“A mashonisa is a quick option when you need money urgently and they give you your money as cash. As long you give them what they want, they do not have a problem giving you money.Nomfundiso also blames the government for not creating jobs for young people. “Our government is not doing anything for us. We are sinking in debt from the mashonisas because we do not have proper jobs.”
Sindi said she arrived in East London five years ago from Cape Town. She had first lent money to a neighbour who had spent all his money in a shebeen and had no money for transport to work on a Monday. “I took the opportunity, I gave him R300 and I told him the interest was 30% a week,” she said. Asked why she was taking IDs and bank cards, she said it was for security. “When someone wants money from you, they beg and make all sort of promises - but when it is payback time, they run away. I got tired of running after people or begging for my money. I told them if you want money, then bring your ID and Sassa or bank card. Then you write down your PIN and tell me when you get paid,” she said.
...not because a loan shark had her ID but because she gave her ID to the loan shark.
She must pay the money and go vote now she is making her problem our problem
She can go n make a temporary Id, home affairs closes at 21:00 today, well, that’s if she really wanna vote, in fact u guys r supposed to help her get that temporary Id
We warned the electoral commission, half of South African IDs are being held na bomashonisa
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