Johannesburg’s informal waste pickers have been fighting a battle to be recognised as formal labourers for a few years now. Luyanda Hlatshwayo, is one of an estimated 6,000 informal waste-pickers in Johannesburg who live off other people’s garbage in what the World Bank calls the most unequal country on earth. The 35-year-old university dropout often makes the 9-kilometre trip on an empty stomach and pulls about 200-250kg of weight a day.
- Year2022
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Zulu
- CountrySouth Africa
- DirectorSifiso Khanyile
- ScreenwriterSifiso Khanyile
- ProducerSifiso Khanyile
Johannesburg’s informal waste pickers have been fighting a battle to be recognised as formal labourers for a few years now. Luyanda Hlatshwayo, is one of an estimated 6,000 informal waste-pickers in Johannesburg who live off other people’s garbage in what the World Bank calls the most unequal country on earth. The 35-year-old university dropout often makes the 9-kilometre trip on an empty stomach and pulls about 200-250kg of weight a day.
- Year2022
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Zulu
- CountrySouth Africa
- DirectorSifiso Khanyile
- ScreenwriterSifiso Khanyile
- ProducerSifiso Khanyile