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Hein Venter (l) and Xolani Luvunu (r)

31/05/2017 GMT

Get Clean or I'll Take Your Leg

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The businessman who gave an addict a prosthetic leg on the condition he change his life

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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