An interview with a street cleaner

Vuyiseka Gotyana

This is an interview with Ntombizakhe Mkholo, a street cleaner in Grahamstown.

What is your job description?
I work as a street cleaner here in Grahamstown. We all have different places to work.

So what are the things that you deal with in your job?
I sweep the streets and pick up the papers.

What are the negative parts of your job?
We become sick and feel bad sometimes.

What could be the causes of you being sick?
It is because of the things we work with, for example condoms and used toilet paper. I think something could be done to prevent this.

What do you think that should be done?
People should be reported and charged for littering.

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