStreetPeople : Show them a picture, they will make it
Wire Artists from Zimbabwe market their wares as one, but each is an individual
Using brooms to sweep up an income
Welcome Gama provides for his daughter, son and mother by cheerfully plying his wares on the streets of Parktown North.
#TheStreetPeople : Roses are a family's lifeline
Johannes Thungo supports nine people by selling fresh flowers in the street
#TheStreetPeople : The Knitting Lady at corner Jan Smuts and Conrad Drive
Michelle has a plan which includes travelling and teaching women to knit
#TheStreetPeople: The hunchback of Bompass Road
He doesn’t feel the slightest bit of unhappiness about his predicament. ‘I will never be cross. It’s the way God put me. ’
My new approach to street people: get to know them
I often tip them. Buy from them. Fist-pump them. Sometimes I ignore them. Once in a blue moon, I try and run them over. Now I've decided to learn something about them.
He left behind a life of crime and learnt to juggle
After a near homicidal incident with a street person, David Gemmell decided to get to know Snake, the juggler.