Get Clean or I'll Take Your Leg
Xolani Luvunu had lost a leg to cancer and Hein Venter wanted to buy him a prosthetic one. There was one condition. Xolani had to give up drugs and alcohol.
Xolani Luvunu was living under a bridge in Pretoria, South Africa when a businessman called Hein Venter approached him with an opportunity. Xolani had lost a leg to cancer and Hein wanted to buy him a prosthetic one. There was one condition. Xolani had to give up drugs and alcohol.
Kodo Nishimura is a Buddhist monk from Tokyo. But he also moonlights as a makeup artist.
In 2007 Dave Jonsson survived a plane crashed that killed his best friend. Now he says this event has changed his life for the better.
Image: Hein Venter (l) and Xolani Luvunu (r)
Credit: Mpho Lakaje
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