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Communities wash away lockdown blues with ‘barter’ deals

20 April 2020 - 08:00 By Belinda Pheto
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Ailene Barlow, from East Town, near Northcliff, says she experienced an outpouring of goodwill from neighbours when she asked them to do her laundry.
Ailene Barlow, from East Town, near Northcliff, says she experienced an outpouring of goodwill from neighbours when she asked them to do her laundry.
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Nomusa Nkosi, 63, is too scared to go out to buy essentials during lockdown, so she had to make a plan.

And where did she find her win-win solution? In her neighbour’s laundry.

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