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PHOTO ESSAY
Exploring the resourceful spirit of Atteridgeville’s ingenious street vendors
High levels of unemployment push many, especially youth, into entrepreneurship. Creativity and resilience fuel unique businesses like kasi cuisine pop-ups, local fashion brands, and digital services, and retail and services hubs. Townships have thriving local markets where goods and services are exchanged daily. Township residents often prefer buying locally, creating a circular local economy.
A barber gives a customer a shave at a makeshift shop in Buhle Park in Johannesburg. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)