Sunday 15 March 2015

How the Self-Employed plumber Cape Town Overcome poverty: He shares his experiences

How the Self-Employed plumber Cape Town overcome poverty: He shares his experiences and motivations. In 2005, Zivanai Manatsa immigrated to South Africa (Cape Town) to escape Zimbabwe’s crippling economic crisis.

Over the next five years, Manatsa was forced to accept a string of menial and short-term plumbing jobs despite being a highly qualified and experienced artisan. The frustration of failing to get a permanent and well-paying formal job and the attendant risk of sinking deeper into a life of poverty eventually forced Manatsa to set-up his own informal domestic plumbing business in 2010. Through this personal testimony, Manatsa shares his experiences and motivations of setting up a plumbing business as well as his experiences as a self-employed migrant.

Read more: http://www.dream-it-plan-it-do-it.com/plumber-cape-town/

 

 

 

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