These boys know how to make the best toys
Adults love driving around in the newest vehicles. But some youths from Mashishing are content with constructing wire cars till they can afford the real thing.
They design these stylish toys by using available scrap metal, old wire and smaller tins as wheels.
The group calls themselves “Born To Subscribe”. Tumelo Makwakwa (9), Siyabonga Shelembe (9), Keitumetse Mokwena (11), Njabulo Sekwane (11), Siyabonga Qwabe (11), Junior Mboweni (11), Khutso Mokwena (10), Snamkelo Mbikeni (12) and Xolani Tsatsi (10) were very excited to have their photo taken for the newspaper.
“I was driving home and saw them working on their wire cars next to the road. I decided to contact the newspaper. Building wire cars is a form of art that is currently being revived in schools. It improves creative thinking, teamwork and even develops business skills,” said John Nyundu of the Nsizwa Nyundu Foundation.
Nyundu is passionate about identifying projects that can improve life for the community as a whole. “We teach ourselves how to drive by constructing our roads with bricks,” said Siyabonga Qwabe. The mechanic and panel beater of the group is Tumelo. According to Nyundu, these cars were trending during the 1970s and 1980s when he was growing up in the dusty streets of Mashishing. During those years the local kids would play together, pushing their wire cars in one of the famous streets known as “The Big Street”.
To order some of these cars or provide scrap metal, please contact Nyundu on 072 568 2324. The boys would love to make a business out of their hobby.
