When good rains become a vendor's blight

She is a self-employed tailor who also operates pay phones. On a normal day, her business is brisk and rewarding. At this time of year, she mainly makes alterations on school uniforms. But she also does overalls and any other piece of cloth that is brought to her makeshift 'workstation' that is made of plastic and steel.

But forty-something-year old Ramontsho and her fellow hawkers and vendors become anxious when rain clouds gather. They know that if it rains, their business will be messed up - both literally and figuratively. They say since the beginning of the current rainy season, which broke a long spell of drought, business has gone down considerably. The pula is washing away all the thebes.