An improvised door latch in an otherwise clean, professional and unremarkable petrol station in the (former homeland of the) Transkei, SA. One can count 3 different thicknesses of wire and one cable tie in the mix, suggesting the lock has been repaired on at least 4 different occasions.
This is perhaps the most obvious and financially sound solution (if not the prettiest) in a country where a new shooting bolt and six woodscrews costs about the same as a casual labourer/generic petrol pump worker's daily wage.
And it creates work for an otherwise unemployed lad for half a day or so - something buying a new lock would not achieve.
Job creation ideas from the third world - Ireland, take note!
Thats the kind of latch that would test even the most dedicated thief!!
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