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Touws River

Small town, big dreams – quest by Touws River’s Haleema and Shanidea to fund their education through writing

South Africa

Small town, big dreams – quest by Touws River’s Haleema and Shanidea to fund their education through writing

By Jim Mohlala

Touws River, gateway to the Karoo — an old railway town beset by unstable politics

Politics

Touws River, gateway to the Karoo — an old railway town beset by unstable politics

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Touws River community garden plants seeds of compassion and keeps hunger at bay

South Africa

Touws River community garden plants seeds of compassion and keeps hunger at bay

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Drowning in hunger and despair – food insecurity in a small Western Cape railway town

South Africa

Drowning in hunger and despair – food insecurity in a small Western Cape railway town

By Jorisna Bonthuys

Gift of the Givers medics take dentistry, physiotherapy and other specialist care to Touws River

South Africa

Gift of the Givers medics take dentistry, physiotherapy and other specialist care to Touws River

By Tamsin Metelerkamp