Car guards in Cape Town

Tuesday, January 3, 2006

As a growing number of cars in Cape Town, South Africa are stolen, many South Africans are willing to hire -- a car guard. Nishat Kurwa reports about one guard who hopes that the low-paying job will be his ticket to college.

Cars (Fati Moalusi (c) Getty Images)

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