• HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • Annual Financial Statements
  • Magazine
  • VENDORS
    • Vendor Donations
    • Vendor Art
  • SOCIAL
  • GET INVOLVED
    • Advertise In The Big Issue
    • The #Big200 Campaign
  • CONTACT US
Michael Mangolwana
Michael Mangolwana
June 24, 2019
Master Nyethe
Master Nyethe
June 24, 2019
Published by Zarn at June 24, 2019
Categories
  • 243
  • Vendor
  • DateJune 24, 2019
PITCH: V&A Waterfront, by the Engen Garage

(-33.9035264, 18.42253690000007)

SHOOTING FROM THE HIP

What has been the best part about being back at your pitch?
I must say SnapScan. The robots change so quickly that you often miss sales, but not anymore.

What’s your best quality?
I think I’m a creative person. I like making new things.

What’s your worst quality?
I am often my own worst enemy. But I am trying to be less critical of myself. It all starts with me.

Mavis Ngwevushe

Mavis Ngwevushe isn’t new to The Big Issue. She first became a vendor in 2007, having been unemployed for a long time. She sold the magazine for two years and then left to work in a jewellery store, where she learnt to make and sell jewellery. She is a self-proclaimed go-getter and hopes to open her own handmade jewellery store one day. We got to know her a little better…

When I first joined The Big Issue in 2007, I wasn’t in a good place. Being unemployed for years had resulted in me having low self-confidence. I didn’t have high expectations when I joined, because I didn’t think I would be able to sell… but when

I sold a magazine, I felt good about myself. That feeling just increased as time went on.

After about two years, I went looking for work. I found a job in a jewellery store and loved it, but the store closed down when the owners decided to move overseas. I came back to The Big Issue for a while until I found a job in construction. I was a flag lady for a private construction company, but the contract was for four months only.

Now I am back and more confident than I was before. I know that I am able to do more, because I have done so much since being a part of The Big Issue. I have gained so much confidence in myself and my abilities.

Selling the magazine is easier for me now, because I can face people and because so many people know about the product. The only problem I am experiencing is that I don’t have a regular customer base, so sales are up and down. I am hoping that more people will visit my pitch after reading this.

I am a single mom and proud of the fact that I am able to support my three children. I know that my time at The Big Issue is only temporary because I have big dreams. I would like to own my very own jewellery store one day.

Share
99

Related posts

October 21, 2020

Sherman Permall


Read more
September 21, 2020

Zola Sawula


Read more
Nocwaka Mbeki
July 20, 2020

Nocwaka Mbeki


Read more

Latest issue:

  • 291
    Issue
    On sale
    now!

Featured News

  • 0
    Why tourism is key to job creation
    November 25, 2020
  • 0
    Food retail: realities, futures and fictions
    October 19, 2020

Recent News

  • 0
    Presenting Langa to the world
    November 25, 2020
  • 0
    Redirecting the flow of food
    October 19, 2020
  • 0
    It takes a village
    September 21, 2020
  • 0
    Where will our children go?
    August 19, 2020
  • 0
    The Kolisis’ mission to change lives
    July 20, 2020

Newsletter







© 2019 The Big Issue South Africa. All Rights Reserved.
Website by Spotkolours Design