{"id":1004979,"date":"2022-02-26T18:13:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T18:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/26\/gqeberha-barber-buys-2-cars-pays-lobola-with-the-money-he-makes-cutting-hair\/"},"modified":"2022-02-26T18:13:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T18:13:39","slug":"gqeberha-barber-buys-2-cars-pays-lobola-with-the-money-he-makes-cutting-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/26\/gqeberha-barber-buys-2-cars-pays-lobola-with-the-money-he-makes-cutting-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"Gqeberha barber buys 2 cars, pays lobola with the money he makes cutting hair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There is a South African adage which professes that a job is a job.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yandisa Sihlobo from Gqeberha has made something with his life thanks to his profession of being a barber.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He started cutting hair when he was just 14.<\/p>\n

Coming from a difficult background, Sihlobo said his grandmother, Nosipho, who was his primary caregiver as a child, had asked him to find a means of supporting himself.<\/p>\n

He initially worked as a phone technician after school and at weekends in Lusikisiki, earning R150 a week. He later learnt how to cut hair.<\/p>\n

Looking for greener pastures, he relocated to Gqeberha to cut hair in a salon, where he earned R3,500 a month, but after his salary was cut by R1,000, he worked as a taxi driver and returned to being a barber in 2018.<\/p>\n

He now earns between R10,000 and R11,000 a month, owns two cars, has paid lobola and is happily married. \u201cI believe this is my destiny. \u201cMy wife stopped me from committing suicide in 2020 \u2014 she found me with a rope [around] my neck ready to hang myself due to the [financial] effects of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could not provide for my family. I could not work, because of the lockdown. I was troubled by the fact that I had gone through so many hardships from a young age.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time I tried to make something of myself, something would go wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my way of helping other less fortunate children.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are not a lot of role models in the location.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in \u2018blessed is the hand that gives than the hand that receives\u2019 and this is also my tithe to my God,\u201d Sihlalo said.<\/p>\n

Mosaic Community Development founder Estelle Kirstein, who also works in Walmer Township, said she had been shocked when she heard Sihlalo had offered to cut the children\u2019s hair for nothing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he has a small fan club in me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe change from the children was beautiful \u2014 their postures after they got their haircuts changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.pressreader.com\/south-africa\/weekend-post-south-africa\/20220226\/281599538947358<\/p>\n

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