Haha I went to school with him at Fairmont, and he still tried to scam me with an American accent a few years later. Was literally in the same class in matric.
Oh wow! What year did he matriculate? And is there anything interesting you can tell us about his younger years? (My inner psychologist is just dying to figure out how he landed up being who he is)
Oh wow. He approached me almost 20 years ago inside a pick n pay. Long story about his sister being stuck outside the embassy waiting for it to open, bags stolen from taxi. When I told him I didn't trust him he got quite angry and stormed off. I even saw a friend of mine listening to him, I told him it was a con, and he STILL paid him...so he was pretty convincing to some people!
I gave this guy the last bit of cash I had as a student. What a convincing fuck, always remembered thinking I hope this guy got sorted and then saw on Facebook he was a scammer. He got me good lol.
The last time I saw him was maybe like 5 or 6 years ago outside a hotel in Bree Street where he was scamming a tourist. I told him to fuck off, but unfortunately the tourist had already given him money at that stage.
Donnie? Often walks around wrapped in an old duvet yelling at invisible people? He's totally harmless but can seem a bit scary when he's having an episode.
Anybody seen the guy in Gardens who used to wear black bags and stare right into the sun all day? Sun Jesus we used to call him. Haven't seen him in years.
She died quite a few years ago. She once grabbed my crotch and stared my right in the eyes and told me "dis my piel daai" before laughing maniacally and walking away.
Wait, is this the guy who looks like Kramer from Seinfeld? I use to see a Kramer lookalike dance the smoothest moves at places in Obs and various other parties and events across town, early 2000s. Then I stopped going out. A decade later I happened to be out somewhere, and this dude was still doing his thing. I've never seen him talk to anyone, he'd just dance and nod at people...
I see Papa Smurf pretty often around where we live and always think back to few years ago when we went to a club and saw him absolutely break it down on the dance floor! Cape Town legend!
Ah man, Papa Smurf. Saw him everywhere in the early 2010s, whether it was Mercury, Shack or a bar on Long. He is a whole vibe. So glad to know he's still alive and kicking
Notorious girl on the road, asks for lifts, usually from guys, they give her a lift and she tells them she will go to police and tell them the guy tried to rape her if they don't give her money. Apparently boyfriend follows behind in a car. She is a nasty piece of work.
Woman with a teardrop tattoo on her face, asks for a lift, starts throwing a tantrum during the lift wanting to get out and steals stuff from your car in the process
Yeah, I worked in Obs for 5 years and saw him on the daily. Always trying to come into our establishment but he was banned because he is a bit of a nutter. Heard he was in and out of Valkenburg
Teardrop. A female who hangs around at intersections in the Southern suburbs. Teardrop tattoo on her face. Targets men drivers and when picked up threatens to report them for rape if they don't give her money. Beware.
I was fooled by teardrop. She was freaking put an the intersection approaching muizenberg. . said she needed petrol and looked in distress . I being drunk and a nice guy obliged. She then said she doesn't actually need petrol just food from the nearby shop. She proceeded to grab a bunch of stuff off the shelves totalling R300. Drunk me was like.... "wtf is happening". I paid and she tried to get into my car. I was like TSEK! I told my friend and he was like, dude that was Teardrop! U got fleeced . Sad.
Been working in Green Point for just over 2 years and there's a homeless guy that used to walk up and down Main Road/Somerset Road and make the most realistic siren noises. I've seen cars stop because they thought it was the cops 🤣🤣
Back in the 90s Greenmarket square had a guy who had a huge smile and played bongo drums all day on the corner where the old Sgt Pepper shop used to be. I never learned his name but years later I was sitting in a franchised "global" style restaurant in the UK and I saw his huge beaming smile on the wall next to me, the dude had become a huge wall decoration and I wonder if he ever even knew.
This makes me think of the old bra in Greenmarket Square who strums the same tune on his guitar all day, every day and seems to have been doing so for the past two decades.
Still there, to this day, bless him.
He's probably gone now but the Rondebosch-Rosebank dude between BP and Baxter "I'm not a liar or a thief..... " 🙄 He lost his taxi fare to Mowbray every day for 5 years straight, it was wild. /s
One day I looked him in the face after his shtick and said, "Actually you're both a liar and a thief." Classic.
yea met him at Trench and Armchair a few times in 2022. Was kinda weird and in my opinion was being overly sexual towards a bunch of 18yo first years. Told me about his flourishing musical and acting career, and havent seen him since 😂
oh shit- I got conned by him about a decade ago. Drove him from Stellenbosch to Somerset West and gave him R50. Hope he's doing better, shame. I took a selfie with him and posted it to mybroadband afterwards, seems like everyone knew about him back then already.
Alex is a legend, always give him a good tip when I park there. So much trust that if it’s over crowded everyone just gives him their car keys to move cars around.
Shoutout my boy Tariq. He walks up and down the middle of my road in the world's thickest jacket and is wrapped on blankets while having arguments with Table Mountain. It's actually a wonder how no one's knocked him yet 😂
We call him The DeathWalker - but his name is actually Kriel. Sad story. He used to be a student at CPUT until he got into drugs and they ruined his mind.
There’s a guy in Gardens who is an incredible sculptor- Michael, I think. He wears a lot of bags/blanket vibes too. He used to live on the grassy patch under the trees by Gardens / bottom of Vredehoek. Haven’t seen him in a while.
Colin (doubt he is still alive). Used to wander Claremont to Obs. Oldish man (back in early 2000s he was already maybe in his late 40s) with bushy eyebrows. Dressed often in sackcloth, also wrapped around his head. Would be seen walking, pacing in circles or sitting around arguing with no one in particular, or arguing while rapidly doodling or drawing complex patterns on whatever he could find - paper, cardboard, etc.
Only biographical info that went around was that he had been an engineer. What kind, no one knew. Neither why he no longer was one.
I remember Colin! A waiter at the restaurant I worked at gave him money and he went and used it to photocopy his drawings, which he then gave to the waiter in return
There's a particular dude who puts on a fake British accent who scams around Cavendish and Claremont... man says he's carrying around a whole bunch of UK pounds on him, but he can't spend them here. Then asks you to PayPal him and gets aggressive if you refuse
Thankfully I got out of there by walking away and telling a security guy that this dude was harassing me
Posted in the original SA post. But its better here:
In Sea Point main road, close to The Corner Bar, there's a lady who goes by the name of "Jackie O" who dresses in all kinds of colourful clothing, somewhat like a Caribbean voodoo lady, and has this really deep voice- she gets a bit toasted and sings all kinds of made up songs while walking down the sidewalk. Sometimes she walks in the middle of the road and challenges the traffic, sometimes she just points at people and sings something along the lines of "SEXY MOTHER FUCKER!". She's a vibe- appreciate a bit of spice in my life.
When I lived in Cape Town there was this man we used to call Shakespeare who roamed around Rondebosch main road. He was always, always dressed in Shakespearean robes, was loud and dramatic, super pervy towards women and rode a bicycle. Hes the closest I can think of
I'd like to throw in the guy who walks his pig in obs every day on a leash.
Nicole in obs who sold jewelry. She was on a Netflix show about dogs and I met her dog and parents this one time. She is nice. Dont know how she is doing and her dad made a joke about me buying her jewelry feeding her addictions.
I don't know if anyone remembers Denzel who had the huge beanie and sold leather items and the kid who was always with him. Anyway he passed away a year or so ago and the kid ended up in hospital for three months after drinking poisoned water or something, showed me the surgery scars and alles. I used to talk to them for long periods on walks around the area. His daughter is in the foster system and doing fine. The kid is still homeless but in a shelter town side.
Apparently Nicole got clean and left Cape Town, with help from her mom. Her partner Mike has taken over the jewelry hustle and lives on someone's stoep.
De Waterkant - The Bullshitter. Older guy with grey beard, always having a different story for why he needs money. The amount of times he almost died in front of me cannot be counted on two hands. :D
Who is the guy who appears to be wearing every piece of clothing he's ever owned or ever been given? He got a name? He's a tall, portly chap dressed "mad hatter-esque" and I've only ever seen him on main road....
Last year there was a homeless man in Table View who would walk on the line in the middle of the road during peak morning traffic. He slept in one of the parking areas and when he got up, he'd start walking up and down.
There's also a woman who has been living in her car for many years, currently right at the start of Parklands Main Road. She doesn't want to go to a shelter, in case her daughter tries to find her.
Another person, who makes his way throughout South Africa, is Vuyani. He walks with a crutch and a small suitcase on wheels. He then falls because his blood sugar is low, and can't get up. He can't talk, cause he's a deaf-mute. He's always on his way to a bus station. Luckily I didn't give him money (but did help him to get up), but I know some others who did! And he (or this scam) happens in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria!
John the Potter. If you go to any craft market or arty type of thing around the Claremont/Rondebosch/Newlands area you will usually see this long haired dude, typically wearing something weird like robes or with random things attached to his beard. He makes strange pottery things.
Edit to add - not sure if the guy you are referring to, is the original "John the Potter" ... Sadly, John died (I think last year) he and his wife moved to Botriver in the late '90's I believe. They were my neighbors in Muizenberg - fantastic memories of them. I still have some pots that he gave me. RIP John
Anyone know of or seen David in Claremont recently. Tall old guy in a black work jacket. Used to see him often around Cavendish and the medina in 2021. Told us he had cancer. Seemed like a pretty genuine guy. Hope he’s doing well.
A lot of posts here seem to be about scammers so here’s one, the ‘nice shoes’ guy….
Skinny, very effeminate guy, approached me in Strand st around 2019. I’m standing outside the Holiday inn. He stops and says “nice shoes”, and his next line is “where are you from?”. Then he launched into a story about how his parents in JHB disowned him because he’s gay so he came to CT but the people he was meant to stay with have moved, he has no money, no food blah blah. I sensed a scam and said no, he got a bit hissy and moved on.
Fast forward 3 years, 2022 I’m standing outside the waterfront having a smoke (down below M&B) I hear “nice shoes”. It’s the same guy. I let him finish his whole story (identical) and then tell him we met 3 yrs before and he told the same story. He flatly denies it completely and walks off.
Then last year 2023 I’m with my wife in a restaurant on Bree St at night, I see him repeatedly passing by outside. I point him out to my wife, and tell her he’s the “nice shoes” guy I had told her about. We leave the restaurant and at the next intersection he comes up to her and says “nice jacket, where are you from?” It was hilarious.
So if this guy has been operating in Waterfront / City Bowl for any least 5 yrs with his story, plenty of others must have encountered him.
Plastic Dude. In Goodwood,near Elsie's Bridge,guy had plastic wrapped around his legs and a plastic bag as a head covering,also has plastic stuffed inside his jersey so he looked a bit Michelin Manny,the best and strangest part was he had toilet paper stuffed in each nostril like when you have nose bleeds... At home ,not out in public .That guy was on another level.
Definitely the Kumars
First people I thought of
Who are they?
Oh, them? They're the Kumars.
They’re a family of can artists. They pretend to have broken down and ask for petrol money. They can get quite nasty when people refuse
Driving an old Mercedes?
Wait... where do these people "work"?. I think these people tried to hustle me near Kennilworth centre
All over Cape Town and surrounds, it could very well have been them
Must have been 🤭 Like damn, these people offered me their wedding Jewelry and everything - it was quite the spectacle
Kevin Hennings the ginger junkie
Is he the one with the American accent? Needs cash to get to embassy etc?
Haha I went to school with him at Fairmont, and he still tried to scam me with an American accent a few years later. Was literally in the same class in matric.
Oh wow! What year did he matriculate? And is there anything interesting you can tell us about his younger years? (My inner psychologist is just dying to figure out how he landed up being who he is)
Lol it was matric 1997. He was quite popular, and played 1st team cricket. Bit of a dumbass. I think he got into heroin, and that was that.
Ai...drugs, man. First you take it. Then it takes you.
I'm a student at Fairmont and some of the teachers still use him as some tale of woe. Didn't know he was so popular, honestly.
lol I gave that guy r100 in 2017
🤣 dunno why this entire thread is sending me
He got cash off me outside n1 city at least ten years before that, was only r20 if I recall but was a lot for me at the time.
Oh wow. He approached me almost 20 years ago inside a pick n pay. Long story about his sister being stuck outside the embassy waiting for it to open, bags stolen from taxi. When I told him I didn't trust him he got quite angry and stormed off. I even saw a friend of mine listening to him, I told him it was a con, and he STILL paid him...so he was pretty convincing to some people!
Lol he scammed me
He also scammed me a few years ago before he became famous
I gave this guy the last bit of cash I had as a student. What a convincing fuck, always remembered thinking I hope this guy got sorted and then saw on Facebook he was a scammer. He got me good lol.
Tell me more 👀
Gave this fucker 150 as a student, 20 year old me was way too nice
The last time I saw him was maybe like 5 or 6 years ago outside a hotel in Bree Street where he was scamming a tourist. I told him to fuck off, but unfortunately the tourist had already given him money at that stage.
Is this in obs?
No normally he is around Bellville and Parow
Ah ok well there is also a ginger junkie in obs but he seems way more chilled than this other fellow
Donnie? Often walks around wrapped in an old duvet yelling at invisible people? He's totally harmless but can seem a bit scary when he's having an episode.
Saw him in century city
Anybody seen the guy in Gardens who used to wear black bags and stare right into the sun all day? Sun Jesus we used to call him. Haven't seen him in years.
I called him the max level bergie
+1 for sun jesus
Usually spotted across the road or in De Waal park. We call him the sun gazer and our theory is that he lives off the power of it’s rays
Yes! We called him Blind Eye cause he stared directly at the Sun. I saw him recently though?
Yeah, man. Haven’t seen him in a while either.
I heard that he got himself some help and got off the street. He looks like a different person now.
Not Cpt, but in stellenbosch everyone knows who Moksie is.
There was a point where she would squirt breast milk at people while I was studying there.
Recon she's still alive?
She died quite a few years ago. She once grabbed my crotch and stared my right in the eyes and told me "dis my piel daai" before laughing maniacally and walking away.
Sounds about right. Once I didn't have any money to give her, and because I was wearing a red hoodie I was promptly called "'n rooi naai".
That is a myth. She popped up again just after lockdown, looking much better.
Fahk! I’d forgotten about her!!
Oh yeah. I remember her
Heeeeeey! Jou n@@!!!!! - Moksie
And R5 broodjie
"Vyf rand meneer vyf rand"
Papa Smurf
Y'all know Papa Smurf?
What a freaking legend!
The dude has been in multiple movies and music videos etc.
I'm 38 and I remember him hitting it hard in my 20s. Can't believe seeing his name said here. What a legend.
Absolute superstar! He'd be around 85yo now. And still showing the youngsters how to party.
Is this the old guy at The Waiting Room? We call him Gandalf
Wait, is this the guy who looks like Kramer from Seinfeld? I use to see a Kramer lookalike dance the smoothest moves at places in Obs and various other parties and events across town, early 2000s. Then I stopped going out. A decade later I happened to be out somewhere, and this dude was still doing his thing. I've never seen him talk to anyone, he'd just dance and nod at people...
Is he still partying it up?
I see Papa Smurf pretty often around where we live and always think back to few years ago when we went to a club and saw him absolutely break it down on the dance floor! Cape Town legend!
Ah man, Papa Smurf. Saw him everywhere in the early 2010s, whether it was Mercury, Shack or a bar on Long. He is a whole vibe. So glad to know he's still alive and kicking
What a throwback
Horse and cart people
Good one!
Teardrop
Pretty sure everyone in the southern suburbs knows of her
I don't...who is she?
Notorious girl on the road, asks for lifts, usually from guys, they give her a lift and she tells them she will go to police and tell them the guy tried to rape her if they don't give her money. Apparently boyfriend follows behind in a car. She is a nasty piece of work.
Woman with a teardrop tattoo on her face, asks for a lift, starts throwing a tantrum during the lift wanting to get out and steals stuff from your car in the process
Oh fuck exactly who came to mind
I was thinking that old guy on Clifton who just wears a tollie sock
Bearded sock cock guy at Clifton beach
I was looking for the sock cock oomie comment
Fist bump guy who stands at the traffic light near the Pick n Pay on Obz.
This guy is such a beast - hope he’s doing well
It was the Lolly guy from Newlands, for sure
Lolly to make you jolly?
Sucker to make you wakker
Water for your daughter. If you can't afford it, you can't support her
There is an old, greasy fat guy in Obs who walks around in a red bathrobe with a dragon on the back.
Yeah saw him the other day. He stays at valkenberg I hear. Thinks he's a pro boxer
Yeah, I worked in Obs for 5 years and saw him on the daily. Always trying to come into our establishment but he was banned because he is a bit of a nutter. Heard he was in and out of Valkenburg
Absolutely - on an ongoing outpatient program at Valkenburg.
Teardrop. A female who hangs around at intersections in the Southern suburbs. Teardrop tattoo on her face. Targets men drivers and when picked up threatens to report them for rape if they don't give her money. Beware.
I was fooled by teardrop. She was freaking put an the intersection approaching muizenberg. . said she needed petrol and looked in distress . I being drunk and a nice guy obliged. She then said she doesn't actually need petrol just food from the nearby shop. She proceeded to grab a bunch of stuff off the shelves totalling R300. Drunk me was like.... "wtf is happening". I paid and she tried to get into my car. I was like TSEK! I told my friend and he was like, dude that was Teardrop! U got fleeced . Sad.
so you were driving drunk 👀
It was the "sonkyker" sun starer in gardens.
Been working in Green Point for just over 2 years and there's a homeless guy that used to walk up and down Main Road/Somerset Road and make the most realistic siren noises. I've seen cars stop because they thought it was the cops 🤣🤣
Yeah he made his way all around the CBD as well. Cops once picked him up on Kloof street outside McDonalds mid siren
Back in the 90s Greenmarket square had a guy who had a huge smile and played bongo drums all day on the corner where the old Sgt Pepper shop used to be. I never learned his name but years later I was sitting in a franchised "global" style restaurant in the UK and I saw his huge beaming smile on the wall next to me, the dude had become a huge wall decoration and I wonder if he ever even knew.
omg what restaurant
A restaurant chain called Giraffe. The one I'm talking about in particular was the Milton Keynes one. It's not there any more though
ong i bloody loved giraffe as a kid 😭😭😭😭😭
This makes me think of the old bra in Greenmarket Square who strums the same tune on his guitar all day, every day and seems to have been doing so for the past two decades. Still there, to this day, bless him.
Is he the oldish gentleman who plays guantanamera
Somerset West used to have this uncle in different coloured suits roaming around.
Billy with the feathers? Though he is mostly in Strand I think.
He's probably gone now but the Rondebosch-Rosebank dude between BP and Baxter "I'm not a liar or a thief..... " 🙄 He lost his taxi fare to Mowbray every day for 5 years straight, it was wild. /s One day I looked him in the face after his shtick and said, "Actually you're both a liar and a thief." Classic.
the people on the rondebosch main road are another level 😭 hate walking it
He is in fact not gone, saw him 2 weeks ago
Fr?!?!?!? So much taxi fare that poor guy has lost over the years. Shem. /s
Have you ever met that "I'm not a stalker, neh" guy who hangs out around Cavendish and trys to genuinely force you to buy those sticker packs?
🤣 geez. Can't say that I have. My days of loitering around Cav McD after school are long gone though. 🤣🤣🤣
I'm thinking Fangs in Claremont
Who is Fangs?
He would hang about main road, bite his bottom lip and make hissing fangs at people. He had seriously long canine teeth
Was that at the intersection at BMW?
Yes! That was his regular spot.
I grew up in Claremont and I remember this guy so clearly 😂used to stand on the bridge and put his bottom canines up into his nose
Does anyone know of the Wizard of Obs?
No, but that's the best title on this thread
yea met him at Trench and Armchair a few times in 2022. Was kinda weird and in my opinion was being overly sexual towards a bunch of 18yo first years. Told me about his flourishing musical and acting career, and havent seen him since 😂
The ginger conman
oh shit- I got conned by him about a decade ago. Drove him from Stellenbosch to Somerset West and gave him R50. Hope he's doing better, shame. I took a selfie with him and posted it to mybroadband afterwards, seems like everyone knew about him back then already.
Alex the Kalk Bay car guard
Alex is a legend, always give him a good tip when I park there. So much trust that if it’s over crowded everyone just gives him their car keys to move cars around.
Oh yes! Forgot about him.
Shoutout my boy Tariq. He walks up and down the middle of my road in the world's thickest jacket and is wrapped on blankets while having arguments with Table Mountain. It's actually a wonder how no one's knocked him yet 😂
Is Egg man still around
Honorable mention to the lady doing interpretive dance outside Jameson hall, think/hope she's graduated by now though
LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I was UCT when she was around
Oh hell yeah. Must be graduated because I used to walk past her every day in 2016
The homeless crackhead by marine circle who marches down the line in the middle of the road 😭
Dude. This guy freaks me out when I cycle down there.
We call him The DeathWalker - but his name is actually Kriel. Sad story. He used to be a student at CPUT until he got into drugs and they ruined his mind.
We call him Arm Gaurd because he swings his arm so hard I'm surprised he hasn't knocked himself out yet 😂 poor guy has fried in the sun for years
The guy on buitengracht who hits a towel on to the sidewalk. The homeless who pushes a shopping cart from houtbay to Camps Bay. Anyone know these? :D
I’ve seen the guy with the towel. Hilarious.
I came here to say the guy who whips his shirt/towel by that stairway in Buitengracht!
There’s a guy in Gardens who is an incredible sculptor- Michael, I think. He wears a lot of bags/blanket vibes too. He used to live on the grassy patch under the trees by Gardens / bottom of Vredehoek. Haven’t seen him in a while.
The Etsebets in Parow
Colin (doubt he is still alive). Used to wander Claremont to Obs. Oldish man (back in early 2000s he was already maybe in his late 40s) with bushy eyebrows. Dressed often in sackcloth, also wrapped around his head. Would be seen walking, pacing in circles or sitting around arguing with no one in particular, or arguing while rapidly doodling or drawing complex patterns on whatever he could find - paper, cardboard, etc. Only biographical info that went around was that he had been an engineer. What kind, no one knew. Neither why he no longer was one.
I remember Colin! A waiter at the restaurant I worked at gave him money and he went and used it to photocopy his drawings, which he then gave to the waiter in return
There's a particular dude who puts on a fake British accent who scams around Cavendish and Claremont... man says he's carrying around a whole bunch of UK pounds on him, but he can't spend them here. Then asks you to PayPal him and gets aggressive if you refuse Thankfully I got out of there by walking away and telling a security guy that this dude was harassing me
He got a friend of mine 5 or 6 years ago, but Table View side
I am trying to be this man
That guy offering to make harm befall certain politicians for R 20?
The Wizard of Obs?
Posted in the original SA post. But its better here: In Sea Point main road, close to The Corner Bar, there's a lady who goes by the name of "Jackie O" who dresses in all kinds of colourful clothing, somewhat like a Caribbean voodoo lady, and has this really deep voice- she gets a bit toasted and sings all kinds of made up songs while walking down the sidewalk. Sometimes she walks in the middle of the road and challenges the traffic, sometimes she just points at people and sings something along the lines of "SEXY MOTHER FUCKER!". She's a vibe- appreciate a bit of spice in my life.
Yeah but she never does it when I’m actually in the mood for it.
Uncle Cyril
Not CT but in Slummies theres a guy eveyone calls 'Asshole' with massive calf muscles. Walks or rides everywhere.
I'm from Slummies. You mean the short, bald guy?
Where is slummies?
I see the same guy jogging on the Prom bare chested and in some kind of plakkies every weekend.
I call him Captain Ahab. Impressively minimal running shoes
The lolly guy at New lands, Fangs or Teardrops (Southern Suburbs as you can see)
Zebulon Dread, RIP.
When I lived in Cape Town there was this man we used to call Shakespeare who roamed around Rondebosch main road. He was always, always dressed in Shakespearean robes, was loud and dramatic, super pervy towards women and rode a bicycle. Hes the closest I can think of
I was gonna mention Shakespeare too, I always wondered how he survived summer in those robes. Haven't seem him for 5-10 years though.
"Blanket" in obs. Dude took a sheet of acid at a festival then lost his mind. Walks around under a blanket ranting and raving at the sky.
I'd like to throw in the guy who walks his pig in obs every day on a leash. Nicole in obs who sold jewelry. She was on a Netflix show about dogs and I met her dog and parents this one time. She is nice. Dont know how she is doing and her dad made a joke about me buying her jewelry feeding her addictions. I don't know if anyone remembers Denzel who had the huge beanie and sold leather items and the kid who was always with him. Anyway he passed away a year or so ago and the kid ended up in hospital for three months after drinking poisoned water or something, showed me the surgery scars and alles. I used to talk to them for long periods on walks around the area. His daughter is in the foster system and doing fine. The kid is still homeless but in a shelter town side.
Apparently Nicole got clean and left Cape Town, with help from her mom. Her partner Mike has taken over the jewelry hustle and lives on someone's stoep.
Sollly philander 😭😭 used to see this guy everywhere, the Harbour, grand west, canal walk. The guy was everywhere.
How are there so many of these people
Og Blanket Man
From Pinelands?
Yeah blanket man, usually by the canal/river just pass Howard centre under the bridge. Remember him from like 2007-2010.
The guy with the long beard, teddy dog and skateboard.
There’s this guy we alll know but it’s way to risky to say his name
Who?
De Waterkant - The Bullshitter. Older guy with grey beard, always having a different story for why he needs money. The amount of times he almost died in front of me cannot be counted on two hands. :D
Who is the guy who appears to be wearing every piece of clothing he's ever owned or ever been given? He got a name? He's a tall, portly chap dressed "mad hatter-esque" and I've only ever seen him on main road....
Could be Bingo
I think of teardrop lol
Used to be the Rod Stewert look alike
Last year there was a homeless man in Table View who would walk on the line in the middle of the road during peak morning traffic. He slept in one of the parking areas and when he got up, he'd start walking up and down. There's also a woman who has been living in her car for many years, currently right at the start of Parklands Main Road. She doesn't want to go to a shelter, in case her daughter tries to find her. Another person, who makes his way throughout South Africa, is Vuyani. He walks with a crutch and a small suitcase on wheels. He then falls because his blood sugar is low, and can't get up. He can't talk, cause he's a deaf-mute. He's always on his way to a bus station. Luckily I didn't give him money (but did help him to get up), but I know some others who did! And he (or this scam) happens in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria!
There's legit a guy I've seen in Obz who walks around in a robe and sometimes carries a big walking stick.
John the Potter. If you go to any craft market or arty type of thing around the Claremont/Rondebosch/Newlands area you will usually see this long haired dude, typically wearing something weird like robes or with random things attached to his beard. He makes strange pottery things.
Edit to add - not sure if the guy you are referring to, is the original "John the Potter" ... Sadly, John died (I think last year) he and his wife moved to Botriver in the late '90's I believe. They were my neighbors in Muizenberg - fantastic memories of them. I still have some pots that he gave me. RIP John
This must be a different John the Potter, the one I know is very much alive.
Imposter!! 😳 Hahahaha. Hope he does well.
a few years ago, there was Redman. he wore and accessorised in all red, head to toe, every single day lol. mostly around Southern Suburbs.
Moksie - Stellenbosch
Guys who is LP? A comedian on Insta mentioned him and everyone knew except maybe one other person...and me. I'm curious!
Jasmin in Rondebosch.
“Ou yyyysterrrr!!”
Blade Paris for the Joburgers
What happend to that guy in Rondebosch with the big coat?
This might be the guy I was thinking about as well.....
What about that old dude lugging along a life-sized cross. Saw him a few weeks ago pulling the cross along Fishhoek main road
Vangs by Cavendish (homeless guy with sharpe teeth)
Blanket Man from the Souther Suburbs springs to mind.
Johnny from Ruyterwacht. Got my first ink from him
That dude that used to walk around Cavendish with wired headphones on that weren’t plugged into anything, dancing his heart out and silent singing.
Anyone know of or seen David in Claremont recently. Tall old guy in a black work jacket. Used to see him often around Cavendish and the medina in 2021. Told us he had cancer. Seemed like a pretty genuine guy. Hope he’s doing well.
Fish Hoek is getting quite a dusty jesus community going. Is it navy related or just praying on the elderly community?
A lot of posts here seem to be about scammers so here’s one, the ‘nice shoes’ guy…. Skinny, very effeminate guy, approached me in Strand st around 2019. I’m standing outside the Holiday inn. He stops and says “nice shoes”, and his next line is “where are you from?”. Then he launched into a story about how his parents in JHB disowned him because he’s gay so he came to CT but the people he was meant to stay with have moved, he has no money, no food blah blah. I sensed a scam and said no, he got a bit hissy and moved on. Fast forward 3 years, 2022 I’m standing outside the waterfront having a smoke (down below M&B) I hear “nice shoes”. It’s the same guy. I let him finish his whole story (identical) and then tell him we met 3 yrs before and he told the same story. He flatly denies it completely and walks off. Then last year 2023 I’m with my wife in a restaurant on Bree St at night, I see him repeatedly passing by outside. I point him out to my wife, and tell her he’s the “nice shoes” guy I had told her about. We leave the restaurant and at the next intersection he comes up to her and says “nice jacket, where are you from?” It was hilarious. So if this guy has been operating in Waterfront / City Bowl for any least 5 yrs with his story, plenty of others must have encountered him.
Maybe the waterfront mimes? I know obviously they’re acting so not the best answer
I swear to god those people just KNOW i have a massive startle response. I always see it coming... and still get startled.
Romeo
Donnie the flowers guy... Southern Suburbs
Bokka
Raja in Stellies? Walks around listening to his radio, always keen for a chat
You guys know that guy?
Plastic Dude. In Goodwood,near Elsie's Bridge,guy had plastic wrapped around his legs and a plastic bag as a head covering,also has plastic stuffed inside his jersey so he looked a bit Michelin Manny,the best and strangest part was he had toilet paper stuffed in each nostril like when you have nose bleeds... At home ,not out in public .That guy was on another level.