SA masks change lives in townships and cheer up Belgians

16 August 2020 - 00:00 By Nivashni Nair

A consignment of 1,200 brightly coloured masks made in Diepsloot, Alexandra and Tembisa that travelled almost 13,000km to be worn in Belgium tell a life-changing story of 270 township seamstresses during the pandemic...

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