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Namibia: Pothole profits: Windhoek street children earn cash – News

Namibia: Pothole profits: Windhoek street children earn cash – News

Africa Links 24 with Veripuami Kangumine
Published on 2025-04-03 18:00:00

The old adage says every situation is an opportunity.

While many are complaining about the potholes mushrooming across Windhoek, Ines van Wyk (16) from Havana says he is now earning N$20 a day filling the same potholes.

This has become his source of income.

Van Vyk and his friends use whatever they can – buckets and damaged green municipal bins – to carry gravel from the side of the road.

The scrape of gravel against metal can be heard down the street as the group hurries to…

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