SONGEZO ZIBI | Pride and hope tremble beneath the despair of rural neglect
In the villages some youth look a decade older than their age, but a conversation about change will bring out the light in their eyes
31 July 2023 - 21:01
Last Thursday I drove on the R61 from Mthatha to Ngcobo, Eastern Cape. A stretch of the road has been under construction since about 2007...
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