Vendor Of The Month
Big Issue|Issue 249

Goodman Masangwane is a kind, soft-spoken man whose thoughts never truly stray from the family for which he’s willingly made sacrifices.

Leroy Glam
Vendor Of The Month

“I’m from Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. I grew up with my father, mother and four sisters – I’m the youngest. My sisters treated me badly. They used to hit me (laughs). I’m close to my sisters, though. Two are married, but one passed away.

It was not easy growing up. My parents did not have jobs – even my father was not working. My mother made money for us selling fruit and veg. She also sold clothes she made.

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