Mental health
Families paint their homes purple to fight the stigma of disability
25 August 2019 - 00:00
Desley Ngomane’s childhood was spent confined to her cramped home in Orange Farm, Gauteng, where she was shut away by a mother who lived in fear of the community because her daughter was disabled...
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