#PODCAST A Long Walk to Democracy: Durban vagrant discusses his daily struggle and shares his riches to rags story #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel - While many South Africans have jobs to attend to in order to make ends meet and sustain their families, there are others who have no choice but to beg for their daily bread. Thirty years into democracy, on an average day across the country motorists pass by multiple beggars at several busy intersections. One of which is the intersection between Ruth First Highway and Argyle Road in the Durban CBD. Spotted from the early parts of the morning at the intersection begging is Mark Gill*. Gill has been begging at the location since 2016. Newsbreak's Shanell Daniel walked through the busy intersection with Gill as he begged for a pittance...  *AI generated image and name used to protect individual's privacy