Prioritising on a Fixed Budget

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In part one of this series, Moses and Christina Zodala, a young couple from Klerksdorp, Johannesburg share their experience of trying to raise a family in the midst of poverty and sickness.

Moses a TB sufferer and the only bread winner for his family finds himself without a job to support his family of five. They now survive on R400 that includes their 6-year old son’€™s child-care grant and a bit of money Christina earns by buying and selling clothes or pots of body lotion.

 

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