'It would feel good to help': Car guard finds diamond ring, seeks owner

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'On a really good day I make about R30-R70, and when it is really bad I go home with R4-R10...'

Born and bred in Cape Town, Marais said he moved to KwaZulu-Natal where he was employed as a truck driver who travelled around the country. Due to retrenchments, he was forced to work as a car guard in the 1990s. Moving to Mpumalanga, he trained as a security guard and was lucky to secure employment.

After the blows of losing his security job and his leg, he suffered again when his wife passed away in 2012. While he had some prior experience in the job, he said it was different now that he was wheelchair bound and he encountered a number of challenges on a daily basis.

 

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Amadlozi amuphe that diamond ring, if he gives it back, he will die poor.

I suppose you could show this face then?

There are still honourable people out there. They don’t need to be in parliament & be lied to by being called so

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