Thrifty car guard turns coins into a cab to fulfil Uber dream
19 February 2020 - 06:00
By Jeff Wicks
Image: Nazley du Plooy Omar Ndayishimiye, a refugee who worked as a car guard in Cape Town, in the car he bought with all his tips. He now works as an Uber driver.
For five years Omar Ndayishimiye stood in the parking lot of a shopping centre, dutifully watching the cars that came and went.
Now, as an Uber driver, when he runs into old customers he tells them their coins got him where he is.
