A group of people have found a home in between the graves at Stellawood Cemetery in Umbilo, Durban. One of them is Vaughan Durno, 39, who left home in Umkomaas in pursuit of a better life.
Some people find themselves in bizarre situations in trying to address their needs as outlined by Maslow in his hierarchy of needs.
“In the morning when I wake up, I go and beg for food outside a shopping centre in Umbilo”, Durno added. A group of street traders have been making a profit since the dawn of democracy along the fence of West Street Cemetery in Durban's city centre. The 37-year-old said she used to work in one of the large supply chain stores in Durban but her husband would use her salary to buy Mandrax.
Goodman Mhlongo warms himself by a fire as he prepares to sleep in a bus shelter on Botanic Gardens Road in Durban.A group of street traders line up along the fence of a graveyard on West Street, Durban, to sell their wares.“They probably dropped something into my drink. When I woke up there I asked, 'what is happening here' and they said, 'you will soon know' and that’s all I can remember,” said Steenkamp. “The last time I tried to end my life I ended up in hospital.
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