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Tembisa women empowered through the power of touch
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Businesswoman Thabitha Malinga believes that people living with disabilities should be given an opportunity to be active in their communities’ economy. With Thabie Mobile Spa and TMS Beauty Academy she created that opportunity for disabled, and ‘forgotten’ women in her community.
#CoronavirusSA: Traditional healers ‘snubbed’
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
A regional traditional healer association says that they are unable to work and treat patients because they haven’t received permits to do so under the national lockdown.
CoronavirusSA: Food parcel drive
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It is vulnerable groups in society such as the elderly, poor, and unemployed who are most affected when global pandemics such as Covid-19 take place. But various sectors in the country have come together to lessen the impact.
#LockdownSA: ‘Some of us will die of hunger’ says Limpopo beer brewer
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
In a small village outside Elim, Limpopo, the shockwaves of the national lockdown are being felt by those most vulnerable to capitalism’s precarity.
#LockdownSA: Expectant mothers worried about regulations
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Baby care items are now on the country’s essential items list, but few know about the amendment to the lockdown regulations.
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Mangaung residents demand action over sewer spills
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