Gauteng family of 9 with one income struggles through malnutrition

The adults often go without food so that the children have something to eat

08 May 2022 - 00:00

In a dusty street of mishmash houses in Naledi Extension 2, Soweto, lives Vincent Lekwai, 40, a cleaner at a restaurant who has to feed a family of nine on his monthly salary of R2,800. Travelling costs of R600 a month take a hefty bite out of his earnings...

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