‘This place is a rotten place, like tomatoes’
Frightening behaviour of Zama zamas keeps residents up at night
07 August 2022 - 00:01
Tears stream down her face as Sehloho* takes a long puff of her cigarette. Wearing a faded yellow towel about her waist, she begins to unwrap it, lifting her hoodie to reveal scars on her back...
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