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Roadside Entrepreneurs do it for themselves

Roadside Entrepreneurs do it for themselves

Author: Isabelle Luker
Date: 2012-04-03
Standing in the blazing sun, day after day, one can find business partners John Mapupa and Mathias Maranga. They wait at the M4 underpass between upper and lower La Lucia, in Armstrong Avenue. Chain saws at the ready, they wait for people to engage their services. They wear bright orange overalls.

We've been doing this for four years, Explained John. We started simply, gained experience over the years and can now handle any tree. We can fell trees or trim them as necessary. We've even worked in Ballito, John added.

A long way from their birthplace in Zimbabwe, these enterprising men are making a life for themselves.