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as they talked about their lives as workers

Making a Life Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor annoying and sometimes embarrasingcharacters whoMaking a Life explores the dynamic everyday life making strategies of young men in Zandspruit, a sprawling informal settlement on the outskirts of Johannesburg. In many ways Zandspruit typifies the precariousness of life within South Africa, where two thirds of young people lack waged employment. However, rather than seeing Zandspruit as dumping ground, Hannah Dawson calls for an integrated understanding of the complex linkages between people's lives