Wayne Jooste took the gap. As rubbish piles up on the streets with the Pikitup strike closing on its second week, Jooste has turned garbage man. With his bakkie he is collecting bins at R100 a go. It is not the first time he's done it. He began collecting rubbish bins during the earlier strike, about three months ago. And it's a lucrative business.He has collected about 200 bins in the northwestern suburbs of Johannesburg.He advertises on the "I love" community Facebook websites and tells his clients when he will be in their area. They then SMS their address to him."It's crazy. Sometimes I have to turn business away," he said.Jooste is not alone. Tom Larney, who usually uses his bakkie to cart rubble, charges R50 a bin and works the Linden, Northcliff and Sophiatown areas. Some of his customers even pay him to pick up other people's rubbish that has been dumped on the streets.Both Larney and Jooste have become part of the economy that subsidies notoriously deficient government services, such as healthcare and security.That citizens have to pay the private sector to provide services that they are also paying the government for worries both business and researchers.Desne Masie, of Wits University School of Governance, said businesses had been asking for tax relief for providing services that the government is defaulting on.There have been calls for tax deductions on alarm systems and security cameras. But they have not been successful."On the one side, subsiding the government is not a bad thing, if it provides employment and solutions, but it can undermine labour negotiations and service delivery."Moreover, many South Africans can't afford [to pay twice]," she explained.Alan Mukoki, CEO of the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry, warned that if the public sector failed so would the economy.Even when the Pikitup strike ends, Jooste believes, he will still have customers who are prepared to pay for good service...