White beggars in South Africa earn R50 to R500 a day

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Those guys begging at the robots are freakin annoying. I have much more respect for a guy doing a shitty job like garbage collection or watching cars or whatever than for a beggar. Why on earth would I give my hard earned money to a guy that does absolutely fokkol in contrast to tipping somebody who actually works for his food.

I agree with this. A lot of people beg simply because they actually make a lot of money that way.It's also a lot easier to beg than to go to work each day. Look at what it says again. These guys make up to R500 a day. That's way above the breadline. And all these blind beggars at robots being led around by their 'helpers?' Why doesn't the goddamned helped go find a job to support the blind friend. It's interesting to see if you scatter a few coins on the ground how quickly a miracle occurs and this 'blind' beggar can see again to run after the coins.

I'm sorry, but no. I don't have a lot of respect for beggars. There are a lot of things you can try to make money to sustain yourself with. Before a person can be helped he must first show that he is willing to help himself.

Ironically, I was talking to a beggar in Stellenbosch who has been in the same spot, begging day after day for four years now and I asked him why he doesn't go looking for a job. His response was that begging was easier. I was dumbfounded by the fact that he was so unashamed of what he was doing that he'd freely admit to it like that. Even more ironically, these beggars spend their days begging and then rob hapless students at night.

I have even less respect for people who enable this by actually giving beggars money. All you're doing is making the problem worse.