Security for your car, but none for the guard
SA's vast and indispensable army of car guards survive purely on the mercy of motorists
02 October 2022 - 00:00
“You take it,” William Witbooi tells his estranged wife Maria, when a woman holds out R10 in a parking lot in Kalk Bay, Cape Town. His cloudy eyes are alert and gold-tipped teeth gleam when he smiles, which he does often on this sunny day when the tips flow...
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