African Insider | 23.01.2026 21:00
On the side of a busy street in Khayelitsha, Simon (not his real name) runs an unexpectedly criminal enterprise: a black-market barbershop. He does not launder money, nor sell drugs. But he works from a shipping container on public land and without an informal trading licence, a clear violation of municipal by-laws. Though no one has been jailed for this offence, Simon strangely still risks imprisonment.
