Sipho fixes shoes on the same street corner his father worked for twenty years.🩰🩰
His workshop is a plank of wood, a hammer, and a milk crate to sit on — but by 7am there's usually already a small queue.
He charges R20 to resole a shoe that would cost R400 to replace. On a good day, he'll see fifteen customers.
On a slow day, three. "People think because we're in the township, we're waiting for handouts," he told our field team.
"We're not waiting. We're working. We just need the roads that lead somewhere."
Sipho's story isn't about hardship alone — it's about the quiet, steady dignity of people building something with their hands, every single day.
Follow along this month as we profile more local entrepreneurs like Sipho who are building livelihoods on their own terms.
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