Review of My Cape Town

Sunday, September 20, 2026

STREET LIT BOOKS

The Denis Hurley Centre is a proactive NGO based in Durban which cares for the city’s poor and marginalised. One of their flagship entrepreneurship projects is Street Lit which helps a team of homeless and formerly homeless rehabilitated men and women earn a basic income from selling good second-hand donated books at venues around town.

 

You will find the book vendors:

Kagiso Phihlela at events;

China Shabalala – City View;

Comfort Ngubane - Glenwood Village Centre;

Alvin Dube / China Shabalala - La Lucia Mall;

Qhawe Mbatha – Bridge City;

Sbusiso Mnguni - Ballito Life and Style, by the gallery;

Donel Tanbeni at the KZNSA Gallery;

David Sithole – outside municipal satellite container library alongside Workshop;

Bulelo Sigabi – Davenport Square,

Lindani Mvuyana – by the butchery in Umlazi;

Eric Badise / Lindo Ntuli– Durban Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre;

Richard Nzima & Khanyisile Cele – Pick n Pay Hyper by the Sea;

Vusi Meyiwa – Bluff Towers;

Xolani Gamede – Umlazi Mega City;

Anele Nyembezi around the taxi ranks.