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Help floods in for family after story of lockdown misery opens hearts

22 April 2020 - 09:00 By Nonkululeko Njilo and Mandla Khoza
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A Mpumalanga farm worker who had sleepless nights – wondering where her family’s next meal would come from after being told she would not get paid during the lockdown - will now breathe easier following food donations.
A Mpumalanga farm worker who had sleepless nights – wondering where her family’s next meal would come from after being told she would not get paid during the lockdown - will now breathe easier following food donations.
Image: Mandla Khoza

A mother of three who has lost her income during the lockdown and whose children fished in a river for food, is now "over the moon".

Donations have poured in after a Times Select feature on the desperate family struck a chord with fellow South Africans.

 

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